Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government
Purpose:
This WikiProject aims to have up-to-date, consistently structured data on all national Heads of State and Heads of Government.
Making sure every current head of government has a replaces (P1365) statement to indicate their predecessor. You can use this report to see where help is still needed.
Data Model edit
Information about Head of Government and Head of State can be expressed via multiple different routes:
Although this introduces some redundancy, it makes it significantly easier to query the data (particularly with direct access within Wikipedias), and the replication makes it easier to spot data that is inconsistent (and thus probably inaccurate or out of date).
Country pages: Head of Government edit
| Property | Value | Example | Notes |
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| Required properties: * | |||
| head of government (P6) * | the person |
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| office held by head of government (P1313) * | the office | ||
Country pages: Head of State edit
| Property | Value | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required properties: * | |||
| head of state (P35) * | the person |
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| office held by head of state (P1906) * | the office | ||
Office pages edit
| Property | Value | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required properties: * | |||
| subclass of (P279) * | head of government (Q2285706) or head of state (Q48352) | this can be indirect; e.g. setting it to prime minister (Q14212) will automatically also be head of government (Q2285706). (NB: president (Q30461), based on the name of the office, is not automatically a head of state (Q48352) — both will need set in such cases)
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| instance of (P31) * | position (Q4164871) | every specific office has this P31 value
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| applies to jurisdiction (P1001) * | the country or region | for a national head of government this will be the same as the country
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| country (P17) * | the country |
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| term length of office (P2097) * | term of office | default term length, use unit year (Q577) | |
| Optional properties: | |||
| substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder (P2098) | substitute |
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| official residence (P263) | official residence | use preferred rank for current if several; start/end date qualifiers when known
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| topic's main category (P910) | category item |
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| has list (P2354) | list page | sometimes the Wikidata item is a mismatch of the Office and the List of Officeholders, in which case these will need separated
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| official website (P856) | url | if known | |
Person pages edit
| Property | Value | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required properties: * | |||
| instance of (P31) * | human (Q5) |
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| position held (P39) * | the office | with qualifiers:
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Country pages edit
| Property | Value | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| office held by head of state (P1906) * | office |
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| office held by head of government (P1313) * | office |