Wikidata:Property proposal/author abbreviation
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author abbreviation[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work
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| Description | abbreviation used in one or more sources to indicate author's name |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Domain | instance of (P31)human (Q5) with writer (Q36180) or subclass of (P279)writer (Q36180) as occupation (P106) |
| Example | Herodotus (Q26825) → Hdt. |
| Format and edit filter validation | always ends with "." |
| Planned use | Use for ancient Greek and Roman authors |
| See also | botanist author abbreviation (P428); author citation (zoology) (P835) |
- Motivation
At the moment the only way to indicate the abbreviation for an author's name is aliases, but I think we need an appropriate property. 
WikiProject Books has more than 50 participants and couldn't be pinged. Please post on the WikiProject's talk page instead. Epìdosis 11:18, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
- Discussion
- Comment we currently have botanist author abbreviation (P428) (external identifier), author citation (zoology) (P835) (string), and short name (P1813) (monolingual text). Thryduulf (talk) 13:41, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
- botanist author abbreviation (P428) and author citation (zoology) (P835) are too specific. We can consider short name (P1813), maybe it could be OK. --Epìdosis 14:47, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
I have controlled the use of short name (P1813) and I think it's OK. If there aren't objections, I can close this proposal in two days. Thank you @Thryduulf:, --Epìdosis 14:58, 25 July 2016 (UTC)