Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/San Diego State University/Comic Arts Project Application Profiles Creators
Bolded properties are considered core. All others are optional according to cataloger's judgment. Note there are more properties available than listed here, these are just considered the most common/necessary for SDSU's comic book collection.
For living creators, please read both of these documents and keep in mind that an individual's privacy is more important than adding data to a Wikidata profile. Also make sure to see if anything has been removed from the NAR by request.
Privacy and Living People
Living People
Creators
| Property | Value | Qualifiers if applicable | Usage Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Preferred name in direct order | Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Quinto | |
| Description | Generally in form of nationality and role i.e. American comic book artist or Spanish cartoonist | Jack Kirby: American comic book artist, writer and editor Quinto: Argentine cartoonist | |
| Also known as | Variant names in direct order | Include pseudonyms. If recording a pseudonym as a variant name, also create a property for the pseudonym | |
| Statements | Include at least one reference for most statements. References should not come from Wikipedia, use the linked source. | ||
| on focus list of Wikimedia Project (P5008) | Q100363299 = Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/San Diego State University | Only for PCC Pilot project. | |
| instance of (P31) | human Q5 | No reference required | |
| sex or gender (P21) | Choose from: male (Q6581097), female (Q6581072), intersex (Q1097630), transgender female (Q1052281), transgender male (Q2449503), non-binary (Q48270), agender (Q505371)and/or other terms by which they identify | Property is required by Wikidata but if you are not sure of gender, do not record. Provide references if recording gender. | |
| date of birth (P569) | if date is approximate: include qualifier sourcing circumstances (P1480), which used for qualification of the truth or accuracy of a source. Values can include: circa (Q5727902), near (Q21818619), presumably (Q18122778), etc. |
Include reference; if not easily discovered, do not include. | |
| date of death (P570) | if date is approximate: include qualifier sourcing circumstances (P1480), which is used for qualification of the truth or accuracy of a source. Values can include: circa (Q5727902), near (Q21818619), presumably (Q18122778), etc. |
Include reference; if not easily discovered, do not include. | |
| occupation (P106) | Values should be occupations/professions. Options include penciller (Q17098559), inker (Q1153051), comics writer (Q11892507), letterer (Q1114448), cartoonist (Q1114448), comics artist (Q715301), etc. |
Include reference | |
| pseudonym (P742) | Include reference (URL, or cited in) | ||
| official website (P856) | language of work or name (P407) retrieved (P813) |
If domain is expired, add qualifier Reason for deprecation (P2241) with Expired domain (Q1384499) as reason, and qualifier End date (P582), if known. If available, add qualifier archive URL (P1065) with url from http://web.archive.org/ | |
| notable work (P800) | Only use if work already has an item; or if work is considered very important, create item for it. Per Wikidata instructions, this is reserved for works (not characters). For characters created, you add the creator to the character's Wikdiata entry. | ||
| award received (P1411) | Point in time (P585), For work (P1686) | Requires a reference. See list of awards in Google Drive that will be batched via Quickstatements. For Awards not on that list and non comic book awards already entered in Wikidata, provide the necessary information. See below for more information. | |
| ethnic group (P172) | Requires a reference. Should be actually stated by the creator,in an interview, personal website, official bio, etc. | ||
| different from (P1889) | Criterion used (P1013) is required, ex. "two persons with the same name or a similar name (Q20990956) | Requires a reference. Consider using this property if there's a statement in the NAR to stating "not to be confused with" or "do not confuse with" | |
| preferred pronoun (P6553) | Requires a reference | ||
| Identifiers | Identifiers do not need references; they are self-referencing. However, qualifiers may be included if useful, such as to justify variant names. If you encounter an incorrect identifier, follow the instructions here. | ||
| Library of Congress Authority ID (LCCN) (P244) | optionally: named as (P1810) alternate names (P4970) |
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| VIAF ID (P214) | |||
| ISNI (P213) | |||
| Union List of Artist Names ID (P245) | |||
| FAST ID (P2163) | |||
| Comic Vine ID (P5905) | |||
| Twitter username (P2002) | Twitter user numeric ID (P6552) - obtain from https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-twitter-id start time (P580) - obtain from https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-twitter-id |
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| Goodreads author ID (P2963) | |||
| Comicbook DB ID (P1392) | Website went down in December 2019; however, it is planned to be revised at some point; might have references to numbers in NARs or other sources | ||
| ComiXology creator ID (P5951) | |||
| Marvel comics creators ID (P7950) | |||
| DC comics talent ID (P7951) | |||
| Dark Horse creator ID (P9319) | |||
| Image Comics creator ID (P9425) | |||
| Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID (P5035) | |||
| SNAC Ark ID (P3430) | |||
| INDUCKS creator ID (P4481) | |||
| Any other IDs for the person. | Full list of person IDs: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=person+ID&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns120=1 |
Resources
- For scans of older comic books in the public domain Comic Book + , Digital Comic Museum
- Who's who of American Comic books
- Cartoonists of Colour, Queer Cartoonists Databases
- List of cartoonists
- List of pulp artists, limited to Americans
- List of letterers, note it often cites Ancestry.com
- Comic strip artists
Awards
Just a quick note on awards. We have a list of awards that we will be entering via batch using QuickStatements. You do not need to update awards in Wikidata that are on the list (Harvey, Inkpot, Eisner, etc.) We will also be creating items for said awards if they do not exist. If the person you're working on has an award already entered that's not on our list to update via batch, make sure the information is correct and a source is provided. If the person you're working on has won other awards, it is cataloger's judgement whether or not to enter them. Typically, we would only enter awards where the award itself already exists in Wikidata but in special circumstances, we may also create a record for the award if we deem it necessary.