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-On this page we discuss some special cases when creating items.
+On this page you'll find some information about some special cases when creating items.
 == Using pictures: source or item? ==

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 When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways. How they are added, depends on the number of items the picture will be linked to.
 * If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself.
-  For example, pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
+  For example: pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
 * If pictures will be linked to multiple items, a separate source is created. Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source (item). To link the pictures to an item, use the [[Property:P78|mentions]]-property.

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 == Using pictures: source or item? ==
 When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways. How they are added, depends on the number of items the picture will be linked to.
-* If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself. For example, pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
+* If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself.
-* If pictures will be linked to multiple items, a separate source is created. For example: the historic plans and documentation of a theatre kept in an archive, need to be linked to the draftsman, the theatre, the collection, with a specific date. In that case a separate source is created, for example “documentation about the Bourla theatre”  with links to the collection, the theatre, the date they are taken, etc. Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source. The same rules on mentioning are used as with other sources.
+* If pictures will be linked to multiple items, a separate source is created. Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source (item). To link the pictures to an item, use the [[Property:P78|mentions]]-property.
 In both cases, we make a featured picture that will be shown in the linked items.
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 Possibility to show area in picture? In that case, separate source, area in mentions. For example group picture linking to multiple people.
- In short:
+In short:
 *If only about one item (example equipment, a portrait of a person, …) add to item
 *If need to be linked to multiple items, separate source (ex historic plans  and documentation of a theatre, linked to the draftsman, the theatre, a collection, with a specific date) make source with title what, who, date.
 *Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source.
 *Use mentions to link to the separate items
 == An item with two [types of information]? ==

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 Possibility to show area in picture? In that case, separate source, area in mentions. For example group picture linking to multiple people.
-In short:
+ In short:
 *If only about one item (example equipment, a portrait of a person, …) add to item
 *If need to be linked to multiple items, separate source (ex historic plans  and documentation of a theatre, linked to the draftsman, the theatre, a collection, with a specific date) make source with title what, who, date.

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 == Using pictures: source or item? ==
-When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways:
+When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways. How they are added, depends on the number of items the picture will be linked to.
-If pictures are documenting only on specific item, the can be added to the item itself. For example, pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
+* If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself. For example, pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
-If pictures needs to be added to multiple items, a separate source is created. For example, the historic plans and documentation of a theatre kept in an archive, need to be linked to the draftsman, the theatre, the collection, with a specific date. In that case a separate source is created, for example “documentation about the Bourla theatre”  with links to the collection, the theatre, the date they are taken, etc. Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source. The same rules on mentioning are used as with other sources.
 In both cases, we make a featured picture that will be shown in the linked items.
 Possibility to show area in picture? In that case, separate source, area in mentions. For example group picture linking to multiple people.
-Pictures as a series
+In short:
 *If only about one item (example equipment, a portrait of a person, …) add to item
 *If need to be linked to multiple items, separate source (ex historic plans  and documentation of a theatre, linked to the draftsman, the theatre, a collection, with a specific date) make source with title what, who, date.
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 == An item with two [types of information]? ==
 Let's look at the following case:
-''Hugo Bahr was a German glass painter, lighting designer and manufacturer of lights.''
+ ''Hugo Bahr was a German glass painter, lighting designer and manufacturer of lights.'' We want to add ''Hugo Bahr'' to CanonBase and register following information about him: his date of birth, his occupation, his country of citizenship. We also want to link him to a projector stand that he manufactured. This projector stand is an

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