Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenStreetMap numeric user ID
OpenStreetMap numeric user ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person
| Description | numeric identifier for a user on OpenStreetMap; use as qualifier for Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenStreetMap user name |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | human (Q5), Internet bot (Q191865) |
| Allowed values | \d+ |
| Example 1 | Steve Coast (Q56200) → Steve → 1 |
| Example 2 | Steve Coast (Q56200) → SteveC → 682 |
| Example 3 | Allan Phillip Mustard (Q96951728) → apm-wa → 1960718 |
| Example 4 | Kate Chapman (Q62415412) → wonderchook → 95488 |
| Example 5 | Pavel Cvrček (Q12044027) → Pavel Cvrček → 571360 |
| Number of IDs in source | 6,558,088 as of 2020-07-10T22:00:05Z |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| See also | Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenStreetMap user name, X user numeric ID (P6552) |
Motivation edit
For use as a qualifier on Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenStreetMap user name, because OpenStreetMap users can change their user names at any time. The numeric user ID is fixed and unique, but I'm unaware of a convenient way to link to a numeric user ID, so I'm proposing that the data type be numeric. (Some OpenStreetMap-related tools like [1] accept UIDs as parameters, but I don't know of an OSM page that takes a UID in the URL, and most OSM API methods that work with UIDs require authentication because they aren't really meant for public consumption.) Minh Nguyễn 💬 19:27, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Support Arlo Barnes (talk) 02:15, 12 July 2020 (UTC)- The only URLs with user ID parameter that are mentioned in the API documentation are lists of changesets[2] - not sure if these should be presented as links or just mentioned in property documentation but they can be used to find the username if the numeric ID is known and there is at least one changeset associated with it. Peter James (talk) 18:23, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Question Should it be an external identifier? Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 20:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Visite fortuitement prolongée: Ideally, yes, but I can't find anything decent to link to. External identifiers need to be linkable, correct? – Minh Nguyễn 💬 21:21, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- No if I understand correctly Help:Data type#external-id. Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 21:47, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- NIEA building ID (P1460) is an external identifier with no link. Peter James (talk) 18:59, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, in that case, I've switched the proposal back to being an external identifier. – Minh Nguyễn 💬 01:28, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
- NIEA building ID (P1460) is an external identifier with no link. Peter James (talk) 18:59, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- No if I understand correctly Help:Data type#external-id. Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 21:47, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Visite fortuitement prolongée: Ideally, yes, but I can't find anything decent to link to. External identifiers need to be linkable, correct? – Minh Nguyễn 💬 21:21, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Salgo60 (talk) 21:03, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support NMaia (talk) 16:03, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
- Support Though I don't like putting a qualifier of a permanent identifier on a changeable statement. I'd rather model it the opposite way around. Or isn't this up for discussion? --CamelCaseNick (talk) 16:09, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
