Help:Design
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Introduction
A design is a
Header
Label*
Description
- You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the design
- This will (not always) be translated
Also known as
- Add alternative spelling
- Add nicknames
Basic information
Field (P19)*
- This is used to define in what field the person was active and makes it possible to find all designs 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 "creative work"
- Add qualifier [type of creative work] to specify the type of creative work.
- This is an obligatory qualifier.
Type of creative work value list (Q39695)
Importance (P20)
- defines how important this design was for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.
Importance value list (Q8)
Context (P47)
- Can be used to give more information about the design, 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.
- Language (P35)
- Language of the wiki-page.
- This is a obligatory qualifier
Language value list (Q14)
Dates
Significant date (P237)
- A date that is significant for the design, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
- Needs a qualifier timeline label (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
- Describe the event in a context qualifier
Relations
Designer (P383)
- refers to the designer of the design.
Production (P356)
- refers to the production that is related to the design.
Significant equipment (P89)
- equipment used that was significant for the design (refers to unique equipment description)
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.
Sources
Archive is kept at (P221)
- The place or organisation where (parts of) the design's archive is kept.
- Only use it when the archive of the design is kept at a different location then the archive of the designer.
- 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 design only
Source URL (P64)
- A web resource that is used a information source for this item.
- If specific information is retrieved from a source, add this property as qualifier
is mentioned in (inverse property label of mentions, P78)
- describes the source a design is mentioned in.
- the input is done on the source side.