Wikidata:Property proposal/ScummVM ID
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ScummVM ID
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
| Represents | ScummVM compatibility database (Q123987363) |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | video game (Q7889) |
| Allowed values | \w+:\w+ |
| Example 1 | James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair (Q2026413)→cine:os |
| Example 2 | Cruise for a Corpse (Q970794)→cruise:cruise |
| Example 3 | The Neverhood (Q52058)→neverhood:neverhood |
| Example 4 | Mixed-Up Mother Goose (Q4412717)→agi:mixedup, sci:mothergoose, sci:mothergoose256, sci:mothergoosehires |
| Source | https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/ |
| External links | Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt]. |
| Mix'n'match | 6165 |
| Number of IDs in source | 410 |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/DEV/$1/ |
| See also | ScummVM wiki ID (P7840) |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | ScummVM compatibility database (Q123987363) |
| Single-value constraint | no |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
Motivation
[edit]ScummVM (Q145568) is a set of game engine recreation. It has an official wiki (for which we had ScummVM wiki ID (P7840) already) but as it turned out also a compatibility database, and a proper “ScummVM ID”. Some games have several versions, so no single-value constraint. The Mix’n’match catalogue has well over 100 matches already. Jean-Fred (talk) 21:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Notified participants of WikiProject Video games--Jean-Fred (talk) 21:29, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Discussion
[edit]
Support for sure, but since the identifier contains a colon, unfortunately, I don't think the current formatter URL will work here. Already checked on test.wikidata. I think we'll have to replace it with https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?url_prefix=https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/DEV/&id=$1, which redirects correctly. @Jean-Frédéric: What do you think? Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:53, 24 December 2023 (UTC)- I did not know about that limitation with colons (it’s not a problem with Fandom article ID (P6262) though?). Thanks for checking ; if it’s necessary then sure, using wikidata-externalid-url is a good plan :) Jean-Fred (talk) 13:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know exactly why identifiers break if they contain a colon, but it can happen with any other character if it is not followed by either a hyphen or an underscore. In the case of Fandom, I think exactly underscore solve this issue. Anyway, when I create the property, I'll try the proposed formatter URL first to see if it works, just in case. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 05:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- On test.wikidata the ID is being encoded to
cruise%3Acruiseinstead ofcruise:cruiseand ScummVM's website only converts the ID input to lowercase, without URL decoding the ID. It presumably works fine for Fandom because Mediawiki properly decodes URLs, e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata%3AProperty_proposal/ScummVM_ID still works. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 22:21, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- On test.wikidata the ID is being encoded to
- I don't know exactly why identifiers break if they contain a colon, but it can happen with any other character if it is not followed by either a hyphen or an underscore. In the case of Fandom, I think exactly underscore solve this issue. Anyway, when I create the property, I'll try the proposed formatter URL first to see if it works, just in case. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 05:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- Support Matthias M. (talk) 10:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Support of course Sir Lothar (talk) 10:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Jean-Frédéric, Matthias M., Sir Lothar:
Done: ScummVM ID (P12255). Fortunately IDs seem to work without the need for wikidata-externalid :). Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 21:39, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Update: I was too early to get excited. I didn't wait for the link to become clickable and looked only in preview mode to see that the identifiers worked without needing the wikidata-externalid, however they still require it as I originally suspected. See examples :/ Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
