Wikidata:Property proposal/catchphrase

catchphrase edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person

Done: catchphrase (P6251) (Talk and documentation)

Description	commonly used phrase by which someone or something may be recognized
Represents	catchphrase (Q2708515)
Data type	Monolingual text
Example 1	Steve Urkel (Q2777701) → "Did I do that?"
Example 2	Homer Simpson (Q7810) → "D'oh"
Example 3	Emeril Lagasse (Q339838) → "Bam!"
Example 4	Donald Trump (Q22686) → "You're fired!"
Example 5	Deadpool (Q1631090) → "Maximum effort!"

Motivation edit

I am somewhat surprised to find that this is not something we can already add to items for individuals and characters. The closest I could find is "motto", but that is not the same concept. Catchphrases are distinctive in that they are generally associated closely with a single person (real or fictional), and they are something that is usually repeated often, not just a famous phrase used once. Some people are so inextricably linked to their catchphrases that it is one of the most important pieces of data about them—I think that is the case for the examples above. This property could be applied to many types of people, such as fictional characters, television personalities, sports broadcasters, etc. You can often find these covered in news media, so it's not merely subjective (examples: [1][2]). Wikipedia has a list article for catchphrases, too. Dominic (talk) 19:35, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit

Support, should be link to a language. — eru ^{[Talk] [french wiki]} 20:10, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support David (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I modified the datatype to "monolingual string" as this is clearly a piece of text in a language, not a language-independent string. ArthurPSmith (talk) 19:11, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cwf97 (|talk) 15:45, 3 December 2018 (EST)
Support. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:28, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Dominic, Eru, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, ArthurPSmith, Cwf97, Pigsonthewing: Done: catchphrase (P6251) − Pintoch (talk) 08:44, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]