Wikidata:Property proposal/inker

inker

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Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

   Done: inker (P10836) (Talk and documentation)
Descriptioncomics artist responsible for outlining, interpreting, finalizing, and retracing a drawing by using a pencil, pen or a brush
Representsinker (Q1153051)
Data typeItem
Domainitem; comics (Q1004)
Example 1Identity Crisis (Q45005)Michael Bair (Q6828361)
Example 2Ruse (Q3453358)Mike Perkins (Q6848373)
Example 3The Q Conflict (Q111780040)Elisabetta D'Amico (Q110045101)
Example 4The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Q3004221)Kent Archer (Q112269671) and Christopher Hastings (Q5112500)
Planned usewill add to items when editing or creating them
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
See alsocolorist (P6338), letterer (P9191), illustrator (P110), proposal for penciller

Motivation

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Comics and graphic novels are collaborative works in which creatorship and contributorship roles are distinct and precise. The existing Wikidata property illustrator (P110) is a broader term that does not allow the granularity needed when assigning roles in comics and graphic novel description. Although there's an alternative way to state that someone is an inker of a work -- see these examples: [1] and [2], where the property "illustrator" has been used but property "object has role" is used as a qualifier -- a more precise property is needed rather than using a qualifier. Wikidata already has "colorist" and "letterer" as separate properties, so it seems logical to have inker as well. Pfrankdc (talk) 20:40, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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