This Wikiproject aims to provide structured data to study people's names throughout history, in the whole world, in all languages, for all people present in Wikidata, through structural properties and linguistic information.
The participants listed below can be notified using the following template in discussions:
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|Names}}
These are the basic principles of this project. For more specific info, see
Wikidata:WikiProject Names/Help
- names, first names, surnames and each other element of name must have their own item;
- each string should have a distinct item: the most important property is therefore
native label
(P1705)
.
Wassyl is not Василь is not Вас?ль is not Vasyl
;
- there should be just a single
native label
(P1705)
statement per item
- label should always stay in their own language; when
native label
(P1705)
uses another writing system, the label must be a transcription of
native label
(P1705)
. The original name should then be added in description
and
as alias (other transcriptions should also be added as aliases);
- keep
instance of
(P31)
simple:
given name
(Q202444)
,
female given name
(Q11879590)
,
male given name
(Q12308941)
,
unisex given name
(Q3409032)
,
double given name
(Q1243157)
,
family name
(Q101352)
, i.e. NO "Russian name",
Belarusian name
(Q35002801)
, etc.
- a
Wikimedia disambiguation page
(Q4167410)
is not a name -> see
Wikidata:WikiProject Names/Disambiguation
- never merge 2 items that are not strictly identical: a
family name
(Q101352)
is not a
given name
(Q202444)
... In case of doubt, please
ask
;
- keep descriptions as basic as possible (
male first name
), without adding the language or the etymology.
People names is a complex subject of study, because of historical, cultural, linguistical usages for naming. Therefore, we have a few generic properties, and a LOT of very specific ones, to be able to manage most cases.
→ See the dedicated subpage for a list:
Wikidata:WikiProject Names/Properties
.
There are many tools and gadgets that can help you:
see
Wikidata:WikiProject Names/numbers
- Template:Interwikis from P460
(Q21529474)
- To display interwikis to similar names in Wikipedia, copy
the template
to your Wikipedia and transcluded it. This can display interwikis on a Wikipedia article about "Sylvain" from the items
Sylvain
(Q16281827)
,
Silvano
(Q677210)
,
Silvan
(Q17565057)
,
Silvanus
(Q17565188)
,
Szilvanusz
(Q17565212)
,
Silviu
(Q2286869)
,
Sylwan
(Q17565214)
- Template:Interwikis from P1889 (family names)
(Q56475678)
- To display interwikis from family name items at Wikipedia, copy
the template
to your Wikipedia and transclude it on disambiguation pages. This can display additional interwikis on a Wikipedia disambiguation page about
"Miller" (Q304896)
from sitelinks of the item about the family name
"Miller" (Q1605060)
.