Wikidata:Property proposal/is a number of

is a number of

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

   Done: is a number of (P11279) (Talk and documentation)

Description	this entity is a number representing the quantity of this item
Data type	Item
Domain	item
Example 1	world population (Q11188)is a number ofliving human (Q18093573)
Example 2	word count (Q8034324)is a number ofword (Q8171)
Example 3	number of seasons aired (Q41783986)is a number oftelevision series season (Q3464665)
See also	is a list of (P360), WikiProject Data Quality/Issues/P642
Wikidata project	WikiProject Properties (Q60008075)

Motivation

This replaces the use of of (P642) on items that are a number of entities (Q614112).  – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lectrician1 (talk • contribs).

Discussion

WikiProject Properties has more than 50 participants and couldn't be pinged. Please post on the WikiProject's talk page instead. Lectrician1 (talk) 03:00, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

•  Support -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 03:32, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

 Support — The Erinaceous One 🦔 06:27, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

 Weak support I am wondering whether the better name could be is a quantity of, to be bit more generic. John Samuel (talk) 07:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Thought of that, but number sounds/is understandable better IMO. Lectrician1 (talk) 14:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

•  Support. This query shows 53 candidates for migration. Swpb (talk) 17:28, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

   Oppose creating a new property for 53 uses seems excessive and leaves the question of what the new P31 of the items will be. ChristianKl ❪✉❫ 13:14, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

  Would you be okay with using has part(s) (P527) instead or do you have another idea? Lectrician1 (talk) 13:38, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

  The P31 or P279 value would still be number of entities (Q614112), just without the of (P642) qualifier that we're migrating away from, which would be replaced by a main statement with the proposed property. Swpb (talk) 14:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

   Comment @ChristianKl: The number of entities which could use this property is not finite, so 53 would just be the beginning. Josh Baumgartner (talk) 23:37, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

•  Support - Moving away from of (P642) to a distinct property is a good idea. I think the name could be improved ('enumerates'?), but this can evolve with actual use and should not hang up property creation. Josh Baumgartner (talk) 23:37, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
•  Support per Swpb and Josh Baumgartner's comments. I also think "enumerates" is a bit better. TiagoLubiana (talk) 13:26, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
• @Lectrician1, Wd-Ryan, Jsamwrites, Swpb, Joshbaumgartner, TiagoLubiana:  Done --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 22:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)