Wikidata:WikiProject Military History

Purpose

This project aims to improve items related to the military history.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: human (Q5)	Danail Nikolaev <instance of> human	-
sex or gender	P21	Item	sex of humans, biological sex, gender and sex or gender: sex or gender identity of human or animal. For human: male, female, non-binary, intersex, transgender female, transgender male, agender, etc. For animal: male organism, female organism. Groups of same gender use subclass of (P279)	Danail Nikolaev <sex or gender> male	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
image	P18	Commons media file	illustration and image: portrait or group photo	Danail Nikolaev <image>	-
media legend	P2096	Monolingual text	depicting object and caption: description of the portrait or group photo	Danail Nikolaev <image> <media legend> General Danail Nikolaev in parade dress uniform.	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
occupation	P106	Item	occupation, by occupation or profession and profession: occupation of a person; see also "field of work" (Property:P101), "position held" (Property:P39)	Danail Nikolaev <occupation> military personnel	-
occupation with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the military service started. This date depends on the country.	Ivan Kolev <occupation> military personnel <start time> 15 September 1863	-
occupation with qualifier end time	P582	Point in time	end time: The date when the military service ended.	Ivan Kolev <occupation> military personnel <end time> 29 July 1917	-

Note: Traditionally the local Wikipedias use the property occupation (P106) with value military personnel (Q47064) along with start time (P580)/end time (P582) to prefill the "Years of service" parameters.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> Serbo-Bulgarian War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> First Balkan War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> Second Balkan War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> World War I	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
military or police rank	P410	Item	military rank: military or police rank achieved by a person (should usually have a "start time" qualifier), or military or police rank associated with a position	Danail Nikolaev <military or police rank> General of the Infantry	-
military or police rank with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the person was promoted	Danail Nikolaev <military or police rank> General of the Infantry <start time> 16 May 1909	-

Note: Mark the top (or current for acting military person) military or police rank (P410) as "Preferred".

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
educated at	P69	Item	alma mater: educational institution attended by subject	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy	-
educated at with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the education started	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy <start time> 1988	-
educated at with qualifier end time	P582	Point in time	end time: The date when the education ended	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy <end time> 1990	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
award received	P166	Item	award, honorary citizenship, title of honor and decoration: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work	Danail Nikolaev <award received> Order of Bravery	-
award received with qualifier point in time	P585	Point in time	point in time: The date when the award was given	Danail Nikolaev <award received> Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius <point in time> 6 May 1936	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
CWGC burial ground ID	P1920	External identifier	identifier for a cemetery, churchyard, or memorial, in the online database of Commonwealth War Graves Commission	<CWGC burial ground ID> Q2945352	-
CWGC person ID	P1908	External identifier	identifier for a person, in the online database of Commonwealth War Graves Commission	James Brindley Nicolson <CWGC person ID> Q6436095	-

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
location	P276	Item	physical location: location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use P131. For statistical entities use P8138. In the case of a geographic entity use P706. Use P7153 for locations associated with the object	Battle of Chios <location> Chios Strait	contains

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
Generals of World War II ID	P9426	External identifier	alphabetical identifier for a person on the Generals of World War II website at generals.dk	Otto Ruge <position held> Chief of Defence of Norway	-

The participants listed below can be notified using the following template in discussions:
{{Ping project|Military History}}