Wikidata:Property proposal/Internment Serial Number

Internment Serial Number edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person

Not done

Description	an identification number assigned to captives who come under control of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) during armed conflicts
Represents	Internment Serial Number (Q263601)
Data type	External identifier
Template parameter	id_number at en:template:Infobox War on Terror detainee
Domain	people
Allowed values	number
Example	Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Q2041688) → 760
Source	unclear
Robot and gadget jobs	Probably (first from Wikipedia)

Motivation

(Add your motivation for this property here.) GZWDer (talk) 16:48, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

~~Support~~. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:43, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Proposal changed since I supported. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:38, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Aren't people in captivity or imprisonment given serial numbers all over the world? For example, Jean Valjean (Q1156620) (prisoner in novel Les Misérables) → 24601,or Elie Wiesel (Q18391) (Holocaust survivor) → A-7713. Why not a more universal property, that could be qualified by the authority that is controlling them?--Pharos (talk) 18:53, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree, or alternatively the number could be a qualifier on the internment event on the person. ArthurPSmith (talk) 19:31, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - This might be a subproperty of serial number (P2598), not sure. Like that property it should actually be a string rather than a number, as alphanumerics are sometimes used. Generalizing this would make it a Wikidata property for a multi-source identifier (Q21264328).--Pharos (talk) 18:54, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If the property is supposed to focus on the US the property name should make that clear. ChristianKl (talk) 18:37, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @GZWDer: Is it ok if I change this to a generic property for all imprisonment situations?--Pharos (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- This will become make the property a string, no longer an external identifier. Neutral waiting for more comments.--GZWDer (talk) 16:30, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'd support this iff the name and/or description make it clear it only applies to those interned by the USA. Alternatively I'd support a generic property with an appropriate qualifier. | (talk) 22:03, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Use catalog code (P528), with qualifier catalog (P972). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:38, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Pigsonthewing, Pharos, GZWDer, ArthurPSmith:Not done, stale proposal without support and with one opposition. Use the solution that Pigsonthewing proposed. ChristianKl (talk) 12:20, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]