Description Unit is part of military branch Represents military branch (Q781132) Data type Item Template parameter en:Template:Infobox military unit field branch Domain
According to statements in the property:
military unit (Q176799) ,
human (Q5) ,
military facility (Q18691599) ,
individual animal (Q26401003) ,
fictional character (Q95074) ,
military unit class (Q62934160) ,
group of humans (Q16334295) ,
police squad (Q64353859) ,
military rank (Q56019) ,
military uniform (Q1196123) ,
military technology (Q329864) ,
weapon (Q728) ,
military unit designation (Q91197994) ,
military profession (Q6857706) ,
military equipment (Q18643213) ,
military position (Q16631188) ,
collection (Q2668072) or
law enforcement agency (Q732717)
When possible, data should only be stored as statements Allowed values instances of military branch (Q781132)
(note: this should be moved to the property statements) Example
When possible, data should only be stored as statements Tracking: same no label (Q42533335) Tracking: usage Category:Pages using Wikidata property P241 (Q20990006) See also military unit (P7779) , conflict (P607) , military or police rank (P410) , military casualty classification (P1347) Lists
Proposal discussion Proposal discussion Current uses Total 145,820 Main statement 143,661 98.5% of uses Qualifier 2,151 1.5% of uses Reference 8 <0.1% of uses
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Type “military unit (Q176799) , human (Q5) , military facility (Q18691599) , individual animal (Q26401003) , fictional character (Q95074) , military unit class (Q62934160) , group of humans (Q16334295) , police squad (Q64353859) , military rank (Q56019) , military uniform (Q1196123) , military technology (Q329864) , weapon (Q728) , military unit designation (Q91197994) , military profession (Q6857706) , military equipment (Q18643213) , military position (Q16631188) , collection (Q2668072) , law enforcement agency (Q732717) ” : item must contain property “
instance of (P31) ” with classes “
military unit (Q176799) ,
human (Q5) ,
military facility (Q18691599) ,
individual animal (Q26401003) ,
fictional character (Q95074) ,
military unit class (Q62934160) ,
group of humans (Q16334295) ,
police squad (Q64353859) ,
military rank (Q56019) ,
military uniform (Q1196123) ,
military technology (Q329864) ,
weapon (Q728) ,
military unit designation (Q91197994) ,
military profession (Q6857706) ,
military equipment (Q18643213) ,
military position (Q16631188) ,
collection (Q2668072) ,
law enforcement agency (Q732717) ” or their subclasses (defined using
subclass of (P279) ). (
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Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303) . List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P241#Type Q176799, Q5, Q18691599, Q26401003, Q95074, Q62934160, Q16334295, Q64353859, Q56019, Q1196123, Q329864, Q728, Q91197994, Q6857706, Q18643213, Q16631188, Q2668072, Q732717 , SPARQL
Value type “military branch (Q781132) , military (Q8473) , fictional military organization (Q18011141) , guerrilla movement (Q20642011) , navy (Q4508) , military police (Q210815) , irregular military (Q1673189) , major command of the United States Army (Q1750673) , branch of service (Q690109) , military unit (Q176799) ” : This property should use items as value that contain property “
instance of (P31) ,
subclass of (P279) ”. On these, the value for
instance of (P31) ,
subclass of (P279) should be an item that uses
subclass of (P279) with value
military branch (Q781132) ,
military (Q8473) ,
fictional military organization (Q18011141) ,
guerrilla movement (Q20642011) ,
navy (Q4508) ,
military police (Q210815) ,
irregular military (Q1673189) ,
major command of the United States Army (Q1750673) ,
branch of service (Q690109) ,
military unit (Q176799) (or a subclass thereof). (
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Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303) . List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P241#Value type Q781132, Q8473, Q18011141, Q20642011, Q4508, Q210815, Q1673189, Q1750673, Q690109, Q176799 , SPARQL
Qualifiers “object named as (P1932) , start time (P580) , end time (P582) , point in time (P585) , of (P642) , military unit (P7779) , position held (P39) , military or police rank (P410) , conflict (P607) , work location (P937) , has cause (P828) , end cause (P1534) , reason for deprecated rank (P2241) , reason for preferred rank (P7452) , occupation (P106) , sourcing circumstances (P1480) , latest start date (P8555) , earliest date (P1319) , earliest end date (P8554) , latest date (P1326) , part of (P361) ” : this property should be used only with the listed qualifiers. (
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Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303) . List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P241#allowed qualifiers , SPARQL
This property is being used by:
ru:Шаблон:Военный деятель
ru:Шаблон:Воинское формирование СССР
ru:Шаблон:Государственный деятель
ru:Шаблон:Государственный деятель2
av:Шаблон:Рагъул жигарчи , av:Халип:Рагъул жигарчи
ba:Ҡалып:Воинское формирование СССР , ba:Ҡалып:Государственный деятель , ba:Ҡалып:Государственный деятель2
be:Шаблон:Ваенны дзеяч , be:Шаблон:Дзяржаўны дзеяч
eu:Txantiloi:Biografia infotaula automatikoa , eu:Txantiloi:Biografia infotaula automatikoa/en , eu:Txantiloi:Unitate militar infotaula
hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Բժիշկ , hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական գործիչ , hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական ստորաբաժանում
myv:ЛопаПарцун:Ушман
ro:Format:Infocaseta Militar
tg:Шаблон:Ходими давлатӣ , tg:Шаблон:Ходими ҳарбӣ , tg:Шаблон:Арбоби низомӣ
az:Şablon:Dövlət xadimi2 , az:Şablon:Hərbi xadim , az:Şablon:Dövlət xadimi
ca:Plantilla:Infotaula unitat militar
ru:Шаблон:Воинское формирование СССР (2-я мировая, морской флот)
cv:Шаблон:Патшалăх ĕçченĕ
kab:Talɣa:Infobox biography
el:Πρότυπο:Πληροφορίες προσώπου
pt:Predefinição:Info/Navio/Testes
ru:Шаблон:Персона/Ислам
se:Málle:Biografia infotaula automatikoa/en
mt:Mudell:Infobox biography , mt:Mudell:Infobox bijografija
ha:Template:Infobox biography , ha:Samfuri:Infobox biography
fr:Modèle:Infobox Juridiction christianisme/wd
hyw:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Բժիշկ , hyw:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Ռազմական գործիչ
ast:Plantía:Persona
din:Macuëc:Bio
ga:Teimpléad:WD Bosca Sonraí Duine
gd:Teamplaid:Bogsa eachdraidh-bheatha
nn:Mal:Infoboks militær
ss:Template:Umuntfu , ss:iThempleti:Umuntfu
ts:Template:Bio
es:Plantilla:Ficha de militar , es:Plantilla:Ficha de unidad militar , es:Plantilla:Ficha de estructura militar
inh:Ло:Саг/Ислам
incubator:Template:Wp/shi/Infobox biography , incubator:Template:Wp/igl/Bio , incubator:Template:Wp/ibb/Bio , incubator:Template:Wp/zgh/Infobox biography
nl:Sjabloon:Infobox persoon Wikidata
qu:Plantilla:Biografia , qu:Plantilla:Kawsay
shi:Talɣa:Infobox biography
dag:Tɛmplet:Bio
gv:Clowan:WD Kishtey Fys Dooinney
ff:Template:Infobox biography
gur:Tɛmpileti:Bio
cs:Šablona:Infobox - vojenský velitel
zgh:ⴰⵍⴱⵓⴹ:Infobox biography
dga:Tɛmpileti:Bio
ka:თარგი:Wikidata/p241
gpe:Template:Bio
igl:Éwn malábó:Bio
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For the time being, at least, can we use this for all military affiliations, not just branches? Such as saying en:Black Watch Armoury in Montreal is part of en:The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada ? Shawn in Montreal (talk ) 11:28, 7 March 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Not sure what you're getting at? "Branch" and "part of" are two different properties in military units. I don't think we want to lump them together. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is branch = Canadian Army-Primary Reserves. Part of = Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. That armoury looks like it was a garrison, so could be specified as a HQ. Danrok (talk ) 11:41, 7 March 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
The new constraint on type military unit (Q176799) reveals that this property is already in use for nearly 7500 human (Q5) items... Is this an adequate use that should be allowed? LaddΩ chat ;) 14:18, 15 March 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
"Military unit" and "branch of service" don't quite align - one is the specific assignment ("Fooian 1st Division"), the other is the overall force to which they belong ("Fooian Army"). It's possible, though unusual, for units to contain people from multiple branches. Andrew Gray (talk ) 10:43, 10 May 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
A person being a member of only one military branch is indeed the common case, but legitimate violations of this constraint aren't all that rare. Two common cases in which it happens: 1) a country's armed force branches may be reorganized, so people are members of different branches at different points in their career, and 2) countries may cease to exist and/or people may move between them. For example, around 1917, a number of members of the Imperial Russian Army (Q1078222) became members of the Red Army (Q251395) . --Delirium (talk ) 20:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC) [ reply ]
Looks like this has now been removed, thanks! --Delirium (talk ) 23:57, 6 May 2018 (UTC) [ reply ]
separator (P4155) = start time (P580) , end time (P582) parameter allows to handle such cases correctly. — Ivan A. Krestinin (talk ) 05:06, 7 May 2018 (UTC) [ reply ]
Yes, but it doesn't solve the problem. It's a fact that there have been many people who served in more than one army at the same time. F.e. Q62507 who served in both Q520220 since 1664 and Q2240425 since 1672. Roelof Hendrickx (talk ) 18:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC) [ reply ]