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Hi, I was wondering if it would make sense to add the British Museum online IDs to Wikidata entries about BM objectst like [[wikidata:Q131141|Q131141]]. I think it would, and we already have such links through [[:en:Template:British-Museum-db]]. But two things give me pause: could the museum object to it (Wikidata is much more machine-readable, and much more scalable than Wikipedia) ? Is the ID stable over time ? Though it appeats in the URL, I see no mention no mention of it in the page itself. What do you think ? --[[User:Zolo|Zolo]] ([[User talk:Zolo|talk]]) 07:14, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering if it would make sense to add the British Museum online IDs to Wikidata entries about BM objectst like [[wikidata:Q131141|Q131141]]. I think it would, and we already have such links through [[:en:Template:British-Museum-db]]. But two things give me pause: could the museum object to it (Wikidata is much more machine-readable, and much more scalable than Wikipedia) ? Is the ID stable over time ? Though it appeats in the URL, I see no mention no mention of it in the page itself. What do you think ? --[[User:Zolo|Zolo]] ([[User talk:Zolo|talk]]) 07:14, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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:Hi Zolo, we should be cautious here. The only reference from the British Museum that is definitely stable and consistent is the ''Registration Number''. Please refer anyone who is confused to my long established essay {{w|Wikipedia:BMREF}}.

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:In the example of the {{w|Younger Memnon}} that the wikidata record should be about, the number '''Q131141''' does not relate to any current system used by academics or the museum; we should avoid creating new identifiers. The (internal) BM online database id is '''117633''', which I would not recommend as the database does not use any guaranteed persistent identifiers and this number would never be used in any academic publication. The BM uses the collection number '''EA 19''' for the statue, this identifies it within the Egyptian Antiquities collection, this number is the primary one used in academic publications (and has been used for nearly 200 years) but is not a "museum wide" numbering system for all its artefacts. The statue has a bizarre registration number of '''".19"''', which does not, unfortunately fit the standard form which ought to look like 1817,0101.19. Registration number is the same system across all collections, and should be consistently used everywhere. Unfortunately for artefacts registered very early in the museum's history, such as the most famous early Egyptian Antiquities, the baggage of history tends to make them exceptions to the rule or standard formats. Thanks --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ#top|talk]]) 10:10, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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