Wikidata:Property proposal/World Biographical Information System ID
World Biographical Information System ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier for biographical reference works |
|---|---|
| Represents | World Biographical Information System Online (Q2593612) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | human (Q5) |
| Allowed values | [A-Z]\d+-*\d*-*\w+* |
| Example 1 | Lodewijk de Bils (Q55904594) > L005-265-X |
| Example 2 | Edwin Pearson (Q21166194) > B137346 |
| Example 3 | Abraham Johan Daniël Steenstra Toussaint (Q60429663) > O81938 |
| External links | Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt]. |
| Planned use | Mix'n'match #582 |
| Number of IDs in source | 5779903 |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | https://wbis.degruyter.com/biographic-document/$1 |
Motivation edit
WBIS Online is the most comprehensive biographical database available, providing biographical information on over 6 Million people from the 8th century B.C. to the present. Included are 8.5 Million digital facsimile articles from biographical reference works. Wetzdata (talk) 15:44, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Support AndrewNJ (talk) 18:45, 25 March 2020 (UTC)- Support --Vidariv (talk) 21:45, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, it appears to require a login to see anything... ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:53, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it's quite poorly conceived in many respects. It's available to anyone at German public libraries, and most universities have a subscription, so I think there's still some value in using it as authority control. AndrewNJ (talk) 20:09, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Unfortunately paywalled, but still useful. --Epìdosis 15:11, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Wetzdata, AndrewNJ, Vidariv, ArthurPSmith, Epìdosis:
Done --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 23:29, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
