Wikidata:Property proposal/LGD Block Code

‎LGD Block Code

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

   Done: LGD Block Code (P12717) (Talk and documentation)

Description	code used for Community Development Blocks by the Local Government Directory, a website run by the Government of India, which maintains directory of rural and urban local governments in India and their political territorial entities.
Represents	local government in India (Q16056480)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	items about community development block in India (Q2775236), a local self-government political system of India
Allowed values	\d{1,4}
Example 1	Dharmapuri block (Q5269303) → 6133
Example 2	Odapada block (Q61863585) → 3355
Example 3	Amdanga community development block (Q4742058) → 2723
Source	https://lgdirectory.gov.in/
Planned use	Around 1000 entries to be backfilled with the property, around 6000 new entries to be created with the property
Number of IDs in source	7272
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
See also	LGD local body code (P6425), Indian census area code (2011) (P5578)
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

The pre-existing "LGD local body code" property which is used for various types of Indian administrative entities like states/districts/subdistricts has a couple of problems. Firstly the collision problem, there can be collision across various entity types( a state LGD code can be the same of another district's LGD code ). Secondly, there is also a problem where any block of West Bengal has 2 LGD codes, one as subdistrict and another as a block, this breaks the single value constraint. Creation of separate LGD State or UT code, LGD District Code, LGD Subdistrict Code, LGD Block Code etc would alleviate these problems. LGD Block Code is the first of the separate identifiers which is to be used only for the Community Development Block entities.  – The preceding unsigned comment was added by RamSeraph (talk • contribs) at 15:20, April 25, 2024‎ (UTC).

Discussion

• I agree if it is to be used only where subdistricts differ from blocs. --Arjunaraoc (talk) 02:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Arjunaraoc Actually, it is more relevant for states where subdistricts are same as blocks, but it would make sense to use it for all community blocks for consistency. RamSeraph (talk) 07:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

  @RamSeraph, Agreed from the consistency angle. Arjunaraoc (talk) 08:21, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Arjunaraoc:, looks you are supporting the proposal. Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 13:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  @ZI Jony, Yes. Arjunaraoc (talk) 23:34, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

• @RamSeraph, Arjunaraoc:  Done as LGD Block Code (P12717). Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 07:34, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

  @ZI Jony Thank you :) RamSeraph (talk) 09:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)