Help:Person

You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the person
Syntax: nationality + occupation(s), for example: Italian architect and engineer.
Optional to add dates of birth and death or other significant information about this person, for example: British engineer and inventor of Stereo.
This will (not always) be translated

Also known as

This field is used to facilitate searching.
Always add Last name
Add alternative spelling
Add nicknames

Basic information

Field (P19)*

Defines in what field the person was active and makes it possible to find all persons in a specific field of interest.
Multiple entries are possible, but avoid to use to many fields.

Field Value list (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

The [type of information] is always "person"

Importance (P20)

defines how important this person was for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.
In case of local or national or regional use the Context as a qualifier to define for which concrete geographic region.

Importance value list (Q8)

Academic title (P299)

Academic or other title of the person.

First name (P303)

Given name

Last name (P315)

Family name

Context (P47)

Can be used to give more information about the person, the importance, etc.
Text length is limited, if needed add a second value.
Language is mandatory (fill the language of the text.)
If the information is retrieved from an existing source, add a qualifier source (P63) or source URL (P64)

Link to internal Wikipage (P23)

This is a link to a wiki-page that will appear on top of the page, with more detailed information about the person.
Needs the obligatory qualifier language (P53). This refers to the language the Wikipage is written in.

Language value list (Q14)

Occupation (P32)

The occupation of the person.
Use an occupation as low in the tree as possible.
Multiple values are possible.

occupation value list (Q31886).

Dates

Date of birth (P30)

The date the person was born

Date of dead (P31)

The date the person died

Significant date (P237)

A date that is significant for the person, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
Needs a qualifier timeline label (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
Describe the event in a context qualifier

Time frame (P86)

a period in time significant for the person, relating to a cultural movement, an architectural style or historic period.

Time frame value list (Q8)

Relations

Member of (P46)

refers to an organisation or business the item is member of.

founder of (inverse property label of founded by (P54))

Refers to an organisation the person has founded
Add a statement with the property [founder] to the item-page of the organisation that the person has founded. Link there to the person that is the founder. When done, [founder of] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

Worked with (P229)

Refers to an other person the person worked with
this is a bi-directional inverse property, it can be used on both sides.

Has worked in (P227)

Refers to a business the person worked for

Student of (P123) or teacher of (P124)

Refers to another person that was a teacher or student of this person

Father (P150)

Refers to the father or the child of a person.

has child (P150) (inverse property label of Father (P150)

Refers to the children a person has.
Add a statement with the property [father] to the item-page of the person that is the child. When done, [has child] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person that is the father.

was significant person for (P87) (inverse property label of significant person (P87))

Refers to an item the person was significant for, this can be another person, a building, organisation, etc.
Add a statement with the property [significant person] to the item-page of the item that the person was significant for. When done, [was significant person for] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.
- For example: Gustav III of Sweden was a significant person for the Drottningholm Palace Theatre. We add the statement on the page of Drottningholm Palace Theatre: [significant person] = Gustav III of Sweden. Afterwards, on the page of Gustav III of Sweden, we see (automatically) the statement: [was significant person for] Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
Describe the significance in a context (P47) qualifier.
If two persons are significant for both each other, the relationsip should be added in both directions.

Works

author of (inverse property label of author, P41)

refers to a document the person has written
add a statement with the property [author] to the item-page of the document and link from there to the person that is the author. When done, [author of] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has designed building (inverse property label of architect P48)

refers to a building the person has designed
add a statement with the property [architect] to the item-page of the building that the person has designed. Link there to the person that is the architect. When done, [has designed building] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has published (inverse property label of publisher P62)

refers to a document the person (or organisation) has published
add a statement with the property [publisher] to the item-page of the document the person has published. Link there to the person that is the publisher. When done, [has published] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has invented (inverse property label of inventor (P267))

refers to equipment the person has invented
add a statement with the property [inventor] to the item-page of the equipment the person has invented. Link there to the person that is the inventor. When done, [has invented] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has designed equipment (inverse property of designer, P225)

refers to equipment the person has designed
add a statement with the property [designer] to the item-page of the equipment the person has designed. Link there to the person that is the designer. When done, [has designed equipment] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has manufactured (inverse property label of manufacturer, P49)

refers to equipment the person has manufactured
add a statement with the property [manufacturer] to the item-page of the equipment the person has manufactured. Link there to the person that is the manufacturer. When done, [has manufactured] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

Media

Image of WikiCommons(P2) or Internal image (P24)

A picture of the person.
An [image] refers to a picture in the wiki repository of images (commons.wikimedia.org) You can link by copying the name of the file from wikipedia or from the repository.
An [Internal image] refers to a picture in our own repository. Upload the document first and copy the link here. (You have to be sure that the picture is open source.)
Wikicommons images are preferable
if you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Youtube video (P116)

a video on youtube about this person.
if the video mentions multiple persons or subjects, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the person.
copy the string after ?v= in the Youtube url and paste it in the [Youtube video] property.

Internal video (P76) or Wikicommons media (P8)

A video on about this person.
If the video mentions multiple persons or subjects, make a separate source item for it and use the mentions property to refer to the person.
An Wikicommons media refers to a picture in the wiki repository of videos (commons.wikimedia.org) You can link by copying the name of the file from wikipedia or from the repository.
An Internal video refers to a video in our own repository. Upload the video first and copy the link here. (You have to be sure that the picture is open source.)
Large videos are preferably stored outside of the platform due the limitations of file size.

Geographic

Country of citizenship (P83)

The country of nationality of a person

Country value list (Q440)

Has worked in (P227)

The place the person worked in
Multiple values possible
Possible values can be found in Country (Q440) but values also can be cities, theatres, etc.
Add start date (P38) and end date (P39 as qualifiers if appropriate.

Sources

Archive is kept at (P221)

The place or organisation where (parts of) the person's archive is kept.
Can be multiple values, in this case describe with a context qualifier the exact situation.

Web (P182)

A web resource that is dedicated to this person only

Source URL (P64)

A web resource that is used a information source for this item.
Extra information about the source can be added with a context qualifier.
If specific information is retrieved from a source, add this with a quote qualifier.

is mentioned in (inverse property label of mentions, P78)

describes the source a person is mentioned in.
the input is done on the source side: add a statement with the property [mentions] to the item-page of the source that mentions the person. Link there to the person that is mentioned. When done, [is mentioned in] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

References

is used in theme (P311)

a theme that a person is linked to.
check the item-page theme for possible values.

Wikidata source (P16)

Refers to an entry in Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org )
If the person exists in Wikidata, add Q-number from Wikidata
The information from wikidata will partly be displayed at the bottom of the page.

EUTA person identifier (P70)

Refers to an entry in EUTA (https://www.theatre-architecture.eu/ )
If the person exists EUTA add the number at the end of the URL.
For example if the URL is https://www.theatre-architecture.eu/db.html?personId=1455 add 1455 in the property.

VIAF identifier (P13)

The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web.

Encyclopaedia of Architects, Vienna 1770–1945 (P183)

Refers to a source in the digital Encyclopaedia of Architects, Vienna 1770–1945.

Visualisations

A standared "person" page will show:

a timeline with:
- the dates about the person

Help:Person

Contents

Introduction

Header

Label*

Description

Also known as

Basic information

Dates

Relations

Student of (P123) or teacher of (P124)

Works

Media

Image of WikiCommons(P2) or Internal image (P24)

Internal video (P76) or Wikicommons media (P8)

Geographic

Sources

References

Visualisations

Wikidata