Property talk:P291

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place of publication
geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works)

Description	Place of publication
Represents	place of publication (Q1361759), place of first publication (Q115598739)
Data type	Item
Template parameter	en:Template:Cite book (location)
Domain	According to this template: work (Q386724), specifically version, edition or translation (Q3331189) of a given book (Q571) According to statements in the property: version, edition or translation (Q3331189), film (Q11424), work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659), source of information (Q3523102) or musical release (Q2031291) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Allowed values	places: human-geographic territorial entity (Q15642541) (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Example	Le petit prince (Q15942359) → New York City (Q60) Psychonauts (Q1277009) → worldwide (Q13780930)
Tracking: usage	Category:Pages using Wikidata property P291 (Q23909075)
<complementary property>	country of origin (P495)
See also	publication date (P577), publisher (P123)
Lists	Items with the most statements of this property Count of items by number of statements (chart) Items with the most statements Items with the fewest statements Count of items by number of sitelinks (chart) Items with the most sitelinks Items with the most sitelinks, but no link to one Wikipedia (sample: Welsh Wikipedia, cywiki) Items with the fewest sitelinks Most linked wikis Items with the most identifier properties By value of property Most statements Fewest statements Most sitelinks Most linked wikis Total of sitelinks on items Most identifiers Fewest identifiers Items with no other statements Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Database reports/Constraint violations/P291 Map Random list
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 781,309 Main statement 610,654 78.2% of uses Qualifier 166,242 21.3% of uses Reference 4,413 0.6% of uses
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Type “version, edition or translation (Q3331189), film (Q11424), work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659), source of information (Q3523102), musical release (Q2031291)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31)” with classes “version, edition or translation (Q3331189), film (Q11424), work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659), source of information (Q3523102), musical release (Q2031291)” or their subclasses (defined using subclass of (P279)). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P291#Type Q3331189, Q11424, Q386724, Q17489659, Q3523102, Q2031291, SPARQL

Value type “geographic region (Q82794), computer network (Q1301371), film festival (Q220505), television station (Q1616075), DVD region code (Q746611), geographic location (Q2221906), radio station (Q14350), theatre festival (Q1751626), television network (Q1254874), media company (Q1331793), trade fair (Q57305), film festival edition (Q27787439), educational institution (Q2385804), German public state broadcaster (Q1802587), Internet television (Q841645), country (Q6256), sovereign state (Q3624078), periodical (Q1002697), economic union (Q3623811), historical country (Q3024240), geographical feature (Q618123), fictional location (Q3895768), television channel (Q2001305)”: This property should use items as value that contain property “instance of (P31), subclass of (P279)”. On these, the value for instance of (P31), subclass of (P279) should be an item that uses subclass of (P279) with value geographic region (Q82794), computer network (Q1301371), film festival (Q220505), television station (Q1616075), DVD region code (Q746611), geographic location (Q2221906), radio station (Q14350), theatre festival (Q1751626), television network (Q1254874), media company (Q1331793), trade fair (Q57305), film festival edition (Q27787439), educational institution (Q2385804), German public state broadcaster (Q1802587), Internet television (Q841645), country (Q6256), sovereign state (Q3624078), periodical (Q1002697), economic union (Q3623811), historical country (Q3024240), geographical feature (Q618123), fictional location (Q3895768), television channel (Q2001305) (or a subclass thereof). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P291#Value type Q82794, Q1301371, Q220505, Q1616075, Q746611, Q2221906, Q14350, Q1751626, Q1254874, Q1331793, Q57305, Q27787439, Q2385804, Q1802587, Q841645, Q6256, Q3624078, Q1002697, Q3623811, Q3024240, Q618123, Q3895768, Q2001305, SPARQL

None of internationality (Q1072012): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: worldwide (Q13780930) (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P291#none of, SPARQL

This property is being used by: hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Գիրք, hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Պարբերական, hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Պարբերական/ավազարկղ ca:Plantilla:Infotaula de llibre, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula de publicacions periòdiques, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula de publicacions periòdiques/nova, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula lloc web, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula equipament informàtic, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula videojoc, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula publicació periòdica hu:Sablon:Újság infobox en:Template:Cite Q ilo:Plantilia:Cite Q ja:Template:Cite Q hi:साँचा:सन्दर्भ विकिडाटा, hi:साँचा:Wikidata Infobox/core es:Plantilla:Ficha de periódico sl:Predloga:Navedi Q s:he:תבנית:ספר, s:he:תבנית:מאמר nn:Mal:Kjelde på Wikidata cy:Nodyn:Cite Q d:Template:Cite Q, d:Template:Wikidata Infobox/core da:Skabelon:Cite Q v:en:Template:Cite Q uk:Шаблон:Видання, uk:Шаблон:Видання Наш Формат, uk:Шаблон:Журнал, uk:Шаблон:Перекладена книга, uk:Шаблон:Картка книги, uk:Шаблон:Твір, uk:Шаблон:Газета pt:Predefinição:Info/Documento/Wikidata, pt:Predefinição:Wikidata Infobox/core ast:Plantía:Publicación eu:Txantiloi:Aldizkari infotaula ga:Teimpléad:WD Bosca Sonraí Leabhar, ga:Teimpléad:WD Bosca Sonraí Nuachtán commons:Template:Wikidata Infobox/core mr:साचा:विकिडाटा माहितीचौकट/core, mr:साचा:विकिडेटा माहितीचौकट/core q:fr:Modèle:Wikidata Infobox/core de:Vorlage:Wikidata Infobox/core, de:Vorlage:SvLitSällskFinland kab:Talɣa:Infobox website hyw:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Պարբերական gu:ઢાંચો:Wikidata Infobox/core ta:வார்ப்புரு:Wikidata Infobox/core be-x-old:Шаблён:Часопіс s:cs:Šablona:Test, s:cs:Šablona:Monitoring Wikidata sv:Mall:Wikidata Infobox/core s:zh:Template:Wikidata Infobox/core ckb:داڕێژە:Wikidata Infobox/core id:Templat:Kotak info Wikidata/inti jv:Cithakan:Infobox manuscript ku:Şablon:Wikidata Infobox/core mnw:ထာမ်ပလိက်:Wikidata Infobox/core vec:Modeło:Infobox de Libro s:bn:টেমপ্লেট:উইকিউপাত্ত তথ্যছক/মূল eo:Ŝablono:Informkesto libro no:Mal:Wikidata Infobox/core ur:سانچہ:Wikidata Infobox/core tr:Şablon:Q kaynağı s:ban:Mal:Infobox manuscript, s:ban:Mal:Wikidata Infobox/core ban:Mal:Wikidata Infobox/core lv:Veidne:Wikidata Infobox/core ary:موضيل:معلومات نشيد diq:Şablon:Albumi s:hi:साँचा:Wikidata Infobox/core tt:Калып:Төркемнәр өчен навигация/комлык, tt:Калып:Музыкаль альбом be-tarask:Шаблён:Часопіс ms:Templat:Kotak info dokumen/kotak pasir gl:Modelo:Periódico, gl:Modelo:Revista Please notify projects that use this property before big changes (renaming, deletion, merge with another property, etc.)

Alias

I removed the English alias "location" from this property, because I am concerned that when people are looking for a "geographical location" property they will get this property as a result, and not look any closer. I've seen this happen with similar setups like "parent taxon" being used for "parent" (which we don't actually have). Espeso (talk) 20:04, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Ok. (I've just added it, because "location" is used by the templates.) --Kolja21 (talk)

First editions only?

Is there a reason this needs to be restricted to first editions? Can qualifiers simply be used to indicate subsequent editions if it they are notably published in a different location? If not, then perhaps the label should be changed to 'place of first edition publication' to better identify this limitation. Joshbaumgartner (talk) 06:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

My feeling is that this is going to be extended, as I just did, for publication in those instances. See Q3303832 for example. I think the limitation exists more for books than anything else. --Izno (talk) 16:52, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

I am going to change this, there is no limitation for books as long as the "place of publication" is used in the right "edition item". See Wikidata:Books task force for more details.--Micru (talk) 18:04, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Use as qualifier

This property is occasionally being used as a qualifier to publication date (P577). (For example, Q11168.) Is this correct? --Yair rand (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Probably more correct. Seems to me that a new edition of a text could be published elsewhere... but I guess that use case for us is covered since we create a new item. --Izno (talk) 13:54, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not used this way for books but in Super Mario Bros. (Q11168) it's ok. --Kolja21 (talk) 14:58, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Change in the list of value types

I removed film festivals from possible value type. There haven't really been statements where a film festival was given as a property for this qualifier, and for good reason: a) a film festival is not a geographical place, b) screening at a film festival does not constitute publication. – Máté (talk) 20:16, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

A screening at a film festival is of course a publication and the festivals are located on geographical places e.g. Toronto International Film Festival (Q390018) is in Toronto (Q172). Fim festival is as good as television station or DVD region code. I reverted this. -- MovieFex (talk) 21:05, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

DVD regions are greographical, TV stations are indeed problematic. But how is a festival appearance publication? – Máté (talk) 08:51, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

@MovieFex: @Máté: Wouldn't P4647 "location of first performance" be more suited to indicate a film premiering at a festival? Moebeus (talk) 08:59, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

A film festival takes place in a certain country/city (geographical) and the films are shown to public in cinemas (publication). May be location of first performance (P4647) could work too but nobody can say for sure that the dates in WD are correct or complete. -- MovieFex (talk) 09:14, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

See also User_talk:MovieFex#Releases. -- MovieFex (talk) 09:23, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Usage for newspaper ....

Hi,

I wanted to collect some feedback about the exact meaning of this property for the case of newspapers .... is this property indicating:

• a) The place where a newspaper is available/sold/distributed
• b) The place from where it is published/written/edited, i.e. name of the city where the publisher is located
• c) or both

this is affecting also other classes ... could you share your understanding?

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I am also interested in this. When looking at some examples, most of the time the place of publication is a nation-wide entity for bigger news outlets and just the city (as place of publication) for the local news outlets. When a local news outlet is available in a bigger region, this isn't covered by with multiple claims. Maybe as a proposal: If a region is used in this claim, its the availability of the work. If a city/place is used, its where the publisher is located ? But I see problems with the implicit knowledge of the meaning baked into the claim here. Peter Setzer (talk) 09:05, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Printed in

The physical booklet described at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11239817 was "Printed in China", so should place of publication be China? Said user manual is for the HP Pavilion dv5-1235dx Entertainment Notebook PC and was seen by consumers in the United States market. --User123o987name (talk) 09:16, 15 July 2020 (UTC)