Wikidata:Property proposal/landmass
landmass[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Place
| Description | area of land where the element is situated |
|---|---|
| Represents | landmass (Q205895) |
| Data type | Item |
| Domain | geographical feature (Q618123) outside of water |
| Example | |
| See also | continent (P30), part of (P361), located in/on physical feature (P706) |
Motivation
After the creation of located in protected area (P3018), mountain range (P4552), drainage basin (P4614), geomorphological unit (P4688) and others, located in/on physical feature (P706) is slowly losing its raison d'être as a catch-all solution to locating a geographical feature (Q618123). It seems to me that the last simple property needed to eventually sort the mess it has helped establish would be a 'landmass' one. It would basically say which landmass a feature is on from a purely geographical point of view, leaving continent (P30), which by the way only allows a very limited number of values, for more geopolitical connections. It would be particularly helpful for things – mountains, rivers and whatever else – located on islands and this is why I suggest an 'island' alias in the English language. It would systematically replace part of (P361), currently sometimes used to store this kind of relation. Thierry Caro (talk) 21:42, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Discussion
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Support This makes sense, though I am sure located in/on physical feature (P706) still will be useful for other cases? ArthurPSmith (talk) 13:40, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
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Support I supose it would b use full to put thing like Mount Royal (Q1757764) --> Island of Montreal (Q292354). --Fralambert (talk) 02:45, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
@Thierry Caro, ArthurPSmith, Fralambert: 
Done: P5130 (P5130). − Pintoch (talk) 07:15, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
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Oppose Totally redundant of located in/on physical feature (P706). /ℇsquilo 13:23, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
