Wikidata:Property proposal/Unicode name

Unicode name edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Done: Unicode character name (P9382) (Talk and documentation)

Description	official character name by Unicode consortium
Data type	String
Template parameter	Оригинал/Оригинал2/Оригинал3/Оригинал4 в ru:Шаблон:Графема
Allowed values	[A-Z0-9 -]+
Example 1	ז (Q15159) → HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN
Example 2	ט (Q15163) → HEBREW LETTER TET
Example 3	ק (Q19131) → HEBREW LETTER QOF
Example 4	⚾ (Q87527058) → BASEBALL
Example 5	⛅ (Q87527076) → SUN BEHIND CLOUD
Example 6	inverted exclamation mark (Q87496341) → INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
Example 7	Ç (Q87496852) → LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Example 8	ἳ (Q87522809) → GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DASIA AND VARIA
Source	https://www.unicode.org/charts/ and https://www.unicode.org/charts/charindex.html
Planned use	in ru:Шаблон:Графема/Викиданные
Robot and gadget jobs	Import from unicode.org, character for lookup from Unicode code point (P4213), Unicode character (P487)
See also	Unicode code point (P4213), Unicode character (P487)

Motivation edit

217.117.125.72 19:59, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit

Seems to be too specialized. name (P2561) along with subject has role (P2868) would likely be better. ChristianKl ❪✉❫ 22:23, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- We have other properties for Unicode characters like Unicode code point (P4213) (over 42,000 uses) as well as Unicode character (P487) and Unicode block (P5522) and normalized Unicode character (P5591). This doesn't seem any more specialised than those. - Nikki (talk) 10:24, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think this should be monolingual string rather than string data type? The official charts are published in English but presumably there are (could be? Should be!) translations into other languages. ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:58, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, the property request is for the official name. :) Monolingual text would feel wrong to me. While you can translate the names, and indeed Unicode has code charts in French, they explicitly say on the about page that they're not official and can change (unlike the official ones). - Nikki (talk)
Strong support en:Unicode names are unique and distinguishing. It gives an indicative of the character the Unicode represents even if the Unicode is not installed.Vis M (talk) 18:25, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This seems pretty well supported; I think it's ready. JesseW (talk) 14:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support AntisocialRyan (talk) 21:43, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Added more varied examples. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 20:15, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@217.117.125.72, ChristianKl, Nikki, ArthurPSmith, Vis M, JesseW: Done as Unicode character name (P9382). UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 20:49, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]