Wikidata:Property proposal/SPLC Group ID
Southern Poverty Law Center group ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier for group that the SPLC classifies as hate group |
|---|---|
| Represents | Southern Poverty Law Center (Q2061914) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Example 1 | League of the South (Q3240534) → league-south |
| Example 2 | Nation of Islam (Q220222) → nation-islam |
| Example 3 | National Socialist Movement (Q1073799) → national-socialist-movement |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/$1 |
Motivation edit
The SPLC is a non-profit organization that keeps track of hate groups and individual extremists. Labelling hate groups is often difficult in Wikidata and Wikipedia, an external identifier with extra information may often helpful as reference and for further information for users to educate themselves about a particular group. While these entries are up for debate, Wikipedia writes "Since the 2000s, the SPLC's classification and listings of hate groups (organizations it has assessed either "attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics")[10] and extremists[11] have often been described as authoritative and are widely accepted and cited in academic and media coverage of such groups and related issues". Also, currently these items have plenty of outlinks to Twitter/Facebook/Youtube but no real authority control. Hannes Röst (talk) 18:14, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Wait Only 68 groups currently, according to https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/groups . Meanwhile, use described at URL (P973). Visite fortuitement prolongée (talk) 20:17, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- Interesting, they claim to track 940 hate groups in 2019 but I guess not all of them have an entry? It seems some are just listed for example here but do not have their own identifier. I agree that 68 is not really enough to justify a new property. Best regards --Hannes Röst (talk) 17:21, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- I changed description to a more neutral point of view. ChristianKl ❪✉❫ 19:12, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Hannes Röst: I'm marking this as
Not done since there are not enough IDs to justify it right now. If that changes, please feel free to propose it again. - Nikki (talk) 08:35, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
