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Edit request 23 December 2024
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Description of suggested change: Insert the following at Module:Authority control/config (note that the identifiers are ordered by wikidata property ID)
{'VICPARL',
property = 12362,
section = 6,
pattern = '^[a-z]+(\-[a-z]+)*$',
link = 'https://parliament.vic.gov.au/members/$1',
label = 'Victorian Parliament',
},
GMH Melbourne (talk) 02:03, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- The pattern needs to be updated to allow for a number at the end of the identifier, e.g. alexander-smith2 on Alexander Kennedy Smith. These are being tracked as errors on Category:Articles with faulty authority control information — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:40, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
Grimes2 (talk) 04:43, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Grimes2 (talk) 14:18, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- with Grimes2 (talk) 14:30, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
property = 12362, section = 6, pattern = '[a-z%-a-z2]+', link = 'https://parliament.vic.gov.au/members/$1', label = 'Victorian Parliament',
Done via pattern = '[a-z]+[a-z%-]*%d?'~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 15:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
National Library of Spain ID (P950)
editNational Library of Spain ID (P950) is not working. Example:
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Old: http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/authoritybrowse.cgi?action=display&authority_id=$1
New: https://datos.bne.es/resource/$1
Hessian Biography person (GND) ID (P13226)
editPlease add Hessian Biography person (GND) ID (P13226).
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Academy Awards Database nominee ID (P6150)
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We have included the Emmys and the Grammys as award database identifiers already. Please include the Academy Awards as well. Thank you and kind regards, Spinster300 (talk) 15:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC).
- This identifier does not work. Grimes2 (talk) 20:57, 19 January 2025 (UTC)