Wikidata:Property proposal/TheTVDB character ID
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TheTVDB character ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
Not done
| Description | identifier for a character at TheTVDB |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | fictional character (Q95074) |
| Allowed values | [^\n]+ |
| Example 1 | Sherlock Holmes (Q4653) → sherlock/people/63730376 |
| Example 2 | Q105485980 → exelixia/people/65744621 |
| Example 3 | Irene Adler (Q1779558) → sherlock/people/63730386 |
| Example 4 | Q105486003 → exelixia/people/65744622 |
| Example 5 | Joe McAlister (Q106617549) → under-the-dome/people/65250691 |
| Example 6 | Q105486023 → exelixia/people/66055776 |
| Source | https://thetvdb.com |
| Formatter URL | https://www.thetvdb.com/series/$1 |
| See also | TheTVDB series ID (P4835), TheTVDB person ID (P7920) |
Motivation[edit]
We already have TheTVDB.com ID (P 4835) for television series, TheTVDB episode ID (P7043), and TheTVDB person ID (P7920) in TheTVDB (Q15616250), but they also have entries for characters which need a separate property. TheTVDB is used by many apps and services, including Plex (Q7204887) and Kodi (Q919760), so being able to link characters to Wikidata and other movie/TV databases would be quite useful. BellaYunita (talk) 13:22, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Support, an important property for characters.--Arbnos (talk) 15:04, 27 April 2021 (UTC)- A property for these character entries would be good. But I'm unsure about the proposed values. For all other entries on TheTVDB, we use their numerical IDs. Using just the slug (Q99601940) could cause problems in the future, since IIRC they've already changed their URLs a few times in the past. Problem is, that I can't find a formatter URL for the numerical IDs that are currently used in the URL. Which doesn't surprise me, since the formatter URLs we're currently using for the other TheTVDB properties also weren't propertly documented somehwere and IIRC were only found in posts on their official (now closed) forum. --Kam Solusar (talk) 16:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
- Is Sherlock Holmes (Q4653) really the same as the sherlock in [1] ? Would every sherlock from every TV incarnation be linked to Sherlock Holmes (Q4653)? What about ones that differ greatly? I'm also concerned about using the slug like this. Also this DB seems to contain minimal information about characters. I'm skeptical. BrokenSegue (talk) 02:23, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
- Support--Trade (talk) 14:51, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Oppose Many of the examples are currently returning a 404. Stability/persistence issues? --99of9 (talk) 11:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)- Oppose I can't support this proposed identifier because I don't really see much information in it. --Gymnicus (talk) 17:13, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose--Trade (talk) 06:52, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- @BellaYunita, Arbnos, Kam Solusar, BrokenSegue, Trade, 99of9:, @Gymnicus, Trade:
Not done —MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 18:49, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
