Wikidata:WikiProject Military History

Purpose

This project aims to improve items related to the military history.

Properties

Persons

General

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: human (Q5)	Danail Nikolaev <instance of> human	-
sex or gender	P21	Item	sex of humans, biological sex, gender and sex or gender: sex or gender identity of human or animal. For human: male, female, non-binary, intersex, transgender female, transgender male, agender, etc. For animal: male organism, female organism. Groups of same gender use subclass of (P279)	Danail Nikolaev <sex or gender> male	-

image (P18)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
image	P18	Commons media file	illustration and image: portrait or group photo	Danail Nikolaev <image>	-
media legend	P2096	Monolingual text	depicting object and caption: description of the portrait or group photo	Danail Nikolaev <image> <media legend> General Danail Nikolaev in parade dress uniform.	-

occupation (P106)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
occupation	P106	Item	occupation, profession and by occupation or profession: occupation of a person; see also "field of work" (Property:P101), "position held" (Property:P39)	Danail Nikolaev <occupation> military personnel	-
occupation with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the military service started. This date depends on the country.	Ivan Kolev <occupation> military personnel <start time> 15 September 1863	-
occupation with qualifier end time	P582	Point in time	end time: The date when the military service ended.	Ivan Kolev <occupation> military personnel <end time> 29 July 1917	-

Note: Traditionally the local Wikipedias use the property occupation (P106) with value military personnel (Q47064) along with start time (P580)/end time (P582) to prefill the "Years of service" parameters.

conflict (P607)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> Serbo-Bulgarian War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> First Balkan War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> Second Balkan War	-
conflict	P607	Item	violent conflict: battles, wars or other military engagements in which the person or item participated	Grigor Kyurkchiev <conflict> World War I	-

military rank (P410)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
military rank	P410	Item	military rank: military rank achieved by a person (should usually have a "start time" qualifier), or military rank associated with a position	Danail Nikolaev <military rank> General of the Infantry	-
military rank with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the person was promoted	Danail Nikolaev <military rank> General of the Infantry <start time> 16 May 1909	-

• Note: Mark the top (or current for acting military person) military rank (P410) as "Preferred".

educated at (P69)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
educated at	P69	Item	alma mater: educational institution attended by subject	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy	-
educated at with qualifier start time	P580	Point in time	start time: The date when the education started	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy <start time> 1988	-
educated at with qualifier end time	P582	Point in time	end time: The date when the education ended	Andrey Botsev <educated at> Georgi Rakovski Military Academy <end time> 1990	-

award received (P166)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
award received	P166	Item	award, honorary citizenship, title of honor and decoration: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work	Danail Nikolaev <award received> Order of Bravery	-
award received with qualifier point in time	P585	Point in time	point in time: The date when the award was given	Danail Nikolaev <award received> Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius <point in time> 6 May 1936	-

Identifiers

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
CWGC burial ground ID	P1920	External identifier	identifier for a cemetery, churchyard, or memorial, in the online database of Commonwealth War Graves Commission	<CWGC burial ground ID> Q2945352	-
CWGC person ID	P1908	External identifier	identifier for a person, in the online database of Commonwealth War Graves Commission	James Brindley Nicolson <CWGC person ID> Q6436095	-

Geography

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
location	P276	Item	physical location: location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use P131. For statistical entities use P8138. In the case of a geographic entity use P706. Use P7153 for locations associated with the object	Battle of Chios <location> Chios Strait	contains

Wars

World War II (Q362)

Properties

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
Generals of World War II ID	P9426	External identifier	alphabetical identifier for a person on the Generals of World War II website at generals.dk	Otto Ruge <position held> Chief of Defence of Norway	-

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