Help:Import NBD from enwikisource

A Naval Biographical Dictionary (NBD) is a resource included at English language Wikisource (enwikisource). Its 5000 entries and lists have been transcribed at Wikisource.

All pages are available at wikisource:Special:PrefixIndex/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/ and wikisource:Category:A Naval Biographical Dictionary

This draft outlines how to import and cross-reference them at Wikidata.

It's partially based on Wikidata:WikiProject DNB and Help:Import Template:Bio from itwiki. Some discussion was at Wikidata:Project_chat#Entries_from_A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary.

Sample item

Model item Yule, Charles Bampfield (NBD) (Q23956670)  

Examples : NBD entry

Item	Yule, Charles Bampfield (NBD) (Q23956670)
Label	Yule, Charles Bampfield (NBD)
Description	entry in the Naval Biographical Dictionary
Statements	<main subject (P921) : Charles Bampfield Yule (Q5075398)> <instance of (P31) : biographical article (Q19389637)> <published in (P1433) : A Naval Biographical Dictionary (Q16055052)>; (page(s) (P304) : '1340')

Label matches the string of the wikisource subpage-name followed by "(NBD)"

Examples : Subject of NBD entry

Item	Charles Bampfield Yule (Q5075398)
Statements	<instance of (P31) : human (Q5)> <described by source (P1343) : Yule, Charles Bampfield (NBD) (Q23956670)> <military branch (P241) : Royal Navy (Q172771)>, qualifier start time (P580): 1 May 1830 <military or police rank (P410) : captain (Q5036514)>, qualifier start time (P580): 1 October 1866

Note that <instance of (P31) : human (Q5)> should only be used for individuals. If an item is about a group of persons then use group of humans (Q16334295) or one of its subclasses.

<military or police rank (P410) can hold several ranks. Each with date.

Available fields

equivalent article at enwiki
rank
page numbers (from - to)

Mappings

Instance definition	Items mapping	Fields mapping	Values mapping
Which value to use for instance of (P31)?	Which items to use?	Which properties to use?	Which values for these properties?
Most entries will have instance of (P31) = biographical article (Q19389637). Exceptions include .. (lists of appointments)	New items need to be created for each article. This is done by PetScan.	see #Sample For naval ranks, there is the property military or police rank (P410)	This is mainly done by QuickStatements (Q20084080) (conversion of Wikipedia article titles to QIDs) Naval ranks, if added, would need manual mapping (rank > item for rank). Most dates will be Gregorian (adopted 1752 for GB)

Specific mappings used

Ranks

rank	Total	Mapping	Description for items of persons to be created
Admiral of the Fleet	3	Admiral of the Fleet (Q2501631): highest rank of the British Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Admiral of the Red	17	Admiral of the Red (Q24038801): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Admiral of the Blue	15	Admiral of the Blue (Q24038800): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Admiral of the White	14	Admiral of the White (Q24038802): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral of the Red	21	Vice-Admiral of the Red (Q24038808): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral of the Blue	18	Vice-Admiral of the Blue (Q24038807): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral of the White	20	Vice-Admiral of the White (Q24038809): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral	55	rear admiral (Q24038803): flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral of the Red	35	Rear-Admiral of the Red (Q24038805): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral of the Blue	33	Rear-Admiral of the Blue (Q24038804): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral of the White	31	Rear-Admiral of the White (Q24038806): rank of the Royal Navy	admiral of the Royal Navy
Captain	633	captain (Q5036514): senior officer rank of the Royal Navy	officer of the Royal Navy
Captain	112	captain (Q5036514): senior officer rank of the Royal Navy	Captain of the Royal Navy
Retired Captain	63	captain (Q5036514): senior officer rank of the Royal Navy	Captain of the Royal Navy
Captain on Retired Half-pay	2	captain (Q5036514): senior officer rank of the Royal Navy	Captain of the Royal Navy
Commander	960	commander (Q5152182): rank in the Royal Navy	officer of the Royal Navy
Retired Commander	360	commander (Q5152182): rank in the Royal Navy	Commander of the Royal Navy
Lieutenant	2525	lieutenant (Q24038912): rank of the Royal Navy	officer of the Royal Navy
One of the Junior Lieutenants	4	lieutenant (Q24038912): rank of the Royal Navy	officer of the Royal Navy

Note: the rank listed is generally that of the person at date of publication

Import steps

Done Create and populate a maintenance category: wikisource:Category:A Naval Biographical Dictionary, e.g. with wikisource:Template:NBD
Doing… Wait till the category is fully populated (takes hours) or do the following steps several times
Done Login in to Widar
Done Create items for all pages with PetScan
- Directly add P31:Q19389637 and P1433:Q16055052 to all pages (or do this afterwards)
Done Add descriptions to the new articles with QuickStatements
- Retrieve the list of items (choose download)
- Sample format (same for most entries): Q23956670 Den "entry in the Naval Biographical Dictionary"
Done Normalize/define the entries' labels with QuickStatements
- Retrieve the list of items or Retrieve the list of items (choose CSV or TSV format)
- Sample format (needs to be changed for each entry): Q23956670 Len "Yule, Charles Bampfield (NBD)"
Possibly add page numbers to published in (P1433):A Naval Biographical Dictionary (Q16055052) with QuickStatements
Doing… Add main subject (P921) linking to items for persons
- Sample to map Wikipedia to the Wikisource entry with QuickStatements (option "First column are articles from :" "enwiki") Charles_Bampfield_Yule P1343 Q23956670
- Alternatively, try Harvest Templates with Category:NBD articles without P921‎ or with Category:A Naval Biographical Dictionary once populated
Query main subject (P921) values to build a list to add described by source (P1343) with QuickStatements
- List
Check list of articles that don't have an equivalent person item and decide which ones should be created.
- List
1. Manually map entries to existing Wikidata items if possible or use "Mix'n'Match"
2. Create items for these persons including described by source (P1343)
Add naval ranks, other information to items about people
1. Add gender=male with QuickStatements
2. Add military branch = Royal Navy with QuickStatements

Not imported

TBD

Import TBD

rank(s)
entry date for military branch (P241)

Checks

TBD, see queries at Wikidata:WikiProject_DNB#Resources

Same value used several times in main subject (P921)
Value of main subject (P921) doesn't have instance of (P31) = human (Q5)

Statistics

There are about 5000 entries, ?% mapped to English Wikipedia.

instance of (P31) values

Manually update list

This list is periodically updated by a bot. Manual changes to the list will be removed on the next update!

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occurrences	instance of	description	sample
4908	biographical article	article in a dictionary or encyclopedia	Ashton, Herbert (NBD)
26	list of ship appointments	Wikimedia list article	Appointments
18	Wikimedia list article	page of a Wikimedia project with a list of something	No. 9. – Battle off Cadiz
14	addendum	addition made to a document following its publication	Addendum: Berkeley, Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge
11	table	arrangement of data in rows and columns	No. 1. – Lord Howe’s Actions
4	cross-reference	reference in one place in a book to information at another place in the same work	Repington, Edward Henry A’Court (NBD)
2	abbreviations table	supplement to another work providing the abbreviations used therein	Abbreviations (NBD)
1	preface	introduction to a book or other literary work by the author	Preface (NBD)
1	dedication	expression of friendly connection or thanks by the author towards another person	Dedication (NBD)
1	frontispiece	illustration facing a book's title page	Frontispiece (NBD)
1	erratum	published correction to a previous publication	Corrigenda (NBD)

∑ 11 items.