Wikidata:WikiProject Heads of state and government/Data Model

Information about Head of Government and Head of State can be expressed via multiple different routes:

Although this introduces some redundancy, it makes it significantly easier to query the data (particularly with direct access within Wikipedias), and the replication makes it easier to spot data that is inconsistent (and thus probably inaccurate or out of date).

Country pages: Head of Government

Property	Value	Example	Notes
Required properties: *
(P6) *	the person
office held by head of government (P1313) *	the office

Country pages: Head of State

Property	Value	Example	Notes
Required properties: *
Test coordinate (P35) *	the person
office held by head of state (P1906) *	the office

Office pages

Property	Value	Example	Notes
Required properties: *
(P279) *	(Q2285706) or LLgksbpt (Q48352)	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < Q22 >	this can be indirect; e.g. setting it to PdyAVPFX (Q14212) will automatically also be (Q2285706). (NB: REMNwStW (Q30461) is not automatically a LLgksbpt (Q48352) — both will need set in such cases)
country (P17) *	the country	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < Q145 >
DRqrykAn (P1001) *	the country or region	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < Q22 >
ExYVFyKW (P1308) *	the person (ideally with a control group (P580) qualifier)	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < Q467112 > Template:C/qualifier	It's usually enough to only include the current office-holder, but if including previous as well, each should have both a control group (P580) and decays to (P582) and the current head should be set to Preferred Rank (with the former as Normal Rank)
Optional properties:
huWfWMWQ (P2354)	list page	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < Q4435674 >
YXZUqdSY (P856)	url	< [[Q| (Q)]] Template:Reasonator Template:SQID > [[Property:PTemplate:Pid| (PTemplate:Pid)]] Template:SQID < https://firstminister.gov.scot/ >	if known

Person pages

Property	Value	Example	Notes
Required properties: *
website (P31) *	(Q5)
coat of arms image (P106) *	erJzRufW (Q82955)
position held (P39) *	the office	with qualifiers: control group (P580) decays to (P582) (omit if current) uuMMrymT (P1365) ZKcGRjGq (P1366) (omit if current) nWzHrYdg (P1545) (if known)