Wikidata:Property proposal/YouTube handle
YouTube handle edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person
| Description | unique identifier of a person, organisation or channel on YouTube |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | item |
| Allowed values | ^[A-Za-z0-9_\-\.]{3,30}$ source |
| Example 1 | Veritasium (Q7921397) → veritasium ↳ YouTube channel ID (P2397) → UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA |
| Example 2 | Vsauce (Q3008647) → Vsauce ↳ YouTube channel ID (P2397) → UC6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA |
| Example 3 | T-Series (Q7667850) → tseries ↳ YouTube channel ID (P2397) → UCq-Fj5jknLsUf-MWSy4_brA |
| Implied notability | Wikidata property for an identifier that does not imply notability (Q62589320) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.youtube.com/@$1 |
| See also | YouTube channel ID (P2397) |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
Motivation edit
youtube now has handles. Similar to twitter. They are much easier to gather than YouTube channel ID (P2397) and are also unique and human-readable --Loominade (talk) 14:42, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Support Syunsyunminmin (talk) 16:23, 21 November 2022 (UTC)- How are we going to integrate this with the existing data? Are we going to migrate everything to handles? Should we have both? BrokenSegue (talk) 17:47, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
- Since the handle can change like Twitter (X) username (P2002), I think we should have both like Twitter (X) numeric user ID (P6552). – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Syunsyunminmin (talk • contribs) at 2022-11-22 (UTC).
- agreed -- Loominade (talk) 07:54, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- Since the handle can change like Twitter (X) username (P2002), I think we should have both like Twitter (X) numeric user ID (P6552). – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Syunsyunminmin (talk • contribs) at 2022-11-22 (UTC).
- Support - But keep YouTube channel ID (P2397) since that value can't be changed. Mbch331 (talk) 09:23, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- agreed -- Loominade (talk) 11:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support —MSMST1543 (talk) 23:31, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Dhx1 (talk) 09:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Txkk (talk) 12:12, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Comment Hmm, I think it should be made clearer how this property is to interact with YouTube channel ID (P2397). Should the latter be changed to be recommended as a qualifier of this new property, as is the case with Twitter (X) username (P2002) and Twitter (X) numeric user ID (P6552)? I.e., should we set YouTube channel ID (P2397)property constraint (P2302)property scope constraint (Q53869507)property scope (P5314)as qualifier (Q54828449)? --Waldyrious (talk) 17:43, 28 November 2022 (UTC) - I agree this should be clarified. If we followed the pattern we use for twitter then we would have the youtube channel ID as a qualifier on the handle. But I'm worried this will break someone relying on the old way. So maybe we should migrate slowly and for a time have both channel ID and handle (qualified with the channel). BrokenSegue (talk) 21:45, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- I agree. Should I modify the proposal? -- Loominade (talk) 12:32, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- Comment YouTube channel ID (P2397) is also used for topic channels (e.g. game pages), which don’t have handles —MSMST1543 (talk) 06:05, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
- I agree this should be clarified. If we followed the pattern we use for twitter then we would have the youtube channel ID as a qualifier on the handle. But I'm worried this will break someone relying on the old way. So maybe we should migrate slowly and for a time have both channel ID and handle (qualified with the channel). BrokenSegue (talk) 21:45, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Loominade, Syunsyunminmin, Mbch331, MSMST1543, Dhx1, Txkk:
Done --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 07:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
