Template:Authority control
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Description
This template links Wikipedia articles to various library (and other) catalogue systems, for biographies and other topics.
This template draws its values from Wikidata. A pencil icon 
gives convenient access to the "Identifiers" section of the corresponding Wikidata item.
Empty instances
If there is no information in Wikidata for the specific subject, an empty instance of this template will be dormant, meaning it will be invisible on the rendered page. Thus, using this template on a page with no authority information is harmless. An empty instance of this template stays dormant in an article, until values are added to Wikidata, when it will then display them.
Validation
The template attempts to validate digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.
Position
As a metadata template, the Authority control template should be placed on a new line, after the external links section and navigation templates, immediately before the categories.
Usage
- {{Authority control}}
As a general guideline:
- Insert the empty version
- Click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata
- If you know of more sources, add those sources to the article's Wikidata item, so that other language versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.
Suppression of identifiers
Identifiers can be selectively suppressed via the |suppress= parameter. For example (P434) can be suppressed by typing:
- {{Authority control |suppress=P434}}
Specifying the Wikidata item
If a page is not connected to a Wikidata item (for example, a page in draft space, user space or project space), you can specify the appropriate item to draw data from, by using the |qid= parameter.
- {{Authority control |qid=Q49605590}}
To find the correct item, you can search the database. If there is not yet an existing item, you can create a new item.
As soon as the page is connected to a Wikidata item, this parameter will be ignored so you can remove it from the template.
Additional Wikidata items
In some cases, you might need to specify additional items to draw data from. For example,
- Bonnie and Clyde also draws data from (Q2319886) and (Q3320282)
- North Rona also draws data from (Q28831543)
To specify additional items, you can use the |additional= parameter. For example:
{{Authority control | additional = Q2319886, Q3320282}}
To automatically add additional links from related items, use |additional=auto. This is useful for married couples, musical groups, etc.
Whitelists
A number of whitelists are configured, which allow only a limited selection of identifiers to be displayed. These can be used with the |show= parameter. For example, including |show=arts will only show identifiers which have identified as particularly relevant to the arts.
Multiple whitelists may be used. For example: {{Authority control|show=arts,SV}} adds identifiers from the arts and Sweden whitelists.
|country= can be used as an alias for |show=.
List of whitelists
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Examples
- Victor Hugo
- {{Authority control |qid=Q535}}
- Alexander Graham Bell
- {{Authority control |qid=Q34286}}
- Harry Forbes Witherby
- {{Authority control |qid=Q352545}}
- Carl Larsson
- {{Authority control (arts) |country=SV |qid=Q187310}}
Rendering
The template is split into a number of sections, including "International", "National", "Academics", "Artists" etc. The template usually displays as a navbox with a header:
If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line.
If you use additional qids to draw data from additional wikidata items, then a new section will be added for each. In this case, the identifiers will not be separated further:
This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse, meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar, or table with the collapsible attribute), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Authority control|state=collapsed}}</syntaxhighlight> will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar.
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">{{Authority control|state=expanded}}</syntaxhighlight> will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
Microformat
The template wraps each UID value with the HTML markup: <span class="uid">...</span>, which enables the first-found value to be included in an hCard microformat.
List of identifiers
The template gets its information from the following properties on Wikidata:
| Wikidata property | Identifier | Section | Appears as |
|---|---|---|---|
| (P213) | International | ||
| Remarks:ISNI is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles. Please take care not to confuse ISNI and ORCID identifiers. | |||
| (P214) | International | ||
| Remarks:International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) | |||
| (P227) | National | ||
| Remarks:Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB) | |||
| (P244) | National | ||
| Remarks:See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions | |||
| (P245) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). | |||
| (P268) | National | ||
| Remarks:Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France | |||
| (P268) | National | ||
| (P269) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Also available from English-speaking catalog (search author, click one book, click author name, take PPN= value of the URL) | |||
| (P271) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics. | |||
| (P347) | Other | ||
| (P349) | National | ||
| Remarks:Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF. | |||
| (P350) | Other | ||
| (P380) | Geographic | ||
| (P396) | National | ||
| Remarks:Central Institute for the Union Catalogue (ICCU: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico) is an Italian government agency created to build a single catalog of all the libraries in the nation. It manages National Library Service (Servizio bibliotecario nazionale). | |||
| (P409) | National | ||
| Remarks:NLA Trove's People and Organisation view allows the discovery of biographical and other contextual information about people and organisations. Search also available via VIAF. | |||
| (P428) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:Author citation (botany): standard form (official abbreviation) of a personal name for use in an author citation (only for names of algae, fungi and plants). Links to page at International Plant Names Index (IPNI). | |||
| (P434) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. | |||
| (P435) | Other | ||
| (P436) | Other | ||
| (P454) | Geographic | ||
| (P496) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range is a subset of the ISNI range. For free text links (for example when mentioning a person on page which is not about them), it is also possible to use {{ORCID}}. Authors—including Wikipedia editors—may obtain an ORCID by signing up at orcid.org/register. Please take care not to confuse ORCID and ISNI identifiers. | |||
| (P549) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. | |||
| (P650) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists. Names in RKDartists may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). | |||
| (P651) | People | ||
| Remarks:Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands. | |||
| (P691) | National | ||
| Remarks:National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. | |||
| (P716) | Other | ||
| (P781) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR). | |||
| (P791) | People | ||
| Remarks:Libraries, museums and archives, decentralized national databases. | |||
| (P864) | Academics | ||
| (P865) | People | ||
| (P886) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. | |||
| (P902) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. | |||
| (P947) | National | ||
| Remarks:Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia. | |||
| (P950) | National | ||
| Remarks:National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain. | |||
| (P966) | Other | ||
| (P982) | Geographic | ||
| (P1003) | National | ||
| (P1004) | Geographic | ||
| (P1005) | National | ||
| (P1006) | National | ||
| (P1015) | National | ||
| Remarks:BIBSYS is a supplier of library and information systems for all Norwegian university Libraries, the National Library of Norway, college libraries, and a number of research libraries and institutions. | |||
| (P1045) | People | ||
| (P1048) | National | ||
| Remarks:National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China. | |||
| (P1053) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:An identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters. The combined use of the digital object identifier with the ResearcherID allows for a unique association of authors and scientific articles. | |||
| (P1146) | People | ||
| Remarks:The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors. | |||
| (P1153) | Academics | ||
| Remarks:SciVerse Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 19,500 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, of which 16,500 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities). | |||
| (P1157) | People | ||
| Remarks:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico. | |||
| (P1186) | People | ||
| (P1225) | Other | ||
| Remarks:National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. | |||
| (P1248) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:KulturNav is a Norwegian cloud-based software service, allowing users to create, manage and distribute name authorities and terminology, focusing on the needs of museums and other cultural heritage institutions. The software is developed by KulturIT ANS and the development project is funded by the Arts Council Norway. | |||
| (P1315) | People | ||
| (P1323) | Other | ||
| (P1330) | Other | ||
| (P1362) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) is an encyclopedia about theatre in Switzerland. It was developed by the Institute of Theatre Studies of the University of Berne. | |||
| (P1368) | National | ||
| (P1375) | National | ||
| (P1407) | Other | ||
| (P1556) | Academics | ||
| (P1584) | Geographic | ||
| Remarks:Pleiades is a joint project of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and the Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | |||
| (P1707) | Artists | ||
| (P1736) | Artists | ||
| (P1886) | Geographic | ||
| (P1890) | National | ||
| (P1907) | People | ||
| (P1908) | People | ||
| (P1960) | Academics | ||
| (P1986) | People | ||
| (P2041) | Artists | ||
| (P2092) | Other | ||
| (P2163) | International | ||
| (P2174) | Artists | ||
| (P2268) | Artists | ||
| (P2349) | Artists | ||
| (P2418) | People | ||
| (P2456) | Academics | ||
| (P2484) | Geographic | ||
| (P2558) | People | ||
| Remarks:autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on Uruguayan authors. It was created and maintained by the Uruguayan chapter of Creative Commons. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain. | |||
| (P2750) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library. | |||
| (P2980) | Geographic | ||
| (P3223) | Geographic | ||
| (P3233) | Academics | ||
| (P3326) | Geographic | ||
| (P3348) | National | ||
| (P3372) | Artists | ||
| (P3407) | Geographic | ||
| (P3430) | Other | ||
| (P3544) | Other | ||
| (P3562) | Geographic | ||
| (P3563) | Geographic | ||
| (P3601) | Geographic | ||
| (P3723) | Geographic | ||
| (P3788) | National | ||
| (P3829) | Academics | ||
| (P3863) | Geographic | ||
| (P3920) | Geographic | ||
| Remarks:Identifier from one of 4 volumes of List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals issued by the Canadian Coast Guard. | |||
| (P3993) | Geographic | ||
| (P4038) | Geographic | ||
| (P4055) | Geographic | ||
| (P4114) | Artists | ||
| (P4143) | Geographic | ||
| (P4186) | People | ||
| (P4423) | Geographic | ||
| (P4457) | Artists | ||
| (P4534) | People | ||
| (P4535) | Geographic | ||
| (P4581) | Artists | ||
| (P4613) | Other | ||
| (P4955) | Academics | ||
| (P5034) | National | ||
| (P5226) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:Identifier of an artist in the B.R.A.H.M.S. (Base Relationnelle d'Articles Hypertextes sur la Musique du 20e Siècle database), by the IRCAM | |||
| (P5288) | Geographic | ||
| (P5302) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Identifier for a musical work in the B.R.A.H.M.S. (Base Relationnelle d'Articles Hypertextes sur la Musique du 20e Siècle database) database, by the IRCAM | |||
| (P5321) | Artists | ||
| (P5368) | Artists | ||
| (P5504) | Other | ||
| (P5587) | National | ||
| (P906) | National | ||
| Remarks:Authority data from the National Library of Sweden | |||
| (P5736) | Other | ||
| (P5818) | Geographic | ||
| (P6213) | People | ||
| Remarks:UK parliament member data | |||
| (P6792) | Artists | ||
| (P6804) | Artists | ||
| (P6829) | People | ||
| (P7293) | National | ||
| (P1695) | National | ||
| (P7303) | Artists | ||
| (P7314) | Other | ||
| (P7902) | People | ||
| (P8034) | National | ||
| Remarks:Vatican Library document data | |||
| (P8189) | National | ||
| (P8381) | Artists | ||
| (P8671) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Deutsche Bahn station code, identifier for train stations and other operating points used by Deutsche Bahn | |||
| (P8980) | National | ||
| (P9070) | Other | ||
| (P9692) | Artists | ||
| Remarks:Identifier for a musician in the Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit | |||
| (P9725) | Geographic | ||
| Remarks:Identifier for an entry in the castles inventory database EBIDAT | |||
| (P9984) | National | ||
| (P10020) | People | ||
| (P10299) | Academics | ||
| (P10832) | International | ||
| Remarks:WorldCat Entities for persons and works, by OCLC | |||
| (P11249) | National | ||
| (P11646) | People | ||
| Remarks:Online database of voice actors in film and television productions | |||
| (P12204) | Other | ||
| Remarks:Identifier for an entry in the Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELNCIP) Knowledge Base | |||
Additional tracking categories
This template may add the following categories:
- Category:Pages with authority control identifiers needing attention (765) – category to track errors
- Category:Pages using authority control with unknown parameters (0) – identifiers should be migrated to Wikidata
- Category:Articles with faulty authority control information (0) – faulty identifiers to fix
Error reports
See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.
See also
- Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
- Help:Authority control – reader help
- Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
- Template:Sports links – authority control style template for sports articles
- User:UBX/Authority control – for self-identifying as an AC user
- Commons:Template:Authority control – template on Commons
TemplateData
TemplateData for Authority control
A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| whitelist | show country | Whitelist (e.g. arts) or country code (e.g. ES) or property (e.g. P214) to show. If not specified, then every supported identifier will be displayed.
| String | optional |
| suppress | suppress | Comma-separated list of identifers to suppress from the template, in the form of the Wikidata property ID (e.g. P227),
| String | optional |
| qid | qid | Wikidata QID number for an article not yet connected to a Wikidata item. Once the article is connected to a Wikidata item, then this parameter will be ignored.
| String | optional |
| additional | additional | Comma-seprated list of additional Wikidata QIDs of items to display data for. Each should be related and covered by the article. Use "auto" to automatically include members of a couple, band, etc.
| String | optional |
| state | state | Initial state of the template
| String | optional |