Thanks Lawrence.  I agree with your approach.  What is the best way to
show support for this new property?

Please advise, James Weaver


On Fri, Jan 15, 2016, at 01:01 PM, Lawrence Troup wrote:
> Hi James, Andrew,
>
> I've now created a proposal for an 'associated people' property [1].
> If you're happy with this proposal, can add support for it? Or provide
> any comments on it.
>
> Thanks, Lawrence
>
> [1] 
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Generic#associated_people
>
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 at 14:53 Lawrence Troup
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi James,
>>
>> I think the problem with 'ruled by' is that it could be confused with
>> 'head of state', which is used for the reverse relationship when the
>> referring to an individual leader (rather than a ruling people).
>>
>> I think the correct approach here would be to get the 'associated
>> people' property defined, allowing multiple peoples to be associated
>> with e.g. the Aztec Empire. Then when the people are the rulers of
>> the society, have an 'instance of' qualifier on that particular
>> people.
>>
>> To give the full example: Aztec Empire [Q12542] : 'associated people'
>> = Mexica [Q3307681] with Qualifier 'instance of' Ruling Party
>> [Q1346215].
>>
>> I'm not certain that Q1346215 is the most appropriate item to use
>> here, but hopefully you get the idea.
>>
>> Thanks, Lawrence
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 at 13:38 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> __
>>> Thanks for your responses, Andrew and Lawrence.  What are thoughts
>>> about a new property (e.g. "ruled by" or "governed by") that
>>> expresses this sentiment?
>>>
>>> Please advise, James Weaver
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016, at 05:48 AM, Lawrence Troup wrote:
>>>> Hi James,
>>>>
>>>> This is quite similar to my proposal for a "culture" property [1],
>>>> which would be used e.g. for Tenochtitlan [Q13695] has "culture"
>>>> Mexica [Q3307681] (and probably also has culture Aztec [Q12542]).
>>>> You could potentially extend the usage of this attribute so that
>>>> you could have the "culture" of the Aztec Empire set to Mexica.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Andrew that "inhabited by" is a property that needs
>>>> adding - though in this case, it wouldn't  indicate that Mexica
>>>> were rulers of the Aztec Empire, just that they lived in it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Lawrence
>>>>
>>>> [1] "culture" property proposal:
>>>>     
>>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Creative_work#culture
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 at 09:49 Andrew Gray
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hi James,
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting question, this one. There's no easy way to link, eg,
>>>>> "France" and "French people".
>>>>>
>>>>> We have a property for "category of associated people" (P1792),
>>>>> so: France [P1792] Category:French people; & in turn that has a
>>>>> "category's main topic": Category:French people [P301] French
>>>>> people - but this is very convoluted!
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if this might be something looking for a suitable new
>>>>> property - "inhabited by"? "associated nationality"?.
>>>>> Alternatively, we could use P17, "country", on the item for the
>>>>> population group - this is a bit generic, but it would work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 January 2016 at 18:58,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > I want to add relationships between Mexica :Q3307681and
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > :Q794210 [1] where Mexicas were an indigenous people of the
>>>>> > Valley of Mexico, known today as the rulers of the Aztec empire.
>>>>> > I haven't found any properties that seem appropriate to me so
>>>>> > I'd like to get your insight before adding any.  What properties
>>>>> > would be most appropriate?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > [1] ConceptMap link: http://bit.ly/1RMVgsD
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards, James Weaver
>>>>> >
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