Wikidata:Property proposal/About box
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About box
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Under discussion
| Description | Screenshot of the About Box of the respective software (contains important information such as authors, license, version number and year(s) and is included in almost every software) |
|---|---|
| Represents | About box (Q3576879) |
| Data type | Commons media file |
| Domain | computer program (Q40056) |
| Allowed values | File:XXX.png; File:XXX.jpg, etc. |
| Example 1 | Windows 11 (Q107269746)→Info Microsoft Windows 11 23H2 Build 22631.3085 20240206 19 33 14.png |
| Example 2 | 7-Zip (Q215051)→File:About box, 7-Zip 3.13 (Windows 2000).png |
| Example 3 | VirtualBox (Q11393)→File:20230625 10 56 11-VirtualBox - Über.png |
| Source | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:About_boxes_(isolated) & respective software titles |
| Planned use |
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| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| See also | image (P18) |
Motivation
[edit]Deutsch: Die Eigenschaft "Bild" ist aus meiner Sicht zu allgemein und einerseits ist es durch das weitreichende Vorhandensein in Software interessant und stellt einen Steckbrief zur Software dar (auch hilfreich zum Checken von einzelnen Daten und Informationen
English: The property “image” is too general from my point of view and on the one hand it is interesting due to the extensive presence in software and represents a profile of the software (also helpful for checking individual data and information)
– The preceding unsigned comment was added by PantheraLeo1359531 (talk • contribs).
Discussion
[edit]- Not sure if it wouldn't be better to just add the data that's in these boxes to their respective properties such as description, license, and so on. I tend to oppose this because of that. Such a description can be dynamically generated from the entered data. All the data in the About box should probably be in the WD item somewhere. The wikidata infobox (e.g. on Commons categories) already is a kind of dynamically generated about description box. --Prototyperspective (talk) 11:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- Won't most about boxes be copyrighted? I'm inclined to agree with Prototyperspective that storing the info is more relevant than a screenshot. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:06, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not convinced about universality or usefulness. The proposal suggests that it "is included in almost every software" and can be recorded in a screenshot. I'm not convinced this is true, as it assumes the software has a GUI, and chooses to information as a box graphic. Recording it as an image rather than text doesn't record its contents in a queryable form, would require image processing to extract it from a screendump, and would be could be constantly changing with every minor version increment. Its related to a splash screen (Q1440385) and we don't have a property to record that. If there was a desire to record it, it could be done as a qualified image (P18). So
Oppose Vicarage (talk) 18:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)