[Tagging] patron saints

[Friedrich Volkmann]

On 28.01.2015 12:34, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> There are sometimes more than one saint with the same name, This is
> where Wikidata tags provide useful disambiguation.
> 
> You can either tag with:
> 
>    wikidata = Q12512 (resolves to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12512
> ; the item for Saint Peter's Basilica)
> 
> from which you can determine that the patron saint (P417) is Q33923 (
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33923 ; equivalent the articles on St
> Peter in various languages, such as,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter )
> 
> Or you could tag more explicitly, with
> 
>    patron-saint:wikidata = Q33923

The reference to wikidata has already been suggested elsewhere in this thread.

It currently comes down to dedication=* for the full name(s) in local
language, dedication:en=* etc. for translations, and dedication:wikidata=*
for the wikidata code(s).

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