Property talk:P241

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military branch
branch to which this military unit, award, office, or person belongs, e.g. Royal Navy

Description	Unit is part of military branch
Represents	military branch (Q781132)
Data type	Item
Template parameter	en:Template:Infobox military unit field branch
Domain	According to this template: instances of military unit (Q176799) According to statements in the property: military unit (Q176799), human (Q5), military facility (Q18691599), individual animal (Q26401003), fictional character (Q95074), military unit class (Q62934160), group of humans (Q16334295), police squad (Q64353859), military rank (Q56019), military uniform (Q1196123), military technology (Q329864), weapon (Q728), military unit designation (Q91197994), military profession (Q6857706), military equipment (Q18643213), military position (Q16631188), collection (Q2668072) or law enforcement agency (Q732717) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Allowed values	instances of military branch (Q781132) (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Example	According to this template: Carrier Strike Group Three is part of Navy According to statements in the property: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Q152316) → British Army (Q222595) Ronald Reagan (Q9960) → United States Army (Q9212) Royal Gurkha Rifles (Q2289772) → British Army (Q222595) Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (Q170356) → cavalry of Second Polish Republic (Q11737524) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Q3874799) → Armed Forces of Ukraine (Q936105) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Tracking: same	no label (Q42533335)
Tracking: usage	Category:Pages using Wikidata property P241 (Q20990006)
See also	military unit (P7779), conflict (P607), military rank (P410), military casualty classification (P1347)
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) Chart by item creation date Map of people by place values: place of birth educated at work location residence place of death place of burial January 1st dates People with date of birth on January 1 People with date of death on January 1 People with both dates on January 1 Database reports/Constraint violations/P241 Map Random list
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 140,798 Main statement 138,627 98.5% of uses Qualifier 2,163 1.5% of uses Reference 8 <0.1% of uses
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Type “military unit (Q176799), human (Q5), military facility (Q18691599), individual animal (Q26401003), fictional character (Q95074), military unit class (Q62934160), group of humans (Q16334295), police squad (Q64353859), military rank (Q56019), military uniform (Q1196123), military technology (Q329864), weapon (Q728), military unit designation (Q91197994), military profession (Q6857706), military equipment (Q18643213), military position (Q16631188), collection (Q2668072), law enforcement agency (Q732717)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31)” with classes “military unit (Q176799), human (Q5), military facility (Q18691599), individual animal (Q26401003), fictional character (Q95074), military unit class (Q62934160), group of humans (Q16334295), police squad (Q64353859), military rank (Q56019), military uniform (Q1196123), military technology (Q329864), weapon (Q728), military unit designation (Q91197994), military profession (Q6857706), military equipment (Q18643213), military position (Q16631188), collection (Q2668072), law enforcement agency (Q732717)” 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/P241#Type Q176799, Q5, Q18691599, Q26401003, Q95074, Q62934160, Q16334295, Q64353859, Q56019, Q1196123, Q329864, Q728, Q91197994, Q6857706, Q18643213, Q16631188, Q2668072, Q732717, SPARQL

Value type “military branch (Q781132), military (Q8473), combat arm (Q4793045), fictional military organization (Q18011141), guerrilla movement (Q20642011), navy (Q4508), military police (Q210815), irregular military (Q1673189), major command of the United States Army (Q1750673)”: 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 military branch (Q781132), military (Q8473), combat arm (Q4793045), fictional military organization (Q18011141), guerrilla movement (Q20642011), navy (Q4508), military police (Q210815), irregular military (Q1673189), major command of the United States Army (Q1750673) (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/P241#Value type Q781132, Q8473, Q4793045, Q18011141, Q20642011, Q4508, Q210815, Q1673189, Q1750673, SPARQL

Single value: this property generally contains a single value. (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/P241#Single value, SPARQL

Contemporaries:
if [item A] has this property (military branch (P241)) linked to [item B],
then [item A] and [item B] have to coincide or coexist at some point of history. (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/P241#Contemporary, SPARQL

Qualifiers “object named as (P1932), start time (P580), end time (P582), point in time (P585), of (P642), military unit (P7779), position held (P39), military rank (P410), conflict (P607), work location (P937), has cause (P828), end cause (P1534), reason for deprecated rank (P2241), reason for preferred rank (P7452), occupation (P106), sourcing circumstances (P1480), latest start date (P8555), earliest date (P1319), earliest end date (P8554), latest date (P1326)”: this property should be used only with the listed qualifiers. (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/P241#allowed qualifiers, SPARQL

Allowed entity types are Wikibase item (Q29934200): the property may only be used on a certain entity type (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/P241#Entity types

Scope is as main value (Q54828448): the property must be used by specified way only (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/P241#Scope, SPARQL

None of artillery (Q64418): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: artillery (Q1116728) (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/P241#none of, SPARQL

This property is being used by: ru:Шаблон:Военный деятель ru:Шаблон:Воинское формирование СССР ru:Шаблон:Государственный деятель ru:Шаблон:Государственный деятель2 av:Шаблон:Рагъул жигарчи, av:Халип:Рагъул жигарчи ba:Ҡалып:Воинское формирование СССР, ba:Ҡалып:Государственный деятель, ba:Ҡалып:Государственный деятель2 be:Шаблон:Ваенны дзеяч, be:Шаблон:Дзяржаўны дзеяч eu:Txantiloi:Biografia infotaula automatikoa, eu:Txantiloi:Biografia infotaula automatikoa/en, eu:Txantiloi:Unitate militar infotaula hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Բժիշկ, hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական գործիչ, hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական ստորաբաժանում myv:ЛопаПарцун:Ушман ro:Format:Infocaseta Militar tg:Шаблон:Ходими давлатӣ, tg:Шаблон:Ходими ҳарбӣ, tg:Шаблон:Арбоби низомӣ az:Şablon:Dövlət xadimi2, az:Şablon:Hərbi xadim, az:Şablon:Dövlət xadimi ca:Plantilla:Infotaula unitat militar ru:Шаблон:Воинское формирование СССР (2-я мировая, морской флот) cv:Шаблон:Патшалăх ĕçченĕ kab:Talɣa:Infobox biography el:Πρότυπο:Πληροφορίες προσώπου pt:Predefinição:Info/Navio/Testes ru:Шаблон:Персона/Ислам se:Málle:Biografia infotaula automatikoa/en mt:Mudell:Infobox biography, mt:Mudell:Infobox bijografija ha:Template:Infobox biography fr:Modèle:Infobox Juridiction christianisme/wd hyw:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Բժիշկ, hyw:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական գործիչ ast:Plantía:Persona din:Macuëc:Bio ga:Teimpléad:WD Bosca Sonraí Duine gd:Teamplaid:Bogsa eachdraidh-bheatha nn:Mal:Infoboks militær ss:Template:Umuntfu ts:Template:Bio es:Plantilla:Ficha de militar, es:Plantilla:Ficha de unidad militar, es:Plantilla:Ficha de estructura militar inh:Ло:Саг/Ислам incubator:Template:Wp/shi/Infobox biography, incubator:Template:Wp/igl/Bio, incubator:Template:Wp/ibb/Bio, incubator:Template:Wp/zgh/Infobox biography nl:Sjabloon:Infobox persoon Wikidata qu:Plantilla:Biografia, qu:Plantilla:Kawsay shi:Talɣa:Infobox biography dag:Tɛmplet:Bio gv:Clowan:WD Kishtey Fys Dooinney ff:Template:Infobox biography gur:Tɛmpileti:Bio cs:Šablona:Infobox - vojenský velitel zgh:ⴰⵍⴱⵓⴹ:Infobox biography dga:Tɛmpileti:Bio ka:თარგი:Wikidata/p241 gpe:Template:Bio igl:Éwn malábó:Bio Please notify projects that use this property before big changes (renaming, deletion, merge with another property, etc.)

For the time being, at least, can we use this for all military affiliations, not just branches? Such as saying en:Black Watch Armoury in Montreal is part of en:The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 11:28, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Not sure what you're getting at? "Branch" and "part of" are two different properties in military units. I don't think we want to lump them together. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is branch = Canadian Army-Primary Reserves. Part of = Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. That armoury looks like it was a garrison, so could be specified as a HQ. Danrok (talk) 11:41, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Overused with individual people

The new constraint on type military unit (Q176799) reveals that this property is already in use for nearly 7500 human (Q5) items... Is this an adequate use that should be allowed? LaddΩ chat ;) 14:18, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

"Military unit" and "branch of service" don't quite align - one is the specific assignment ("Fooian 1st Division"), the other is the overall force to which they belong ("Fooian Army"). It's possible, though unusual, for units to contain people from multiple branches. Andrew Gray (talk) 10:43, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Is the single-value constraint a good idea?

A person being a member of only one military branch is indeed the common case, but legitimate violations of this constraint aren't all that rare. Two common cases in which it happens: 1) a country's armed force branches may be reorganized, so people are members of different branches at different points in their career, and 2) countries may cease to exist and/or people may move between them. For example, around 1917, a number of members of the Imperial Russian Army (Q1078222) became members of the Red Army (Q251395). --Delirium (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Looks like this has now been removed, thanks! --Delirium (talk) 23:57, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

separator (P4155) = start time (P580), end time (P582) parameter allows to handle such cases correctly. — Ivan A. Krestinin (talk) 05:06, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but it doesn't solve the problem. It's a fact that there have been many people who served in more than one army at the same time. F.e. Q62507 who served in both Q520220 since 1664 and Q2240425 since 1672. Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 18:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC)