Wikidata:Property proposal/Macdonald Dictionary ID
Macdonald Dictionary ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier in the Macdonald Dictionary |
|---|---|
| Represents | Macdonald Dictionary (Q88729544) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Template parameter | id in en:Template:Macdonald Dictionary (Template:Macdonald Dictionary (Q25731497)) |
| Domain | human (Q5) (people in Canterbury, New Zealand) |
| Allowed values | \d+ |
| Example 1 | Charles Allison (Q61261100) → 707822 |
| Example 2 | John Acland (Q6218121) → 707712 |
| Example 3 | Samuel Paull Andrews (Q7412370) → 707900 |
| Example 4 | Alfred Barker (Q4722435) → 708158 |
| 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]. |
| Planned use | add ID to those Wikidata items that transclude Template:Macdonald Dictionary (Q25731497) |
| Number of IDs in source | circa 12,000 |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) (as the work was completed in 1964) |
| Formatter URL | https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/$1 |
Motivation[edit]
The Macdonald Dictionary is a key source of biographical details for people from Canterbury, New Zealand. Canterbury Museum has the following to say about it (sorry, there is no direct URL that I could link to):
"In 1952, George Ranald Macdonald volunteered to collect biographical information on early Canterbury settlers for Canterbury Museum. The G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies, presented in 1964, represents twelve years of his research and is made up of around 12,000 entries on nineteenth century Cantabrians. While it is often relatively easy to locate information on those prominent in public life, it is Macdonald's inclusion of people from every stratum of Canterbury society that has made this Dictionary such a valuable biographical source. The information included often goes beyond the basic facts and gives a rare insight into the lives of early residents, the businesses they founded, the institutions they were prominent in and the areas in which they lived. It is one of the most valuable and widely used sources of information on Canterbury people."
Macdonald's handwriting is hard to read. Canterbury Museum has a transcription project underway but I believe this is moving slowly (as per their website, it's 4% complete). It would be good to have the ability to capture the IDs in Wikidata to make this source more easily accessible. Schwede66 (talk) 09:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Support —MisterSynergy (talk) 11:26, 28 March 2020 (UTC)- Support. Nomen ad hoc (talk) 17:25, 28 March 2020 (UTC).
- Support MurielMary (talk) 01:54, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Ratso56 (talk) 19:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- Support --SilentSpike (talk) 16:46, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Schwede66, MisterSynergy, Nomen ad hoc, MurielMary, Ratso56, SilentSpike:
Done as Macdonald Dictionary ID (P8067). Thierry Caro (talk) 12:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
