I have proposed two new properties for Wikidata, for entities represented in the University of Portsmouth's Visions of Britain database:
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
these are:
* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Visions_of_Britain_...
* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Visions_of_Britain_...
and will now be discussed for at least seven days, to determine whether there is consensus for their creation. Please make your views known on those pages.
On 4 February 2017 at 13:05, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
I have proposed two new properties for Wikidata, for entities represented in the University of Portsmouth's Visions of Britain database:
I have also now proposed a property for the British History Online's Victoria County History pages :
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_History_Onl...
and am suggesting that we update the associated template on Wikipedia to sue that site's new-style URLs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Cite_Victoria_County_History#Obs...
Again, your comments are invited.
On 04 February 2017 at 13:51 Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote:
I have also now proposed a property for the British History Online's Victoria County History pages :https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_History_Onl...
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It's a worthy cause. The VCH is still being published piecemeal, and as the name suggests began in 19th-century antiquarian mode. It is partially digitised by BHO. Its coverage of local history is generally pretty useful, fact-orientated stuff.
So, rationalising the referencing on Wikipedia, and perhaps building a mix'n'match catalog to help develop up its use in Wikidata's external links, look like constructive things to do.
Charles
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