Template talk:Authority control

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Description of suggested change: Edit Module:Authority control/config to insert Parliament of Australia ID underneath "ARLHS":

Note: tested at Module:Authority control/sandbox and works accordingly (see here and here).

{'AUSPARL',
  property = 10020,
  section = 6,
  pattern = '[0-9A-Z]+',
  link = 'https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=$1',
  label = 'Parliament of Australia MP ID',
},

GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:59, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could the label be shortened somehow? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Perhaps AUPARL, similar to UKPARL? GMH Melbourne (talk) 09:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

@MSGJ: Sorry, I misread your question, perhaps "Australian Parliament", "AUS Parliament", or "Parliament of Australia" could work? — GMH Melbourne (talk) 10:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy with whichever one of those you think is best. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MSGJ: Australian Parliament GMH Melbourne (talk) 14:17, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. For future info, we have Module:Authority control/config/staging to prepare code for deploying to live version. So you can leave people's experiments in Module:Authority control/config/sandbox — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! I have found a better URL from which 'https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=$1' is sourced from. It is https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/$1 I have already changed it in the wikidata property. Thank you. GMH Melbourne (talk) 16:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GMH Melbourne: are there additional edits to be made, or is this resolved? Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 22:49, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rjjiii Yes, at Module:Authority control/config, replace 'https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=$1' with 'https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/$1' GMH Melbourne (talk) 04:22, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done and tested. MSGJ, I made the change directly to the live template after testing with URLs. Do I also need to make the change to /sandbox or /staging for the future? Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 05:13, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EU MEP (1186) addition

MEP directory ID (P1186) might be interesting and straightforward to implement. Ipr1 (talk) 05:32, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note that there is template {{MEP directory ID}} which used currently. Ipr1 (talk) 18:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ELMCIP ID (P12204)

I propose that we add the ELMCIP ID (P12204) that links to the ELMCIP Knowledge Base (Q113705072). It would go in the Other section. Peaceray (talk) 04:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Authority control on redirects

Is there a consensus on whether {{authority control}} should be placed on redirects? I placed some by hand a few months ago, and I just noticed that User:Eejit43/scripts/redirect-helper automatically removes them. I can think of three possibilities:

{{authority control}} should be placed on redirects; scripts are encouraged to add it, and definitely should not automatically remove it.
{{authority control}} may be placed on redirects, as a local editorial decision for each redirect; it should not be automatically added or removed.
{{authority control}} should not be placed on redirects; editors and scripts may freely and automatically remove it.

I looked in the archives, but all I found on the topic were two small discussions from ten years and eight years ago.

It may be relevant that {{r with Wikidata item}} allows navigating to the same information, but {{authority control}} better communicates that the information exists in the first place. (Not all Wikidata items have the sort of external identifiers that {{authority control}} deals with.) jlwoodwa (talk) 22:30, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]