Wikidata:Property proposal/DOSBox Compatibility ID
DOSBox Compatibility ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Computing
| Description | Lists games as broken, runnable, playable or supported with given DOSBox versions. |
|---|---|
| Represents | DOSBox Compatibility database (Q116483768) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | software (Q7397) |
| Allowed values | \d+ |
| Example 1 | Archimedean Dynasty (Q14590677) → 2124 |
| Example 2 | Command & Conquer (Q868523) → 234 |
| Example 3 | SimCity (Q7798922) → 146 |
| External links | Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt]. |
| Planned use | link in video game items |
| Number of IDs in source | 3928 |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Implied notability | Wikidata property for an identifier that does not imply notability (Q62589320) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=$1 |
| Robot and gadget jobs | mixnmatch:5068 |
| See also | Wine AppDB ID (P600) |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Video games (Q8485882) |
Motivation edit
This information is not suitable for Wikipedia (not a tech guide) yet people keep linking it as this is valuable information. Better fits here. Matthias M. (talk) 15:04, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Notified participants of WikiProject Video games. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Support Yes absolutely, that was on my long-list as well. Made a Mix’n’match catalogue some time ago for it, with already 150+ matches. Jean-Fred (talk) 09:32, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
- Support Didnt know about DOSBox, but since there's a MnM catalog already, it seems like a good candidate for an additional video game identifier ! Poslovitch (talk) 16:12, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
