Wikidata:Property proposal/Algeria Press Service topic ID

Algeria Press Service topic ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Not done

Description	identifier for a topic on the website of Algeria Press Service (format "lang-code.domain:title")
Represents	Algeria Press Service (Q1162323)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	topics
Allowed values	[a-z].[a-z0-9]:*$
Example 1	gymnastics (Q43450) → en/sports/tag/gymnastics
Example 2	entrepreneurship (Q3908516) → en/regions/tag/entrepreneurship
Example 3	BRICS (Q243630) → en/economy/tag/brics
Example 4	United Nations (Q1065) → en/algeria/tag/un
Example 5	Ramadan (Q41662) → ar/algerie/tag/رمضان
Example 6	Algerian Football Federation (Q647526) → fr/algerie/tag/faf
Example 7	Ashura (Q183283) → ar/algerie/tag/عاشوراء
Example 8	People's Republic of China (Q148) → fr/algerie/tag/chine
Example 9	Algeria (Q262) → ar/algerie/tag/الجزائر
Example 10	Africa (Q15) → fr/algerie/tag/afrique
Example 11	Europe (Q46) → ar/algerie/tag/أوروبا
Example 12	United Nations (Q1065) → fr/algerie/tag/onu
Source	https://www.aps.dz/
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [az] • [bn] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fa] • [fr] • [he] • [hi] • [it] • [ja] • [ka] • [kn] • [ko] • [ml] • [mr] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ro] • [ru] • [sv] • [te] • [tr] • [ur] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://www.aps.dz/fr/algerie/tag/$1
See also	Vikidia article ID (P12800), Fandom article ID (P6262), Radio Algeria topic ID (French) (P13161), Radio Algeria topic ID (Arabic) (P13160), El Moudjahid topic ID (P13141), El Watan topic ID (P13297)
Proposed by	Soufiyouns

Motivation

Notified participants of WikiProject Algeria: I propose to create a new property for the tags on the website of the news agency Algeria Press Service (Q1162323) (https://www.aps.dz/). --Soufiyouns (talk) 07:58, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

I'm unfamiliar with APS. Is it anything like the Associated Press in the U. S.? Eric Schucht (talk) 12:51, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eric Schucht: Algeria Press Service (Q1162323) is a government news agency in Algeria, and it publishes articles in several languages (Arabic, English, French, etc.). Soufiyouns (talk) 13:06, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. Well, if it's a big deal, then it should have it's own tag like you propose. Eric Schucht (talk) 13:09, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eric Schucht: Now, we have to implement this property the choice between an integrated design and an expanded one. If we opt for a single identifier for Algeria Press Service (Q1162323) supporting about 8 languages, we have the model of Fandom article ID (P6262) with 3 parameters. If on the other hand we lean towards the distributed choice, we have the model of the 4 multilingual identifiers of France 24 (Q166180): France 24 topic ID (French) (P9346), France 24 topic ID (English) (P9347), France 24 topic ID (Spanish) (P9348), France 24 topic ID (Arabic) (P9349). Regards. --Soufiyouns (talk) 17:03, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Trade (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Wikidata currently does not support $2, $3 and $4 in URL formatter. Midleading (talk) 04:05, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Please just use the portion of the URL after https://www.aps.dz/ as the ID; this only adds the word "tag" so not greatly increasing the length of the ids, and it allows the simple formatter URL https://www.aps.dz/$1. ArthurPSmith (talk) 02:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The current formatter URL is no longer operational (example). Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 04:56, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done, @ArthurPSmith, Eric Schucht, Kirilloparma, Midleading, Soufiyouns, Trade: While there is support for the concept of an identifier for this national news agency, the proposal currently faces significant technical and structural issues that prevent implementation. Key concerns raised in the discussion include the fact that the suggested formatter URL is no longer operational and that Wikidata does not support the multi-parameter URL formatting ($2, $3, etc.) required by the proposed data structure. Additionally, there is a suggestion to simplify the ID format to better accommodate the website's path structure. The proposal should be revised to include a working formatter URL and a simplified ID scheme before being resubmitted. -- Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 03:51, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]