Wikidata:Property proposal/DistroWatch ID
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DistroWatch ID
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
| Description | identifier for an operating system at DistroWatch.com |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Template parameter | in en:Template:DistroWatch |
| Domain | software |
| Example | Yellow Dog Linux (Q1136408) → yellowdog |
| Source | http://distrowatch.com/ |
| Formatter URL | http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=$1 |
| Robot and gadget jobs | import from Wikipedia |
- Motivation
DistroWatch (Q553173) is a significant website. Template:DistroWatch (Q6608617) exists in 23 projects. en.Wikipedia alone has over 300 of these IDs. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:22, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
- Discussion
Support but your example "yellowdow" seems to redirect to "yellowdog" so it's probably better to store the canonical form. Thryduulf (talk) 19:40, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
- Fixed. This is a Wiki - be bold! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:27, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
- Support Tubezlob (🙋) 10:35, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
@Pigsonthewing, Thryduulf, Tubezlob: DistroWatch ID (P3112) has now been created. --YMS (talk) 14:35, 31 August 2016 (UTC)