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Change datatype of several string properties to external-id
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A datatype conversion was identified and agreed to in ‎Cyclocross24 rider ID (P13724) | discussion.

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  • Cyclocross24 rider ID (P13724) is changed from String to External identifier
  • The process documentation doc is updated as needed

This can be achieved by following the how-to here, requires the restricted access right.


Original Text of Ticket
Following up on the success of T317635, here are some Wikidata properties whose datatype should be changed from string to external-id once community consensus is established:

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Other Assignee
ArthurTaylor

Event Timeline

Good to go for the below: they all have consensus.

OpenStreetMap tag (P1282)
Cyclocross24 rider ID (P13724)
page at OSTIS Belarus Wiki (P2490)
Skype username (P2893)
myfixguide.com category ID (P12889)

This can be achieved by running a maintenance script, requires the resctricted access right

It turns out there were sockpuppets involved in these discussions. That means we will not convert them until further support is shown. The exception is Cyclocross24 rider ID (P13724).

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Story writing notes: the linked documentation is outdated

The general documentation can be found here: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maintenance_scripts

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-05-28T10:29:45Z] <arthurtaylor@deploy1003> mwscript-k8s job started: extensions/Wikibase/repo/maintenance/changePropertyDataType.php --wiki wikidatawiki --new-data-type external-id --property-id P13724 # T406971

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karapayneWMDE updated Other Assignee, added: ArthurTaylor.

Property successfully converted