Wikidata:Property proposal/designed for handedness
designed for handedness
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic
| Description | hand(s) that this object is intended to be used with |
|---|---|
| Aliases | intended handedness|intended hand|made for handedness|handedness of tool|tool handedness |
| Data type | Item |
| Domain | physical tool (Q39546) |
| Allowed values | right-handedness (Q3039938), left-handedness (Q789447), ambidexterity (Q457332), two-handed (Q135156464), one-handed (Q135156460), handsfree (Q28460) |
| Example 1 | Logitech G9 (Q4364461)→right-handedness (Q3039938) |
| Example 2 | Apple Mighty Mouse (Q1069236)→ambidexterity (Q457332) |
| Example 3 | flute (Q89192684)→left-handedness (Q789447) (Q89192684 is one specific flute, not flutes in general) |
| Example 4 | estoc (Q1454997)→two-handed (Q135156464) |
| See also | handedness (P552), shooting handedness (P423), playing hand (P741) |
Motivation
[edit]We have several properties for designating which hand a human prefers, but we don't have a way to designate which hands a tool is designed to be used with. Many types of tools come in left-handed/right-handed versions; e.g. computer mice, musical instruments, scissors/cutting tools, golf clubs, etc.
Another option instead of adding this property would be to expand the scope of handedness (P552) (which currently can only be used on humans/characters). I don't love this option, as there are some handedness descriptors that make sense for a tool but not for a human. A tool can be one-handed or two-handed, but that shouldn't be tagged on a human. Humans can generally use a tool of any handedness (and if they can't, that should be modelled with medical condition (P1050), not handedness (P552)).
I listed six 'allowed values' that I think make for a reasonable one-of constraint (Q21510859) list, but I'd be interested to hear other opinions. –IagoQnsi (talk) 23:00, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
Discussion
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Support This is very cool. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 19:52, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Could this be expanded to actions like sports moves? For example two-handed backhand (Q14420068). Seems like a similar modeling issue. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 01:02, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- Something like that could definitely fit in theory, if there exists a tool in some sport that is designed for a specific move. In every racket sport I've played, you can hit any type of shot with any racket, so I don't know that it would make sense for two-handed backhand (Q14420068) in particular. But I could definitely imagine there may be some sports implement out there that I haven't thought of that is specialized to a particular handedness. –IagoQnsi (talk) 01:37, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- Could this be expanded to actions like sports moves? For example two-handed backhand (Q14420068). Seems like a similar modeling issue. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 01:02, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- Support I like the idea. Henrydat (talk) 17:12, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- @IagoQnsi, Wd-Ryan, Henrydat:
Done ArthurPSmith (talk) 15:57, 12 September 2025 (UTC)