Wikidata:Property proposal/Place Names of New Brunswick ID

Place Names of New Brunswick ID

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Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Place

Descriptionidentifier for a place in the online database Place Names of New Brunswick
RepresentsPlace Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present (Q109657437)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainitem; geographic location (Q2221906), toponym (Q7884789)
Allowed values[1-9]\d*
Example 1Adamsville (Q4680536)17
Example 2Centre-Acadie (Q107210020)9
Example 3Kedgwick (Q3194596)1922
Example 4Eel Ground First Nation (Q374966)1188
Example 5Zealand (Q8068184)4510
Example 6Odell (Q7077627)2901
Sourcehttps://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/default.aspx?culture=en-CA (English) and https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Home.aspx?culture=fr-CA (French)
Planned useadding to items created or edited
Number of IDs in source4710 (https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Home.aspx?culture=en-CA)
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URLhttps://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=$1
See alsoCGNDB unique ID (P821)
Applicable "stated in"-valuePlace Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present (Q109657437)

Motivation

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A database of past and present place names of New Brunswick. For each of the 4710 names, geographical locations in relation to nearby communities are given, as are specific coordinates, derivations of the names, and highlights of the communities' histories. Links are provided to 4784 land grant and other maps, photographs of 489 of the communities (a total of 960 photos), and approximately 600 documents about the founding, incorporation, or development of 144 of the communities. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 08:18, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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