Wikidata:Property proposal/ScummVM ID

‎ScummVM ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work

   Done: ‎ScummVM ID (P12255) (Talk and documentation)

Represents	ScummVM compatibility database (Q123987363)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	video game (Q7889)
Allowed values	\w+:\w+
Example 1	James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair (Q2026413)→cine:os
Example 2	Cruise for a Corpse (Q970794)→cruise:cruise
Example 3	The Neverhood (Q52058)→neverhood:neverhood
Example 4	Mixed-Up Mother Goose (Q4412717)→agi:mixedup, sci:mothergoose, sci:mothergoose256, sci:mothergoosehires
Source	https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Mix'n'match	6165
Number of IDs in source	410
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/DEV/$1/
See also	ScummVM wiki ID (P7840)
Applicable "stated in"-value	ScummVM compatibility database (Q123987363)
Single-value constraint	no
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

ScummVM (Q145568) is a set of game engine recreation. It has an official wiki (for which we had ScummVM wiki ID (P7840) already) but as it turned out also a compatibility database, and a proper “ScummVM ID”. Some games have several versions, so no single-value constraint. The Mix’n’match catalogue has well over 100 matches already. Jean-Fred (talk) 21:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Notified participants of WikiProject Video games--Jean-Fred (talk) 21:29, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support for sure, but since the identifier contains a colon, unfortunately, I don't think the current formatter URL will work here. Already checked on test.wikidata. I think we'll have to replace it with https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?url_prefix=https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/DEV/&id=$1, which redirects correctly. @Jean-Frédéric: What do you think? Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

  I did not know about that limitation with colons (it’s not a problem with Fandom article ID (P6262) though?). Thanks for checking ; if it’s necessary then sure, using wikidata-externalid-url is a good plan :) Jean-Fred (talk) 13:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I don't know exactly why identifiers break if they contain a colon, but it can happen with any other character if it is not followed by either a hyphen or an underscore. In the case of Fandom, I think exactly underscore solve this issue. Anyway, when I create the property, I'll try the proposed formatter URL first to see if it works, just in case. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 05:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

On test.wikidata the ID is being encoded to cruise%3Acruise instead of cruise:cruise and ScummVM's website only converts the ID input to lowercase, without URL decoding the ID. It presumably works fine for Fandom because Mediawiki properly decodes URLs, e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata%3AProperty_proposal/ScummVM_ID still works. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 22:21, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support Matthias M. (talk) 10:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support of course Sir Lothar (talk) 10:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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• @Jean-Frédéric, Matthias M., Sir Lothar:  Done: ‎ScummVM ID (P12255). Fortunately IDs seem to work without the need for wikidata-externalid :). Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 21:39, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Update: I was too early to get excited. I didn't wait for the link to become clickable and looked only in preview mode to see that the identifiers worked without needing the wikidata-externalid, however they still require it as I originally suspected. See examples :/ Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)