Wikidata:Property proposal/change

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change[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

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Descriptionproperty indicating a change / shift / difference (+/-) to a former value
Data typeQuantity
DomainWikidata property related to mathematics
Allowed values+#,##0.00/-#,##0.00 or +0/-0 or #0.00%
Examplestandard 742.335 → measure 742.500 = +0.165 error
ranking 3 → former ranking 2 = -1 shift
rating 88% → last rating 92% = 4,3478% deterioration
Aliases

balance, shift, shifting, difference, changing, discrepancy, displacement, alteration, error (of measurement), …

Motivation

|planned use doesn't work so
frequently or periodically refreshed lists (participant (P710)), such as sports ranking, survey result or charts, in which the old value is being overwritten by the new value. So one can show the position or value change as icon and / or value like:

6 Max Verstappen

9 WikiSingers „pro per tyy

1.[-] WKN: A0YG06 1.73 71.47%

Discussion

 New proposal hope of support 2%ɐ (talk) 13:57, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Neutral Probably useful in many cases, but possibly too generic and may be hard to use without proper context, so will be nice to clarify for what properties it is going to be sub-child. Eran (talk) 20:19, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Well this true, but I found no solution for a construct
Snooker world rankings (Q2143591)
It's not possible to add a qualifier for qualifier ranking (P1352), if it would be possible I would use:
so one can compare old rank (3) with ranking (1). Otherwise there are cases where ranking is given and only win/loss is interesting, so the value shows a difference not the old rank. --2%er 11:13, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Withdrawn no community support / feedback --2%er 17:55, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]