Wikidata:Property proposal/day of week
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day of week[edit]
| Description | day of the week on which this item occurs, applies to or is valid on |
|---|---|
| Represents | day of the week (Q41825) |
| Data type | Item |
| Domain | any item where the day of the week needs to be specified directly or as a qualifier to another property |
| Allowed values | Monday (Q105), Tuesday (Q127), Wednesday (Q128), Thursday (Q129), Friday (Q130), Saturday (Q131), Sunday (Q132) |
| Example |
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- Motivation
The immediate reason for this proposal is to allow it as a qualifier for publications (see frequency of publication proposal above) but it could be used with many different items and properties and may (depending on the structure we eventually use) be a key component of the way to story "opening hours" currently being discussed. There may be a small overlap with valid in period (P1264) but I'm not sure that a day of the week is quite how that property is intended to be used. Thryduulf (talk: local | en.wp | en.wikt) 23:48, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
- Discussion
Support - this seems like a useful property to have. Should there maybe be a "month of the year" property also - for example Thanksgiving (Q13959) -> November (Q125) (qualifier = US)? Anyway I definitely support this one. ArthurPSmith (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- @ArthurPSmith: It think a "month of the year" property could be good thing to have as well. Maybe even more so for things like Black History Month (Q458206) → October (Q124) and National Novel Writing Month (Q1961898) → November (Q125) than things that happen on specific days. I don't want to propose it myself before this one is created but I'd support someone else's proposal whenever. Thryduulf (talk: local | en.wp | en.wikt) 15:57, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
Comment It makes sense as a qualifier for "frequency of publication"-like properties – not so much for the other examples given, IMO. "The Queen's birthday is on some Saturday" is not very helpful information - there is literally an infinity of Saturdays that would fit that description.--Anders Feder (talk) 21:28, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Actually knowing the Queen's official birthday (which incidentally is distinct from her actual birthday) is always on a Saturday is useful, as it can be linked with other events that happen on Saturdays for example, or dates determined with a day of week + date range. I agree that is only minorly useful for this example, but something like e.g. Jumu'ah (Q924037) → Friday (Q130) it is a much more significant aspect of the item. Thryduulf (talk: local | en.wp | en.wikt) 23:24, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
@Thryduulf, ArthurPSmith, Anders Feder: 
Done now day of week (P2894) --Lymantria (talk) 05:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)