Wikidata:Property proposal/BookNotification author ID
BookNotification author ID
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier for an author at BookNotification.com |
|---|---|
| Represents | no label (Q139617997) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | item, human (Q5) |
| Allowed values | ^[a-z0-9-]+$ |
| Example 1 | Richard Osman (Q7328202)BookNotification.com author IDrichard-osman |
| Example 2 | Q138717048BookNotification.com author IDg-scott-graham |
| Example 3 | Stephen King (Q39829)BookNotification.com author IDstephen-king |
| Source | https://www.booknotification.com/authors/ |
| External links | Use in sister projects: [ar] • [az] • [bn] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fa] • [fr] • [he] • [hi] • [it] • [ja] • [ka] • [kn] • [ko] • [ml] • [mr] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ro] • [ru] • [sv] • [te] • [tr] • [uk] • [ur] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt]. |
| Planned use | Linking Wikidata author items to their bibliographies and series trackers on BookNotification.com. |
| Number of IDs in source | 100,000+ |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.booknotification.com/authors/$1 |
| Robot and gadget jobs | Possible future import via Mix'n'match |
| See also | ISFDB author ID (P1233), LibraryThing author ID (P7400) |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | no label (Q139617997) |
| Single-value constraint | yes |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Books (Q8487081) |
Motivation
[edit]BookNotification.com is a comprehensive database used to track author bibliographies and specific book series release schedules. Adding this identifier will allow Wikidata to link authors to their series order data and notification feeds, which is currently a gap in our bibliographic coverage.
-- Gscottgrahamstephens (talk) 18:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you for suggesting us! I'm the owner of Book Notification, and happy to answer any questions. Booknotification (talk) 01:13, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Discussion
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Support -- Yirba (talk) 13:32, 11 May 2026 (UTC)- @Gscottgrahamstephens, Booknotification, Yirba:
Done as Book Notification author ID (P14461). Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 06:57, 17 May 2026 (UTC)