User talk:Aaron French

Welcome and a note on Items

Hi Aaron, just a brief welcome and note on the titles of items as I have just merged the research item I had created and your new one Item:Q233932. The Items are just Q-Numbers (and the statements just P numbers). The title/inscription/ label is gloss on top in different languages. You can change that with the edit link on top of the header, and it will appear in the new wording throughout the database.

Double records can (and should) be merged under the idea that everything exists just once. Have fun, everything will be easy and extremely convenient, --Olaf Simons (talk) 23:01, 8 March 2021 (CET)

PS I shifted your project - as you said you would go from 1700 to 1930 - into the the 19th-century section where it will gain more attention. We can eventually place it with different images and sample queries in all the different centuries. --Olaf Simons (talk) 23:14, 8 March 2021 (CET)

Hi Olaf, great thank you! It all looks great. The explantion about items and statements is very helpful, as well. I am going to start adding new items of the female thinkers. I then want to merge them or connect them to our main project page, is that the right idea? If I cannot figure it out, I will ask you. Thanks again! Aaron French

You will link the Items which you will create with the help of sample searches to your page. The searches will generate tables, maps, network views - but first you need the items to explore.

This simple search shows you all the items you in your project

Take a look at Item:Q133 for a complex sample.

You can sign statements on talk pages with a series of four ~ signs; they are converted into a signature with date and links to your page when saving. --Olaf Simons (talk) 23:38, 8 March 2021 (CET)

Okay perfect! It is rather fun actually. I will start next on generating some items of female thinkers.Aaron French (talk) 00:03, 9 March 2021 (CET)