Wikidata:Property proposal/nasljerseys.com player ID

‎nasljerseys.com player ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Sports

   Done: ‎nasljerseys.com player ID (P13662) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a sports player on nasljerseys.com
Data type	External identifier
Domain	association football match (Q12166442), basketball player (Q3665646), American football player (Q19204627)
Allowed values	(?:(?:ABA|ABL|ASL|EBA|MISL|WFL)\/)?Players\/(?:[A-W]|xyz|XYZ)\/(?:%20|[A-Za-z0-9-\.',\(\)])+
Example 1	Pelé (Q12897) → Players/P/Pele
Example 2	George Best (Q164521) → Players/B/Best.George
Example 3	Steve Vacendak (Q3973221) → ABA/Players/V/Vacendak.Steve
Example 4	Daryle Lamonica (Q1167012) → WFL/Players/L/Lamonica.Daryle
Example 5	Jim Boeheim (Q530705) → EBA/Players/B/Boeheim.Jim
Example 6	Bill Spivey (Q3640003) → ABL/Players/S/Spivey.Bill
Example 7	Mike Reynolds (Q122919291) → MISL/Players/R/Reynolds.Mike
Example 8	Nino Zec (Q7039066) → Players/XYZ/Zec.Nino
Example 9	Don Yates (Q100963489) → ABA/Players/xyz/Yates.Don
Mix'n'match	7058
Number of IDs in source	8183
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://www.nasljerseys.com/$1.htm
URL match pattern	^https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?nasljerseys\.com\/(?:(?:ABA|ABL|ASL|EBA|MISL|WFL)\/)?Players\/(?:[A-W]|xyz|XYZ)\/(?:%20|[A-Za-z0-9-\.',\(\)])+\.htm
See also	FBref player ID (P5750), Transfermarkt player ID (P2446), Basketball Reference NBA player ID (P2685)
Applicable "stated in"-value	nasljerseys.com (Q21901366)
Single-value constraint	no
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Property constraint	item-requires-statement constraint property = league or competition (P118) item of property constraint = North American Soccer League (Q1095556), American Basketball Association (Q463486), American Basketball League (Q463519), American Soccer League (Q16820436), American Soccer League (Q16820441), Continental Basketball Association (Q204348), Major Indoor Soccer League (Q833244), World Football League (Q1315037) item-requires-statement constraint property = occupation (P106) item of property constraint = association football player (Q937857), basketball player (Q3665646), American football player (Q19204627)
Subproperty of	Wikidata property for authority control for sports athletes (Q107738583)

Motivation

nasljerseys.com is a website documenting defunct 20th-century American sports leagues in great detail. Although it is not the most modern looking website, it is one of the most in-depth resources on these oft-forgotten leagues that I am aware of. Although I am sure there will be some skepticism about linking to a fan-run website, I have referred to the site quite a bit and not found any mistakes; it seems to be fairly accurate. It is currently referenced 491 times on enwiki and has been referenced by reliable sources (e.g. The Athletic, The Guardian, Sports Illustrated). I think it would be valuable to be able to link to nasljerseys.com from Wikidata.

Regarding the identifier format: URLs begin with the player's league (except for NASL players' URLs, which just begin with "Players"). However, regardless of the URL format, the page will cover the player's career in all leagues, and a player will generally not have more than one page about them. So if you look at the player index on the MISL, ASL, or EBA pages, you'll find many of the links go to the NASL or ABA sections of the website. I don't love having nearly the full URL in the identifier, but it seems unavoidable given the oddities of the URL format (especially with XYZ players, as "XYZ" is sometimes capitalized and sometimes not in the URL). –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:27, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support --Trade (talk) 01:56, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
• @IagoQnsi, Trade:  Done ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)