: PBD:ITEMS]Help:Items
Porn Base Data is the free knowledge base that anyone can edit. Just like PBC, PBD is built on the MediaWiki wiki package which means that content on pages (just like this one!) can be added, modified, or deleted in collaboration with others. Unlike PBC, PBD also uses Wikibase software which allows for collaborative editing of structured data.
Understanding items
In Porn Base Data, items are used to represent all the things in human knowledge, including topics, concepts, and objects. For example, the "pornographic film", "cartoon pornography", "pornography", and "Curtis (Sean Cody)" are all items in PBD.
For those who are familiar with PBC, it may be tempting to initially think of items as like the PBD version of PBC articles. While items and articles are both pages for storing information about different concepts or topics of human knowledge, it's important to keep in mind that PBD is not just a database of PBC content. In fact, PBD is actually more similar to Central Repository or General Archive, than it is to PBC—but instead of articles, PBD provides centralized storage for an access to structured data for all Pornographic Central projects, as well as for use on external websites.
There are a few important characteristics about items that contribute to the success of Porn Base Data:
Notable items
Porn Base Data items are said to be notable. This means at least one of three things:
- a corresponding page on a Pornographic Central site such as PBC,
- a clearly identifiable conceptual or material entity that can be described using serious and publicly available references or
- the item fulfills a structural need. For more information look at our notability policy.
Linking items
Items can and should also be linked to each other. Each item has a unique identifier (starting with a Q prefix) and its own page in the Porn Base Data main namespace. For example, for the items listed above, Fabio Toba (Q2), male (Q5), Bryan Slater (Q141) and pornographic actor (Q160) are the respective item pages. These pages are where all the data for each item is added, edited, and maintained, mostly in the form of statements.
Pages also allow items to be linked together so that all the data on PBD can be interconnected. A link to another page is usually added as a "property" by clicking on "edit" in the "statements" section. If no appropriate property is listed yet, it can be added by clicking on "+ add" on the bottom of the "statements" section. See: #Adding to an existing item page.
Typical properties to link one item to another:
- Item is part of ...
- instance of (P1) - (is an example of ...)
- subclass of (P3) - (is a subset of ...)
- facet of (P10) - (aspect of .../ subitem of .../ a broader perspective on the same topic is offered by ...)
- part of (P170) - (section of .../ contained within .../ pieces of ...)
- has quality (P171) - (has characteristic .../ defining feature .../ inherent property ...)
- Item contains ...
- has part(s) (P173) - (contains ...)
- has parts of the class (P176) (has parts that are instances of .../ some parts form subclass of ...)
- male male (Q5) is an instance of instance of (P1): sex of humans sex of humans (Q6).
- Bryan Slater Bryan Slater (Q141) is a male birth name (P5) (human sex sex (P2)).
Outside of item pages links to items can usually be placed by adding the prefix "Q|" to the item number and enclosing it in curly brackets, e.g.: {{Q|8470}}.
Creating a new item
Step-by-step guides to the basics of editing Porn Base Data items: PBD:Manual
Before you create a page for an item, it is a good idea to make sure that Porn Base Data does not already have a page for that item. The best way to see if Porn Base Data already has a page on the item you wish to add is to use the item by title search.
The item by title search page has two entry fields that are designed for searching for items that already have a page on a Pornographic Central site and may be in the Porn Base Data system. The left field, which says "Site:" is where you put the language of the Pornographic Central site page that corresponds to the item you want to add.
For the second field, "Page:", you must put in the exact title of the page as it appears at the top of the page on its Pornographic Central site. This is important for retrieving the right item because there may be multiple items with the same label in Porn Base Data.
When PBD already has a page on that item, the search will take you to that page.
If an item is missing, you can create it yourself. You can do this either by clicking on the link provided at the bottom of the item by title search page when a search is unsuccessful or by clicking "Create a new Item" on the menu to the left. From either link, you will be taken to a page that asks you to give the new item a label and a description. If you used the item by title search, the interface will also include the two fields you filled in during the search. If you used the create a new item link, don't worry about not having those—you can fill them out at a later stage. When you're done, click "Create".
Adding to an existing item page
In addition to a label and description, the two other elements of an item page that should be filled out are the aliases and the sitelinks. These four elements of an item page are multilingual, meaning they are shown and entered in by contributors for a specific language. This also means that they (usually) will have different values for each language. It is also possible to add and see these elements in multiple languages (which you might want to do if you are fluent in more than one language); for information on setting up your language preferences on PBD, see Help:Multilingual.
A label is the most common name that an item would be known by. Labels are added to the text fields at the top of an item page to the "Label" column. Click "edit", type in the label, and click "publish". A description is a short phrase designed to disambiguate the page in question from other pages with the same or similar labels. Descriptions are added in the same way as labels, to the "Description" column. See Help:Label and Help:Description for more on using labels and descriptions.
You can add aliases by clicking the "edit" button at the top of an item page to the "Also known as" column. You will be able to insert the first alias into the field, at which point a second field will appear. Keep filling in aliases until you have no more alternate names to add, then click "publish". See Help:Aliases for more on using information.
To add a sitelink to Porn Base Data, go to the section(s) below the appropriate heading(s), for example "PBC articles linked to this item" and click the "edit" next to the heading. At the bottom of the sitelink group you will then be given two blank fields: a left field which says "wiki" and (shown after correct filling a first field) a right field which says "page". The left field is where you put the language of the Pornographic Central site page that the item corresponds to. The right field is where you put the title of the page as it appears on the Pornographic Central site. Both of these fields contain drop downs that will help you fill in the information once you begin typing. When you have filled out both fields, click "publish". See Help:Sitelinks for more information.
Please note: When clicking on any "edit" or "+ add" before the page has fully loaded you might be taken to a separate page with a special interface. This will also let you make the intended changes but it is more difficult to use. If the page does not appear as depicted on the images to the right after clicking "edit" or "+ add" you might want go back, wait for the browser to finish loading the page (usually there is an indication on top of the browser's tab) and then click "edit" or "+ add" again.
Editing an item page
All four fields, the label, description, aliases, and sitelinks, are editable. To edit an existing element, click on the "edit" button and then enter the new or updated information. Then click "publish". If an alias or sitelink is incorrect, you can remove it. To do this, first click on the "edit" button and then either delete the alias you wish to remove, or click the bin icon for the sitelink you wish to remove. Then click "publish". The element will immediately disappear and be removed from the database.
Deleting an item page
Only admins can delete items. Deletions are done via PBD:Requests for deletions. Please give a short reason.
See also
For related Help pages, see:
- Help:Label, which explains what labels are and what rules they follow
- Help:Description, which explains what descriptions are and what rules they follow
- Help:Aliases, which explains what aliases are and what rules they follow
- Help:Statements, which explains what statements are and what rules they follow
- Help:Sitelinks, which explains what sitelinks are and what rules they follow
- Help:Merge, which explains how to merge items