Wikidata:Property proposal/MobyGames numeric IDs
MobyGames numeric IDs[edit]
MobyGames game ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
Motivation[edit]
MobyGames game ID (former scheme) (P1933) was created back in 2015 (proposal). This property was not using the numeric ID, but a URL slug, which had the drawback of not being fully stable, but was prominently exposed in the URL and also what was used in the Wikipedia templates. A numeric ID did exist, accessible through the API, but not (as far as I know) exposed anywhere in the UI ; I am not sure it was resolvable either (but don’t quote me on that).
End of February 2023, MobyGames launched their new version. Among many other things, the numeric IDs are exposed in both the URL and the UI. MobyGames had the good taste to set-up permanent redirects so our links are not broken ; but going forward we should use the numeric ID.
The plan, as discussed on the project’s talk page, is to create a new property, using a bot to populate it (based on the old property), and eventually deprecate the old property. Jean-Fred (talk) 17:07, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Notified participants of WikiProject Video games
Discussion[edit]
Support as proposer Jean-Fred (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)- Support. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 20:31, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support for creating a new property. Matthias M. (talk) 21:13, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support, but maybe we should name this as 'MobyGames numeric game ID' to distinguish it from the previous property? —Tomodachi94 (talk) 23:35, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Indeed ; either that or renaming the old one to “MobyGames game slug”. Jean-Fred (talk) 08:28, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- I prefer naming the old one to slug, personally Nicereddy (talk) 23:36, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
- Indeed ; either that or renaming the old one to “MobyGames game slug”. Jean-Fred (talk) 08:28, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support —MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 06:05, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support Nicereddy (talk) 23:35, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sir Lothar (talk) 17:45, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
MobyGames company ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
| Description | identifier of a company in the MobyGames database |
|---|---|
| Represents | MobyGames (Q612975) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | organization (Q43229) |
| Allowed values | [1-9]\d* |
| Example 1 | Maxis (Q220317)→1 |
| Example 2 | Bethesda Softworks (Q684425)→171 |
| Example 3 | Blue Planet Software (Q2353877)→1421 |
| 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]. |
| Number of IDs in source | 45,688 |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Implied notability | Wikidata property for an identifier that does not imply notability (Q62589320) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.mobygames.com/company/$1/ |
| See also | MobyGames company ID (former scheme) (P4773) |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | MobyGames (Q612975) |
| Single-value constraint | yes |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Video games (Q8485882) |
Motivation[edit]
MobyGames company ID (former scheme) (P4773) was created back in 2018 (proposal). Same rationale as above − let’s create a new property, use a bot to populate it (based on the old property), and eventually deprecate the old property. Jean-Fred (talk) 17:07, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
- Support as proposer Jean-Fred (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 20:31, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support Matthias M. (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support —MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 06:03, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support from Japan :) Nicereddy (talk) 23:35, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sir Lothar (talk) 17:45, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
MobyGames group ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
Motivation[edit]
MobyGames group ID (former scheme) (P5360) was created back in 2018 (proposal). Same rationale as above − let’s create a new property, use a bot to populate it (based on the old property), and eventually deprecate the old property. Jean-Fred (talk) 17:07, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
- Support as proposer Jean-Fred (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support. I have already prepared QS file (screenshot) to import so that I can create all three properties later. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 20:27, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Repinging:
Notified participants of WikiProject Video games. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 20:28, 15 March 2023 (UTC) - Support Matthias M. (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support —MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 06:05, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sir Lothar (talk) 17:45, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
