Wikidata:Property proposal/about

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Description	A short text describing and presenting the entity
Data type	String
Domain	Entity: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35120
Example 1	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16867: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States, and of American literature.
Example 2	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331790. Interpol is an American rock band from Manhattan, New York. Formed in 1997, their original line-up consisted of Paul Banks (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Daniel Kessler (lead guitar, backing vocals), Carlos Dengler (bass guitar, keyboards), and Greg Drudy (drums). Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino.
Example 3	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5468. Durban, ncknamed Durbs, is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Durban forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
See also	https://dbpedia.org/ontology/abstract

A short text about the entity described to be called upon in Linked Data applications. A human readable text contextualizing the Entity, like https://dbpedia.org/ontology/abstract – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.128.118.8 (talk • contribs).

Previous proposal: Wikidata:Property proposal/description.--GZWDer (talk) 13:10, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What differences between Description? --Wargo (talk) 22:21, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Seems to be full proper sentences. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 02:35, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Descriptions should be full proper sentences IMHO. The current policy for Descriptions is enforcing an unnecessary limitation on the usability of this field. /ℇsquilo 17:21, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lengthy and wordy descriptions will be much less helpful for structured data. If Wikidata needs full descriptive content like that, it should be in a property like this one, and not in the description. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 19:28, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Descriptions are not structured data. Descriptions are descriptions. /ℇsquilo 07:25, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't say we do need it. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 16:26, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose You can create content on a wiki to link to the item. --عُثمان (talk) 16:26, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose What's the point of Wikidata if we're storing data in strings?! Lectrician1 (talk) 23:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Very true. If anything, you should be able to generate this description based on the structured data. If something can't be represented, propose a property for it. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 23:21, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: For much of the same reasons as objections to Wikidata:Property proposal/description. Wikidata is not an encyclopedia or travel guide or newspaper. Wikidata is not Wikipedia. Text strings of more than a few words and/or or of sufficient originality can be subject to copyright, which undercuts the CC-0 license for structured data. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Animalparty (talk • contribs).
Strong oppose The examples are simply restatements of the information already found on the items. Nothing new is added here except 1) a summary and 2) a conversion to a non-machine readable model.
@GZWDer, Wargo, Wd-Ryan, Esquilo, عُثمان, Lectrician1: @Animalparty, The-erinaceous-one: Not done Clear opposition, no support. ArthurPSmith (talk) 20:53, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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