Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland

Scope

Curation of any and all items (biographical, cultural, geographical, organisational, etc...) relating to the UK or Ireland.
& to be a central forum for editors in or with connections to Ireland or the UK, to promote discussion and involvement with Wikidata.

The project was set up during the London Wikidata Meetup Number 2, 2015-01-07

Stats edit

As of 18 July 2015, Wikidata claims to contain

70680 places in the UK (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties), 3048 places in Ireland (country) (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties), and 2 places in Ireland (island) (Autolist) (properties)
181714 places within 665 km of the Isle of Arran (Autolist) (properties); 8458 places within 330 km of Clifden (Autolist) (properties)
104749 people of UK citizenship (Autolist) (properties) and 5274 people of Irish citizenship (Autolist) (properties)
39213 people born in the (present) UK (Autolist) (properties) and 4044 in Ireland (Autolist) (properties)
18859 people who died in the (present) UK (Autolist)(properties) and 792 in Ireland (Autolist]) (properties)
2586 events that occurred in the (present) UK (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties) and 137 in Ireland (Autolist) (properties)
31690 organisations located or headquartered in the (present) UK (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties) and 290 in Ireland (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties)
64805 works located in the (present) UK (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties) and 1410 in Ireland (Autolist) (subclasses) (properties)

Some focus areas edit

Administrative subdivisions edit

Current hierarchy now pretty much in place for UK, at least from a district level up. (Work still needed at the level of civil parishes, towns and villages etc.

See Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland/adm for pages for the different nations,

eg Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland/adm/England, which may be most developed.

https://w.wiki/5pz Map of civil parishes and ceremonial counties in England

Biographical edit

Wikidata:WikiProject British Politicians

Item matching edit

ODNB -- Item matching the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (via Mix'n'match)
Status matching complete, but these items: tinyurl.com/pnxr2o4 could use some work on descriptions and properties.
"Your paintings" painters -- Item matching painters in the BBC Your paintings catalogue of oil paintings in UK public collections.
Status initial matching done. Sweep underway to run names without RKD links through MnM, to match other catalogues (up to born before 1920 now done -- pausing while MnM auto-matches newly created items); sweep also underway of entries with apparent Commonscats but no items on Wikidata. (now done up to born before 1940)
DWB -- Item matching the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (via Mix'n'match)
Open Plaques -- Item matching people in the Open Plaques list of commemorative plaques (via Mix'n'match)
an increasing number of other catalogues underway at Mix'n'match

Commons edit

Much work remains to identify existing Commons categories for the above, and link them to items via P373. Administrative areas are an important priority, because these can then be used to help validate other matches. Searches might be run to identify, eg listed buildings with images but no Commons categories.

Category extraction edit

Petscans for articles in various language wikis, which have no wikidata item.

Infobox extraction edit

Laws edit

See Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland/law

Listed buildings and Scheduled Monuments edit

National Heritage registers have been added, but there is significant unmerged duplication between items for Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments, and pre-existing items. There are also sometimes several listing numbers for different aspects of the same entity. This makes geographic matching of external items to Wikidata tricky, because there are often several candidates very close to each other.

See Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland/monuments

Scotland edit

See Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland/Scotland

Participants edit

This user is a member of
WikiProject UK and Ireland.

[+] Add yourself to the list

The participants listed below can be notified using the following template in discussions:
{{Ping project|UK and Ireland}}

Elsewhere edit

En-wiki wikiprojects: UK and Ireland
En-wiki infobox templates: UK (hierarchy); UK place; Ireland station
En-wiki categories: UK and Ireland
En-wiki lists: UK and Ireland
Commons categories: UK and Ireland

Resources edit

Mailing list edit

http://lists.wikimedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l -- WMUK Wikidata list

Upcoming events edit

Wikidata introduction day, London, 24 October 2015
See also: WMUK upcoming events list

Media edit

London Wikidata Meetup 2, 2015-01-07 edit

Sound recording of London Wikidata Meetup Number 2, 2015-01-07

Properties edit

v t e United Kingdom (Q145)–related properties

All-UK	OS grid reference BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units ID Air Ministry specification ID BBC programme ID GSS code (2011) PremiershipRugby.com player ID (obsolete) Operational Requirement of the UK Air Ministry Art UK artist ID Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID Patientplus ID BBC Genome ID Art UK venue ID Art UK artwork ID BBC Things ID Bradley and Fletcher checklist number Agassiz checklist number Art UK collection ID National Pipe Organ Register ID National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID vice-county parliament.uk biography pages (BEING DELETED) Hansard (1803–2005) ID Fellow of the Royal Society ID Power of 10 athlete ID PublicWhip ID Hansard (2006–March 2016) ID TheyWorkForYou ID Parliamentary record ID BBC News Democracy Live ID DfE URN British Council artist ID Railways Archive event ID Companies House company ID PASE ID Tate artist ID PASE name BBFC rating BFI National Archive work ID MSBI person ID Munk's Roll ID Plarr ID British Book Trade Index ID Legacies of British Slave-ownership person ID UK National Archives ID IWM memorial ID Kindred Britain ID Guardian topic ID TOID Surman ID Woodland Trust wood ID Parks & Gardens UK record ID Vision of Britain unit ID Vision of Britain place ID British History Online VCH ID ARCHON code Atlas of Hillforts ID Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID YCBA agent ID UK Electoral Commission ID The Black Book ID UK National Fruit Collection ID BFI Filmography person ID PubsHistory pub ID National Trust Collections ID British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association ID Rush Parliamentary Archive ID Team GB athlete ID Wimbledon player ID SUNCAT ID UK Parliament thesaurus ID RA Collections ID BTO five-letter code Lives of WWI ID DACS ID (former) Yale Center for British Art artwork ID National Historic Ships ID UK railway station code Who's Who UK ID BTO Birds of Britain ID Royal Academy new identifier British Library system number Companies House officer ID BNB person ID British Council writer ID Prison History ID RSL author ID CWA writer ID War Memorials Online ID British Executions ID BBC News topic ID Democracy Club candidate ID DoBIH Number Gateway to Research Project ID Art Fund artwork ID NMM artist ID GENUKI ID geograph.org.uk image ID UK Lakes Portal ID WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID Unique Property Reference Number Gateway to Research person ID Unique Street Reference Number Ofsted inspection rating Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID Gateway to Research organisation ID Legacies of British Slave-ownership place ID British Phonographic Industry ID National Portrait Gallery (London) artwork ID GB1900 ID operator licence number NHS Organisation Data Service ID CofE archives catalogue ID CofE archives name ID CofE archives place ID Mixcloud ID Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID Standing Waters Database ID Natural History Museum (London) person ID Engineer's Line Reference parliament.uk member ID Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID DACS ID (2022) TheGuardian.com profile ID UK Beetles ID Mapping Museums ID gov.uk person ID Applied Ecology Resources document ID British Paralympic Association athlete ID British Paralympic Association athlete ID ‎DfE group UID British Athletics athlete ID British Music Collection score ID Full Fact ID Sky News topic ID GamesRadar+ ID Spotlight PIN ID ‎WhatPub pub ID ‎Oxford English Dictionary object ID (post-July 2023)

England	National Heritage List for England number Cambridge Alumni Database ID Site of Special Scientific Interest (England) ID PASE ID PASE name Charity Commission no. OpenDomesday settlement ID OpenDomesday person ID Clergy of the Church of England database ID Survey of English Place-Names ID KEPN ID Old Bailey Proceedings ID England Rugby men's player ID Rugby Football Union women's sevens player ID Rugby Football Union men's sevens player ID Rugby Football Union women's player ID Women’s Elite Rugby player ID A Church Near You church ID MoEML ID Ashmolean museum ID V&A person ID Fitzwilliam Museum artwork ID Royal Museums Greenwich artwork ID LFChistory.net player ID Archdiocese of Liverpool parish ID England Hockey ID ‎ECF rating code

Wales	Cadw Building ID Dictionary of Welsh Biography ID Estyn ID National Library of Wales Authority ID Cadw Monument ID Charity Commission no. OpenDomesday settlement ID OpenDomesday person ID Welsh Chapels ID Senedd ID Coflein ID Historic Place Names of Wales ID Welsh Rugby Union women's player ID Welsh Rugby Union men's sevens player ID Welsh Book Trade Info ID Church Heritage Cymru ID ‎Weird Gloop article ID

Scotland	Historic Environment Scotland ID Canmore ID SEED number Scottish Football Association player ID Scottish Charity number Scottish Sports Hall of Fame inductee ID Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Accused witch ID Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Person ID Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Trial ID Scottish Rugby Union men's player ID Scottish Rugby Union men's sevens player ID Scottish Rugby Union women's player ID Scottish Rugby Union women's sevens player ID Dictionary of Scottish Architects ID Scottish Poetry Library poet ID Highland Historic Environment Record ID Gazetteer for Scotland person ID Gazetteer for Scotland place ID Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID POWiS ID Aberdeenshire HER ID Women of Scotland memorial ID Women of Scotland subject ID Scottish Brick History Brick & Tileworks ID AAGM person or institution ID AAGM site ID National Galleries Scotland ID NatureScot Sitelink ID AAGM artwork ID Scottish Built Ships ID RailScot location ID RailScot line or company ID Scottish Buildings at Risk ID Undiscovered Scotland ID Team Scotland athlete ID ‎Am Faclair Beag ID

Northern Ireland	NIEA building ID Dictionary of Ulster Biography ID Northern Ireland charity number Northern Ireland Assembly ID PlacenamesNI ID

Global, UK-administered	Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID Open Plaques subject ID British Museum person or institution ID Journalisted ID Open Plaques plaque ID ARKive ID (archived) ButMoth ID LepIndex ID NBN System Key WCSPF ID British Museum thesaurus ID British Museum place ID Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts ID V&A item ID English Short Title Catalogue ID Megalithic Portal ID Lives of WWI ID World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee ID LRB contributor ID

Open proposals	None at present

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject United Kingdom