Project:Policies specific to people

Introduction

One specific difference between lgbtDB and Wikidata or Wikipedia is lgbtDB's lack of specific notability criteria. Often these criteria can make it difficult to surface individuals whose contributions to the world may not yet be understood in full or may be marginalized. However, this does not mean that every person can (or should) be added to lgbtDB. For living persons, it is our policy to remove any data about an individual upon that individual (or a qualified representative's) request. Additionally, we should only include persons who are (a) queer in some form or fashion and are comfortable being identified as such or open about being as such, (b) individuals who are connected to queerness in some way, such as being a notable ally or for publishing queer materials or contributing to queer causes, or (c) have some connection to other queer entities on lgbtDB in some way, i.e. pages that are not orphaned but are linked to by at least one other entity that meets other criteria for inclusion. That said, these are guidelines, not absolutes, and it is very likely that there will be many exceptions to these ideas present on lgbtDB. These should not be used to police the site broadly, but should be ideas that we think about as we add information. We should always be cognizant that knowledge is a tool that can be used for good or bad depending on the circumstance, and we should curate lgbtDB with that idea in mind. Especially for queer people who are well-known but who do not necessarily have the resources to protect themselves from situations like doxxing or swatting, it is critical that we be mindful of their privacy. Questions about specific information for specific individuals should be left on user talk pages, discussed on Telegram, or discussed on individual entity pages, as appropriate.

Creating an Entity for a Person

First, add a new item with a label that is the name the person is most commonly known by in that language. Then add any and all aliases for that person.

After creating the entity for the person, decide if that person is a real-life human being or not. If they are, then add a statement that is instance of (P1) human person (Q8775). It is recommended to add other instance of (P1) properties based on things that person is said to be in various sources. For example, in the American National Biography, Marsha P. Johnson (Q15202) is referred as in the following sentence as a gay rights activist: "Johnson, Marsha P. (14 Aug. 1945—6 July 1992), gay and trans rights activist, was born... to a working-class African American family in Elizabeth, New Jersey." therefore we can add a statement that is instance of (P1) gay rights activist (Q23164).

After creating the entity for the person, create a companion entity for the concept that represents the person. For example, for Marsha P. Johnson, the concept that is related to the person is Marsha P. Johnson. It's a good idea to have an alias that is "person name (person)" for the person and an alias that is "person name (concept)" for the concept. You relate these two to one another by declaring a statement of identifies (P1148) "person name (person)" on the concept and a statement of identified by (P1142) "person name (concept)" on the person. This distinction follows the MADS/RDF Primer that distinguishes between real-world objects (in this case, the person) and authorities (in this case, the concept representing the person).

There are a number of properties available for persons, but typically, some of the following are good ideas to add:

• date of birth (P141)
• date of death (P142)
• place of birth (P1266)
• place of death (P1268)