Help:Person

Help index

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Introduction

A person is a living being that is used in the database to identify important persons, writers of information, etc.

Header

Label*

• The name of the person in it's original language
• We do not translate this.
• Syntax: First name, Middle name or characters, Last name (but without commas, for example: Jean-Baptiste André Godin)

Description

• You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the person
• Syntax: nationality + occupation(s), for example: Italian architect and engineer.
• Optional to add dates of birth and death or other significant information about this person, for example: British engineer and inventor of Stereo.
• This will (not always) be translated

Also known as

• This field is used to facilitate searching.
• Always add Last name
• Add alternative spelling
• Add nicknames

Basic information

Field (P19)*

• Defines in what field the person was active and makes it possible to find all persons in a specific field of interest.
• Multiple entries are possible, but avoid to use to many fields.

Field Value list (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

• The [type of information] is always "person"

Importance (P20)

• defines how important this person was for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.
• In case of local or national or regional importance: use the context as a qualifier to define for which concrete geographic region.

Importance value list (Q8)

Academic title (P299)

• Academic or other title of the person.

First name (P303)

• Given name

Last name (P315)

• Family name

Context (P47)

• Can be used to give more information about the person, the importance, etc.
• Text length is limited, if needed add a second value.
• Language is mandatory (fill the language of the text.)
• If the information is retrieved from an existing source, add a qualifier source (P63) or source URL (P64)

Link to internal Wikipage (P23)

• This is a link to a wiki-page that will appear on top of the page, with more detailed information about the person.
• Needs the obligatory qualifier language (P53). This refers to the language the Wikipage is written in.

Language value list (Q14)

Occupation (P32)

• The occupation of the person.
• Use an occupation as low in the tree as possible.
• Multiple values are possible.

occupation value list (Q31886).

Dates

Date of birth (P30)

• The date the person was born
• Optional qualifier city where the person was born.

Date of dead (P31)

• The date the person died
• Optional qualifier city where the person died.

Significant date (P237)

• A date that is significant for the person, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
• Needs a obligatory qualifier timeline label (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
• Describe the event in a context qualifier

Time frame (P86)

• a period in time significant for the person, relating to a cultural movement, an architectural style or historic period.

Time frame value list (Q8)

Relations

Member of (P46)

• refers to an organisation or business the item is member of.

founder of (inverse property label of founded by (P54))

• Refers to an organisation the person has founded
• Add a statement with the property [founder] to the item-page of the organisation that the person has founded. Link there to the person that is the founder. When done, [founder of] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

Worked with (P229)

• Refers to an other person the person worked with
• this is a bi-directional inverse property, it can be used on both sides.

Has worked in (P227)

• Refers to a place the person has worked in (country, city, theatre, etc.) and/or a business/organisation a person has worked for.
• Multiple values are possible.
• For countries: possible values can be found in Country (Q440).
• Add start date (P38) and end date (P39) as qualifiers if appropriate.

Student of (P123) or teacher of (P124)

• Refers to another person that was a student of this person.

teacher of (inverse property label of Student of (P123)

• Refers to anthter person that was a teacher of this person.
• Add a statement with the property [student of] to the item-page of the person that was the student of said person. When done, [teacher of] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the teacher.
• For example: Jean Rosenthal was a teacher of Stanley McCandless. We add the statement on the page of Stanley McCandless: [student of] = Jean Rosenthal. Afterwards, on the page of Jean Rosenthal, we see (automatically) the statement: [teacher of] Stanley McCandless.

Parent (P150)

• Refers to the father or the child of a person.

has child (inverse property label of Father (P150)

• Refers to the children a person has.
• Add a statement with the property [father] to the item-page of the person that is the child. When done, [has child] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person that is the father.

was significant person for (inverse property label of significant person (P87))

• Refers to an item the person was significant for, this can be another person, a building, organisation, etc.
• Add a statement with the property [significant person] to the item-page of the item that the person was significant for. When done, [was significant person for] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.
  • For example: Gustav III of Sweden was a significant person for the Drottningholm Palace Theatre. We add the statement on the page of Drottningholm Palace Theatre: [significant person] = Gustav III of Sweden. Afterwards, on the page of Gustav III of Sweden, we see (automatically) the statement: [was significant person for] Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
• Describe the significance in a context (P47) qualifier.
• If two persons are significant for both each other, the relationsip should be added in both directions.

Works

author of (inverse property label of author, P41)

• refers to a document the person has written
• add a statement with the property [author] to the item-page of the document and link from there to the person that is the author. When done, [author of] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has designed building (inverse property label of architect P48)

• refers to a building the person has designed
• add a statement with the property [architect] to the item-page of the building that the person has designed. Link there to the person that is the architect. When done, [has designed building] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has designed equipment (inverse property of equipment designer, P225)

• refers to equipment the person has designed
• add a statement with the property [equipment designer] to the item-page of the equipment the person has designed. Link there to the person that is the designer. When done, [has designed equipment] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has designed (inverse property of designer, P383)

• refers to a design the person has designed
• add the statement with the property [designer] to the item-page of the design. Link there to the person that is the designer. When done, [has designed] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has published (inverse property label of publisher P62)

• refers to a document the person (or organisation) has published
• add a statement with the property [publisher] to the item-page of the document the person has published. Link there to the person that is the publisher. When done, [has published] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has invented (inverse property label of inventor (P267))

• refers to equipment the person has invented
• add a statement with the property [inventor] to the item-page of the equipment the person has invented. Link there to the person that is the inventor. When done, [has invented] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

has produced (inverse property label of producer (P386))

• refers to the producer of a production.
• add a statement with the property [producer] to the item-page of the production. Link there to the person that is the producer. When done, [has produced] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

Media

Images

Generally, Wikicommons images are preferable.

Wikicommons image (P2)

A picture of this item stored in the Wiki respository (commons.wikimedia.org)

• You can link by copying the name of the file the Wiki repository or from Wikipedia.

Example: The file name of the picture is File:Arles Amphitheatre gallo romain pano.jpg. 
[Wikicommons image] = Arles Amphitheatre gallo romain pano.jpg.

• If you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Wikicommons gallery (P181)

A collection of pictures of this item stored in the Wiki respository (commons.wikimedia.org)

• You can link by copying the name of the gallery in the Wiki repository. It is the last part of the URL after /wiki/.

Example: The gallery name is Maxim-Gorki-Theater. The URL to this gallery is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maxim-Gorki-Theater
[Wikicommons gallery] = Maxim-Gorki-Theater

Canon image (P74)

An image of the item, stored in the Canon repository.

• Upload the video picture to the repository (you have to be sure that the picture is open source). For more information about uploading media to the repository, visit the help page about uploading media.
• Copy the Media ID and paste it in the value for the [Canon image] property.
• If you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Video

If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source item for it and use the mentions (P78) property to refer to the items.

Wikicommons video (P8)

A video about this item, stored in the Wiki repository (commons.wikimedia.org).

• Copy the name of the file from Wikicommons and paste it in the value of the [Wikicommons video] property.
• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Youtube video (P116)

A video about this item on Youtube.

• Copy the string after ?v= in the Youtube url and paste it in the [Youtube video] property.

Example: the url of the Youtube video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxW4EWi86TY
[Youtube video] = nxW4EWi86TY

• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Vimeo video (P351)

A video about this item on Vimeo.

• Copy the string after .com/ from the Vimeo url and paste it in the [Vimeo video] property.

Example: the url of the Vimeo video is: https://vimeo.com/1141817451
[Vimeo video] = 1141817451

• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Canon video (P76)

A video about this item, stored in the Canon repository.

• Upload the video first to the repository (you have to be sure that the video is open source). For more information about uploading media to the repository, visit the help page about uploading media.
• Copy Media ID and paste it in the value for the [Canon video] property.
• Large videos are preferably stored outside of the platform due the limitations of file size.
• If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Geographic

Country of citizenship (P83)

• The country of nationality of a person

Country value list (Q440)

Has worked in (P227)

• Refers to a place the person has worked in (country, city, theatre, etc.) and/or a business/organisation a person has worked for.
• Multiple values are possible.
• For countries: possible values can be found in Country (Q440).
• Add start date (P38) and end date (P39) as qualifiers if appropriate.

Sources

Archive is kept at (P221)

• The place or organisation where (parts of) the person's archive is kept.
• Can be multiple values, in this case describe with a context qualifier the exact situation.

Web (P182)

• A web resource that is dedicated to this person only

Source URL (P64)

• A web resource that is used a information source for this item.
• Extra information about the source can be added with a context qualifier.
• If specific information is retrieved from a source, add this with a quote qualifier.

is mentioned in (inverse property label of mentions, P78)

• describes the source a person is mentioned in.
• the input is done on the source side: add a statement with the property [mentions] to the item-page of the source that mentions the person. Link there to the person that is mentioned. When done, [is mentioned in] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the person.

References

is used in theme (P311)

• a theme that a person is linked to.
• check the item-page theme for possible values.

Wikidata source (P16)

• Refers to an entry in Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org )
• If the person exists in Wikidata, add Q-number from Wikidata
• The information from wikidata will partly be displayed at the bottom of the page.

EUTA person identifier (P70)

• Refers to an entry in EUTA (https://www.theatre-architecture.eu/ )
• If the person exists EUTA add the number at the end of the URL.
• For example if the URL is https://www.theatre-architecture.eu/db.html?personId=1455 add 1455 in the property.

Encyclopaedia of Architects, Vienna 1770–1945 (P183)

• Refers to a source in the digital Encyclopaedia of Architects, Vienna 1770–1945.

List of all reference properties

Visualisations

A standared "person" page will show:

• a timeline with:
  • the dates about the person