Wikidata:Property proposal/Official wiki URL
official wiki URL
editOriginally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic
| Description | URL to the official wiki for the item |
|---|---|
| Data type | URL |
| Example 1 | Starbound (Q6332857)→https://starbounder.org/Starbound_Wiki |
| Example 2 | Team Fortress (Q18396192)→https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Main_Page |
| Example 3 | Terraria (Q108371557)→https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Terraria_Wiki |
| Example 4 | Frackin' Universe (Q123013518)→https://frackinuniverse.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page |
| Example 5 | PHP (Q59)→https://wiki.php.net/ |
| Example 6 | Arch Linux (Q185576)→https://wiki.archlinux.org/ |
| See also | official website (P856), official blog URL (P1581), official forum URL (P10027), official shop URL (P10225), official jobs URL (P10311) |
Motivation
editTo be able to link to the official wiki of something - this may have some overlap with wiki farm properties like wiki.gg wiki ID (P11994) or Fandom wiki ID (P4073) but I think it's worth it to display that a wiki is official, and also to be able to link self-hosted wiki instances.
An official wiki seems just as relevant, if not more relevant, than some of the currently existing official website subproperties. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 23:26, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Discussion
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Notified participants of WikiProject Video games - because most of the examples are video games. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 23:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Support DoublePendulumAttractor (talk) 23:54, 8 November 2023 (UTC)- Support I agree that it is a bit different from the ID properties because this is for official wikis only. Should we use statement is subject of (P805) as a qualifier if we have an item for the wiki? -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 00:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- Support Jotamide (talk) 03:09, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
Comment What do we do when we have an item for the Wiki itself? (e.g. ArchWiki (Q101445877), Team Fortress Wiki (Q116861248), Valve Developer Community (Q123008724)). --Sanqui (talk) 10:21, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- wd-Ryan's solution of using P805 seems ideal, e.g. Arch Linux (Q185576)→https://wiki.archlinux.org/
statement is subject of (P805)ArchWiki (Q101445877) Lewis Hulbert (talk) 10:28, 9 November 2023 (UTC) - Makes sense, I guess! Support --Sanqui (talk) 12:38, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- Makes sense, I guess!
- wd-Ryan's solution of using P805 seems ideal, e.g. Arch Linux (Q185576)→https://wiki.archlinux.org/
- Support Makes sense to me Nicereddy (talk) 16:03, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Question How is this different from user manual URL (P2078)? —Tomodachi94 (he/him · talk) 22:13, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- Clarification: I know that wikis are very different from manuals, but they often have some overlap. How does this proposal account for that? —Tomodachi94 (he/him · talk) 22:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- Not really sure how to address this in the proposal, a wiki about software or games could be regarded as a user manual, though many game wikis focus more on the lore and such rather than being a "how to play" guide. It wouldn't make sense to call a wiki about something that isn't actually operated by a user a manual though, an example being a television series. It does already appear like there's some overlap though - Arch Linux (Q185576), FreeBSD (Q34236) and Damn Small Linux (Q192546) already use user manual URL (P2078) for links to the wiki. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 16:57, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Clarification: I know that wikis are very different from manuals, but they often have some overlap. How does this proposal account for that? —Tomodachi94 (he/him · talk) 22:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- Support --Nw520 (talk) 22:08, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- Question I assume that if something is just a wiki, then official website (P856) will be preferred? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vicarage (talk • contribs) at 08:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC).
- If the subject item is the wiki itself, using P856 would be ideal. Most wiki items already have statements along the lines of ArchWiki (Q101445877)official website (P856)https://wiki.archlinux.org/. However, I'd imagine "official wiki URL" could be used in the rare case that there's a wiki about the wiki. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 17:16, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
