Help:Person

A person is a living being that is used in the database to identify important persons, writers of information, etc.

Used properties

Basic information

Label*

• The name of the person in it's original language
• We do not translate this. (just copy in your language)
• Syntax is First name, Middle name or characters, Last name

Description

• You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the person
• This will (not always) be translated

Also known as

• This field is used to facilitate searching.
• Add last name
• Add alternative spelling
• Add nicknames

Field (P19)*

• This is used to define 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.
• Possible values can be found in Field (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

• The [type of information] is always "person"

Importance (P20)

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] or [source URL]

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.
• Language (P35)
  • Language of the wiki-page.
  • This is a obligatory qualifier

Occupation (P32)

• The occupation of the person
• Possible values can be found in occupation (Q20)
• Multiple values are possible

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.)
• Needs a [context] qualifier

Relations

Member of (P46)

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

• Refers to an organisation the person has founded

Worked with (P229)

• Refers to an item the person worked with

Student of (P123) or teacher of (P124)

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

Father (P150) or has child (P151)

• Refers to the father or the child of a person.

Was significant person for (P87)

• Refers to an item the person was significant for.

Works

author of (inverse property label of author, P41)

• refers to a document the person has written

has designed building (inverse property label of architect P48)

• refers to a building the person has designed

has published (inverse property label of publisher P62)

• refers to a document the person (or organisation) has published

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

• refers to equipment the person has invented

has designed equipment (inverse property of designer, P225)

• refers to equipment the person has designed

has manufactured (inverse property label of manufacturer, P49)

• refers to equipment the person has manufactured

Media

Image (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.)

Instance of “featured image

Youtube video (P116)

Internal video or Wikicommons media

Geographic

Country of citizenship (P83)

• The country of nationality of a person
• Possible values can be found in Country (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 and end date as qualifiers if apropriate

Sources

Archive is kept at (P221)

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.
• If specific information is retrieves, add this property as qualifier

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

References

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)

• Check if used and usefull
• 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

• 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