User:Bargioni/UseAsRef

UseAsRef is a User script written in collaboration with User:Epìdosis. It allows you to add references to statements on the basis of external IDs and, from the second version, also on the basis of other properties (described by source (P1343), official website (P856), official blog URL (P1581), curriculum vitae URL (P8214), terms of service URL (P7014), privacy policy URL (P7101), described at URL (P973), Academia.edu profile URL (P5715), full work available at URL (P953), exact match (P2888), online catalog URL (P8768)).

The first version (User:Bargioni/UseAsRef 1.0.js) was released in February 2021, the second version (User:Bargioni/UseAsRef.js) in October 2021.

Installation

To use this gadget add the following code to your common.js page:

importScript( 'User:Bargioni/UseAsRef.js' );

Functioning

1. add to the item all the statements that will need a reference and all the IDs or other properties (see list above) you want to use as reference
2. reload the item
3. click on the "copy this as ref" icon in the property you want to use as reference; you will see a notification of the action and the icon of the copied ID will have a green boundary; if you copy many properties in a row, the gadget will consider the last one copied (only the one with the green boundary)
4. click on the "paste copied ref" icon in the statement(s) you want to reference; you will see a notification of the edit(s) and the icon(s) of the referenced statement(s) will have a red boundary; you cannot paste the reference into a statement you are editing
5. if you want to use another property as reference, click on its "copy this as ref" icon and then click on the "paste copied ref" icons in the statements you want to reference
6. in order to see all references added, you can reload the item

The functioning is also showed in two Youtube videos: the first shows the functioning with external IDs; the second gives a general presentation of the gadget and shows the functioning with other statements.

Hints and caveats

• the references from external-IDs are constructed in the following way:
  • stated in (P248) = value of applicable 'stated in' value (P9073) present in the external ID used as reference (if P9073 is absent, you will get an error message asking you to add it to the property; you will also be asked to add Wikidata item of this property (P1629), if it's absent too)
  • external ID used as reference = value of the external ID used as reference
  • subject named as (P1810) = value of the qualifier P1810 read from the external ID used as reference (if is has it; otherwise, absent)
  • retrieved (P813) = present day
• the exclusion of ISBN-13 (P212), ISNI (P213), VIAF ID (P214), ISSN (P236), Freebase ID (P646), ISIL (P791), ISBN-10 (P957), Norwegian organisation number (P2333), Google Knowledge Graph ID (P2671), P7859 (P7859) from the number of external IDs usable as references is deliberate
• the references from other properties (see list above) are constructed in the following way:

Table of other properties

property	stated in (P248)	type of reference (P3865)	property for the copied value	copied value	page(s) (P304)	volume (P478)	reference URL (P854)	section, verse, paragraph, or clause (P958)	subject named as (P1810)	publication date (P577)	archive URL (P1065)	archive date (P2960)	retrieved (P813)	language of work or name (P407)
described by source (P1343)	X		stated in (P248)	from qualifier statement is subject of (P805), if present; otherwise from main value	X	X		X	X	X			X	X
official website (P856)		official website (Q22137024)	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
official blog URL (P1581)		official blog (Q41557148)	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
curriculum vitae URL (P8214)		curriculum vitae (Q186649)	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
terms of service URL (P7014)		terms of service (Q7214489)	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
privacy policy URL (P7101)		privacy policy (Q1999831)	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
described at URL (P973)		from qualifier object of statement has role (P3831), if present	reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
Academia.edu profile URL (P5715)	Academia.edu (Q2777905)		reference URL (P854)	main value			X			X	X	X	X	X
full work available at URL (P953)			reference URL (P854)	main value			X					X	X	X
exact match (P2888)			reference URL (P854)	main value			X					X	X	X
online catalog URL (P8768)			reference URL (P854)	main value			X					X	X	X

See also

• User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers - to add VIAF members' IDs from VIAF clusters