Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington/Application Profiles/Graduate Students

Bolded properties are considered core. All others are optional according to cataloger's judgment and what else is known about the person.
Asterisked (*) properties generally should have at least one reference to justify the statement. Double-asterisked (**) properties generally do not need a reference, but include one if you judge it to be helpful to support the statement you are making.

Property Value Qualifiers if applicable Usage Note
Label Preferred name in direct order.
Description "Observational cosmologist", "Ecology professor", "American poet". NOT: Graduate student
Also known as Variant names in direct order.
Statements Include at least one reference for most statements. See usage notes below for when references are not needed.
on focus list of Wikimedia Project (P5008) Q98970039 = Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington Only for PCC Pilot Project.
instance of (P31) human (Q5)
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. Record "unknown" unless you're sure of another value. Generally a reference is not required for binary genders like male and female. Others should probably be supported by references.
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.

if you need to refine a date, use the qualifier refine date (P4241); for example to say someone was born in the fall of 2001, use 2001 as the date of birth and add qualifier refine date (P4241) with value autumn (Q1314)
date of death (P570) * 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.

if you need to refine a date, use the qualifier refine date (P4241); for example to say someone died in the fall of 2021, use 2021 as the date of death and add qualifier refine date (P4241) with value autumn (Q1314)
occupation (P106) ** Values should be occupations/professions based on field of work, such as "chemist", "wood chemist", "sociologist", "civil engineer", etc. Create new item for occupation if needed.
field of work (P101) ** The person's discipline or specialty, e.g., "sociology", "marine ecology", "music history", "Canadian studies". Give multiple values if needed. Create new item for field of work if needed.
employer (P108) * if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
position held (P39) - e.g., "assistant professor"
For universities, give the university as a whole rather than a particular school or department. For the department(s) they are in, see academic appointment (P8413)
educated at (P69) * For universities, include the university as a whole rather than a specific school or department if known:
academic degree (P512) - e.g., Doctor of Philosophy
point in time (P585) - date degree given, or if period of study is known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
academic major (P812)
doctoral thesis (P1026) - item representing doctoral dissertation (work) if known and item exists for it
doctoral advisor (P184) - if readily available and item exists for them.
Create item for advisors of people who got their doctoral degree at UW.
work location (P937) The geographical place where they work or have worked, e.g., "Seattle" if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
official website (P856) language of work or name (P407)
retrieved (P813)
doctoral advisor (P184) * Core element only for UW doctoral students. Record if readily available and item exists for them. For UW students create item for their degree supervisor(s) if it doesn't yet exist. For reference to support this information, give either:
stated in (P248): WorldCat and OCLC control number (P243): [OCLC number without #]
or
reference URL (P854): [PDF URL of the thesis, e.g. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/23574/Barnum_washington_0250E_11801.pdf and retrieved (P813)
student of (P1066) * Core element only for UW master's students. Record their degree supervisor(s), if readily available. For UW students create item for their degree supervisor(s) if it doesn't yet exist. For reference to support this information, give either:
stated in (P248): WorldCat and OCLC control number (P243): [OCLC number without #]
or
reference URL (P854): [PDF URL of the thesis, e.g. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/23574/Barnum_washington_0250E_11801.pdf and retrieved (P813)
curriculum vitae (P8214) Give URL for the CV language of work or name (P407)
retrieved (P813)
academic degree (P512) * e.g. Doctor of Philosophy; Bachelor of Science; Master of Fine Arts. Can use "doctorate", "master's degree", etc. if the specific name of degree is not known conferred by (P1027)
point in time (P585)
affiliation (P1416) * Organization that a person or organization is affiliated with (not necessarily member of or employed by). Items will need to be created for them if they don't already exist.

Can include the school or department at UW they were in.
if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
position held (P39)

For UW schools and departments:
subject has role (P2868) - use value(s) doctoral student (Q108353503), Ph.D. candidate (Q12764792), and/or master's student (Q99464934) as appropriate
Repeat the property if a person has had different positions within the same affiliation.

Different from member of (P463)
position held (P39) * position held, particularly one that is not brought out somewhere else in the item if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
member of (P463) * organization, musical group, or club to which the subject belongs. Do not use for membership in ethnic or social groups, nor for holding a position such as a member of parliament (use P39 for that). This is a subproperty of affiliation.
ethnic group (P172) * Person's ethnicity. Consensus is that a VERY high standard of proof is needed for this to be used. In general this means 1) the subject claims it themselves, or 2) it is widely agreed on by scholars.
sexual orientation (P91) * The sexual orientation of the person. Use IF AND ONLY IF they have stated it themselves, unambiguously, or it has been widely agreed upon by historians after their death.
country of citizenship (P27) ** Do not surmise. If not definitively known, do not include.
place of birth (P19) *
given name (P735) Must have an item of the type "given name" (NOT "family name" or "nickname") in Wikidata. If it doesn't exist and you want to include it, you must create one. if multiple given names:
series ordinal (P1545) - position of an item in its parent series (most frequently a 1-based index).
First and middle names are separate values. Can be just an initial if fuller form of name is not known. The middle name(s) or initial(s) may need a reference if they are not included in the label. "stated in" can often be used for this. For example:
stated in: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Library of Congress authority ID: n84175418
family name (P734) Must have an item of the type "family name" (NOT "given name" or "nickname") in Wikidata. If it doesn't exist and you want to include it, you must create one. if multiple surnames:
series ordinal (P1545)
name in native language (P1559) imported from Wikimedia project (P143) Use when person has name in non-Latin script. Don't guess.
birth name (P1477) * Full name given at birth.
married name (P2562) * Full name after marriage.
pseudonym (P742) *
nickname (P1449) *
languages spoken, written, or signed (P1412)
influenced by (P737) *
residence (P551) * Geographical place where they live or once lived. if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
e-mail address (P968) * if known:
start time (P580)
end time (P582)
Format as mailto:[emailaddress]
phone number (P1329) * Only work phone numbers should be recorded. Give in the form +1-XXX-XXX-XXX.
fax number (P2900) * Only work fax numbers should be recorded. Give in the form +1-XXX-XXX-XXX.
described at URL (P973) URLs for faculty/staff pages, "about me" pages, etc. language of work or name (P407)
retrieved (P813)
notable work (P800) Only use if work already has an item; or if work is considered very important, create item for it.
academic thesis (P1026) object has role (P3831):
record either master's thesis (Q1907875) or doctoral thesis doctoral thesis (Q187685)
The thesis must have its own item to be able to use this property. For an example of this property in use, see: Hannah Sipe (Q100700912)
Identifiers Identifiers do not need references; they are self-referencing. However, qualifiers may be included if useful, such as to justify variant names.
Library of Congress Authority ID (LCCN) (P244) optionally:
named as (P1810)
alternate names (P4970)
VIAF ID (P214)
ISNI (P213)
ORCID ID (P496)
FAST ID (P2163)
Union List of Artist Names ID (P245)
Academic Tree ID (P2381)
GitHub username (P2037)
Google Scholar Author ID (P1960)
Semantic Scholar Author ID (P4012)
SCOPUS Author ID (P1153)
Loop ID (P2798)
Facebook ID (P2013) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
Flickr user ID (P3267) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
Twitter username (P2002) Twitter user numeric ID (P6552): obtain from https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-twitter-id/ or https://tweeterid.com/
start time (P580): obtain from https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-twitter-id/ or the person's Twitter page
If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
Instagram username (P2003) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634)
ResearchGate contributions ID (P6023)
ResearchGate profile ID (P2038)
SoundCloud ID (P3040) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
Vimeo username (P4015) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
YouTube channel ID (P2397) Not same as a user ID, for which there is no property. You can get a channel ID from a user URL. There are websites that convert them, for example: https://commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php. Another simple way is go to the YouTube site from the username URL and click a video of the channel (in its "VIDEOS" tab) and click the channel name on the video. That will take you to the page with its "channel" URL. named as (P1810), number of subscribers (P3744), start time (P580), language of work or name (P407), number of viewers/listeners (P5436), point in time (P585) If given on their website or otherwise found while searching Google.
MusicBrainz artist ID (P434)
Discogs artist ID (P1953)
CompositionToday composer ID (P8688)
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