Wikidata:Property proposal/Discover the networks

Discover the Networks identifier

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

Not done

Description	Identifier for organizations or people in Discover the Networks (Q17004565)
Represents	Discover the Networks (Q17004565)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	item
Allowed values	"(individuals(pipe)organizations)\/[a-z0-9-]+"
Allowed units	n/a
Example 1	Southern Poverty Law Center (Q2061914) → organizations/southern-poverty-law-center-splc
Example 2	Julian Bond (Q6306998) → individuals/julian-bond
Example 3	Fidel Castro (Q11256) → individuals/fidel-castro
Example 4	Greenpeace (Q81307) → organizations/greenpeace-gp
Source	https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/
Formatter URL	https://www.dscoverthenetworks.org/$1
See also	NNDB people ID (P1263), LittleSis people ID (P3388), LittleSis organization ID (P3393)
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Seems like a useful database to link in. We could alternatively make two identifiers (one for organizations and one for people). That would probably be better. BrokenSegue (talk) 19:50, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Comment I don't understand this database. How is "Fidel Castro" linked to "Democratic Socialists of America"? These "networks" seem entirely invented out of thin air. ArthurPSmith (talk) 18:11, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @ArthurPSmith: yeah so I cannot vouch for the quality of the linking data. I think they do have a paid editing staff though but their political bias is clear. BrokenSegue (talk) 19:47, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I do believe Wikidata should be neutral but at the same time it shouldn't link to sites which produce misinformation. Here is the description for George Soros from the site: "The prime mover behind the Democratic “Shadow Party” network." Come on. --Adam Harangozó (talk) 14:48, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- fair enough. BrokenSegue (talk) 01:57, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Certainly a most original insight into the, well, interesting world view of (some) conservatives. However, I don’t see the benefit for Wikidata or its users. --Emu (talk) 10:28, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the source of the wind —Eihel (talk) 01:22, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose clearly a non-encyclopedic project. --Hannes Röst (talk) 14:58, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done per comments above. --99of9 (talk) 06:52, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]