Wikidata:WikiProject Periodicals

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WikiProject Periodicals

The aim of of the WikiProject Periodicals is:

  • to define a set of properties from w:Template:Infobox_journal and w:Template:Infobox_magazine (and other languages), especially prior names with year ranges, and standard abbreviations
  • to define a set of properties about periodical publishers, including learned societies
  • to map and import 'Journals cited by Wikipedia'
  • to map and import all relevant data to the Wikipedia collection of journal articles at w:Category:Academic journal articles / w:Category:Magazine articles (and other languages), and link these items to the reason for their notability - e.g. the discovery that was made, or event it records.
  • prepare for linking Wikisource collection of journal/magazine articles into Wikidata.
  • to map and import all other relevant data that currently is spread in Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikisource.
  • establish methods to interact with this data from different projects

Periodical properties[edit]

Venue item properties[edit]

These properties apply to journals/magazines as a publishing venue.

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Süddeutsche Zeitung <instance of> newspaper -
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) The Economist <instance of> magazine -
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Trends in Genetics <instance of> scientific journal -
ISSN P236 External identifier International Standard Serial Number (print or electronic) Süddeutsche Zeitung <ISSN> 0174-4917 -
ZDB ID P1042 External identifier identifier for serials German National Serials Database Pan <ZDB ID> 513414-6 -
title P1476 Monolingual text original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work Epoch <title> Эпоха -
place of publication P291 Item place of publication and place of first publication: geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works) Süddeutsche Zeitung <place of publication> Munich -
publisher P123 Item publisher and publisher: organization or person responsible for publishing books, periodicals, printed music, podcasts, games or software Süddeutsche Zeitung <publisher> Süddeutscher Verlag -
issuing agent of work P9901 Item issuing agent and publication: organization, agency, or other entity responsible for issuing a serial or other continuing resource, such as the official publication of the entity; distinct from commercial publisher of the resource Knowledge Organization <issuing agent of work> International Society for Knowledge Organization house publication
language of work or name P407 Item language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412)) Epoch <language of work or name> Russian -
editor P98 Item editor: person who checks and corrects a work (such as a book, newspaper, academic journal, etc.) to comply with a rules of certain genre. Also applies to person who establishes the text of an ancient written work or manuscript. The Silmarillion <editor> Christopher Tolkien -
printed by P872 Item printing: organization or person who printed the creative work (if different from "publisher") Gutenberg Bible <printed by> Johannes Gutenberg -
distribution format P437 Item method (or type) of distribution for the subject Grand Theft Auto V <distribution format> Blu-ray Disc -
inception P571 Point in time date of establishment: time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619 Epoch <inception> 1864 -
dissolved, abolished or demolished date P576 Point in time date of dissolution, abolition or demolition: point in time at which the subject (organisation, building) ceased to exist; see "date of official closure" (P3999) for closing a facility, "service retirement" (P730) for retiring equipment, "discontinued date" (P2669) for stopping a product Epoch <dissolved, abolished or demolished date> 1865 -
publication interval P2896 Quantity frequency: standard publication interval for daily or periodical publications The New York Times <publication interval> -
part of P361 Item part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670)) European Physical Journal C <part of> European Physical Journal has part(s)
separated from P807 Item separation: subject was founded or started by separating from identified object Presbyterian Church in America <separated from> Presbyterian Church in the United States merged into
supplement to P9234 Item supplement: subject work or edition updates or otherwise complements the object work or edition Kidney International. Supplement <supplement to> Kidney International -
indexed in bibliographic review P8875 Item bibliographic review(s) and/or database(s) which index this academic journal JLIS.it <indexed in bibliographic review> Emerging Sources Citation Index -

Organisation item properties[edit]

These properties apply to journals/magazines as a organisation.

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
logo image P154 Commons media file logo: graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and products Kansas City Royals <logo image> Kansas City Royals Insignia.svg -
headquarters location P159 Item headquarters, siège social, seat, episcopal see and titular see: city or town, where an organization's headquarters is or has been situated. Use P276 qualifier for specific building Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries <headquarters location> Vienna -
founded by P112 Item organizational founder: founder or co-founder of this organization, religion or place Apple <founded by> Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne -
chairperson P488 Item chairperson, leader and president: presiding member of an organization, group or body German Bundestag <chairperson> Norbert Lammert -
part of P361 Item part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670)) ear <part of> head has part(s)
separated from P807 Item separation: subject was founded or started by separating from identified object Presbyterian Church in America <separated from> Presbyterian Church in the United States merged into

Volume item properties[edit]

These properties are for items that represents volumes of periodicals.

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <instance of> volume -
part of the series P179 Item sequence, series of creative works, event sequence, book series, painting series and video game series: series which contains the subject Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <part of the series> Post- och Inrikes Tidningar -
has part(s) P527 Item has part, consist of and meronymy: part of this subject; inverse property of "part of" (P361). See also "has parts of the class" (P2670). Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <has part(s)> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 part of
followed by P156 Item followed by: immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has been replaced, e.g. political offices, use "replaced by" (P1366)] Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <followed by> follows
follows P155 Item follows: immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)] <follows> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) followed by
publication date P577 Point in time publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 1. <publication date> 1877 -

Issue item properties[edit]

These properties are for items that represents individual issues of periodicals (FRBR work level). These properties are mainly for items linked to Wikisource pages.

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <instance of> issue -
language of work or name P407 Item language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412)) Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <language of work or name> Swedish -
publication date P577 Point in time publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <publication date> 2 January 1821 -
issue P433 String issue: issue of a newspaper, a scientific journal or magazine for reference purpose Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <issue> 1 -
volume P478 String volume: volume of a book or music release in a collection/series or a published collection of journal issues in a serial publication Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <volume> 1821 -
followed by P156 Item followed by: immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has been replaced, e.g. political offices, use "replaced by" (P1366)] Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 <followed by> Ordinari Post Tijdender Anno (1645), No. 5 follows
follows P155 Item follows: immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)] Ordinari Post Tijdender Anno (1645), No. 5 <follows> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 followed by
part of P361 Item part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670)) Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 <part of> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) has part(s)

Article item properties[edit]

This properties are for the first item that represents a book (FRBR work level). These properties are mainly for items linked to Wikipedia pages, and wikisource pages.

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
instance of P31 Item instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Our Fragile Intellect <instance of> article -
author P50 Item author, writer and creator: main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 (author name string) when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist Our Fragile Intellect <author> Gerald Crabtree -
title P1476 Monolingual text original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work Our Fragile Intellect <title> Our Fragile Intellect -
subtitle P1680 Monolingual text subtitle: for works, when the title is followed by a subtitle Les Rougon-Macquart <subtitle> Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire -
language of work or name P407 Item language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412)) Our Fragile Intellect <language of work or name> English -
publication date P577 Point in time publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released Our Fragile Intellect <publication date> 13 November 2012 -
published in P1433 Item publishing: larger work that a given work was published in, like a book, journal or music album Our Fragile Intellect <published in> Trends in Genetics -
issue P433 String issue: issue of a newspaper, a scientific journal or magazine for reference purpose Our Fragile Intellect <issue> 29 -
volume P478 String volume: volume of a book or music release in a collection/series or a published collection of journal issues in a serial publication Our Fragile Intellect <volume> 1 -
DOI P356 External identifier serial code used to uniquely identify digital objects like academic papers (use upper case letters only) Our Fragile Intellect <DOI> 10.1016/j.tig.2012.10.002 -

Article properties volume (P478), issue (P433), page(s) (P304) can be used as qualifiers for the published in (P1433) statement. For multi-part articles that were published in installments across more than one issue, the article gets as many statements published in (P1433) as needed to neatly group the details for each installment. See for example Daseinskampf und gegenseitige Hilfe in der Entwicklung (Q19154093) and Jeux de hasard sur papier : les «loteries» de salon (Q111293309).

Qualifiers[edit]

List of qualifiers for using an article item as a source for a claim.

Property Datatype Description
page(s) (P304) String Location of the claim
quotation (P1683) String Relevant citation

Author item properties[edit]

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Participants[edit]

The participants listed below can be notified using the following template in discussions:
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Journals[edit]

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property count
instance of 115250
title 108490
language of work or name 102580
inception 13891
short name 1790
dissolved, abolished or demolished date 1752
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