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Autodescription — dog (Q144)
description: domestic animal
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- Report on constraint conformation of “dog” claims and statements. Constraints report for items data
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- Parent classes (classes of items which contain this one item)
- dog (Q144)
- domesticated mammal (Q57814795)
- pet (Q39201)
- →(@) domesticated animal (Q622852)
- dog (Q144)
- Subclasses (classes which contain special kinds of items of this class)
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dog⟩ on wikidata tree visualisation (external tool)(depth=1) - Generic queries for classes
Union and disjoint queries
- Instances of dog (Q144)
that are instances of two (or more) of the classes: [1] - Instances of dog (Q144) that are instances of none of the classes bitch (Q29642078) and male dog (Q105722362) [2]
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Why is not the same as Q26972265[edit]
I wonder why we are making separate instances for dog (Q144) and Canis lupus familiaris (Q26972265). We don't do this with house cat (Q146). -Theklan (talk) 09:39, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- Actually we do, see Felis catus (Q20980826). We just failed to also split off Felis sylvestris catus (at least so far); an oversight, perhaps cats are not as popular as dogs? - Brya (talk) 11:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- But which is the point? Please, comment here -Theklan (talk) 19:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- Actually we do, see Felis catus (Q20980826). We just failed to also split off Felis sylvestris catus (at least so far); an oversight, perhaps cats are not as popular as dogs? - Brya (talk) 11:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- There are any number of reasons, but the two main points are:
- retaining information. There are three concepts: Canis lupus familiaris, Canis familiaris, and "dog". There exists a great deal of literature out there, and if there are three items all references can be put in the item that the reference in question refers to (an article on Canis familiaris can be included as a reference in the item Canis familiaris, an article on Canis lupus familiaris can be included as a reference in the item Canis lupus familiaris, etc). This retains information which may well be important. If everything were to be dumped into one item, this information would be lost, and anybody to whom this information is important will need to re-examine all references to recover it. The purpose of a database is better served by retaining relevant information, rather than by eliminating information because it does not fit in the software used by a particular user, at the time, or in the ideas of a particular user, at the time.
- ease of editing. In maintaining items, it is much easier if they are on clear concepts. The item Canis familiaris (Q20717272) is much easier to maintain than a "mixed" item because it is very similar to Canis aureus (Q128098), coyote (Q44299), etc. The same goes for incoming links.
- Brya (talk) 04:27, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Adding a category[edit]
Add the category uses and put dog bed under the category to fix the error on the page dog bed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5450263 --Cookingmonster123 (talk) 20:15, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Done. --abián 20:19, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia entries[edit]
To be added: https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaun Grusaida (talk) 21:45, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Already Done. --Marsupium (talk) 23:25, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Why is "t" considered a synonym for "dog" in english?[edit]
I can't find any credible references, so I'm assuming it's a typo. Alcinos (talk) 00:10, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Agree. Reverted. --Infovarius (talk) 20:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)