Wikidata:Property proposal/Has written for

has written for

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person

Done: has written for (P6872) (Talk and documentation)

Description	This person contributed to this publication
Data type	Item
Domain	periodical (Q1002697)
Example 1	Ernest Hemingway (Q23434) → The Kansas City Star (Q3521457)
Example 2	Theodore Roosevelt (Q33866) → The Outlook (Q17142729)
Example 3	Paul Krugman (Q131112) → The New York Times (Q9684)
Example 4	John Jay (Q310847) → Federalist Papers (Q858036)

Motivation

Numerous individuals, not just journalists, have written for various newspapers/journals/magazines. Yet, the only property we have to characterize this is Employer. This is far too vague and particularly inaccurate. William C. Minor (talk) 03:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support David (talk) 06:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Use contributed to creative work (P3919)? --Yair rand (talk) 02:54, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Printed publications are not creative. Wikipedia defines creative work (Q17537576) as "a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, and musical composition." William C. Minor (talk) 04:38, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Try arguing that the next time a newspaper sues you for copyright infringement, and see how far you get. :-) Jheald (talk) 09:08, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    - Copyrightable is not a synonym of creative. Compilations of facts, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and even telephone directories, can receive copyright protection. William C. Minor (talk) 06:16, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Worth noting that we already have numerous such subproperties already, e.g. costume designer (P2515), author of foreword (P2679), director of photography (P344), author of afterword (P2680) etc. As pointed out by other commenters, people don't usually think of a periodical as a work people "contribute to". Circeus (talk) 21:22, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like this better than trying to use contributed to creative work (P3919). I use contributed to creative work (P3919) when a writer contributes a chapter or essay to a book, or an entry to an encyclopedia, but I'd prefer a separate property for people who write regularly for a periodical publication. - PKM (talk) 20:23, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support - we are building categories on this info on frwikisource. This would be really useful. --Hsarrazin (talk) 22:12, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support.--Vulp here 15:12, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support typical on the CVs of freelance journalists 1Veertje (talk) 21:36, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tetizeraz (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@William C. Minor, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, Yair rand, Jheald, Circeus: @PKM, Hsarrazin, Vulphere, 1Veertje, Tetizeraz: Done Note that for the last example we haven't classified Federalist Papers (Q858036) as an instance (directly or via any subclass) of periodical literature, so the constraints may need adjusting... ArthurPSmith (talk) 19:02, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]