Property talk:P1290

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godparent
person who is the godparent of a given person
Descriptiongodparent(s) of a person
Representsgodparent (Q223973)
Data typeItem
Domain
According to this template: person
According to statements in the property:
human (Q5), character (Q95074), figure that may or may not be fictional (Q21070598) or church bell (Q3500690)
When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Allowed valuesperson (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
ExampleVictoria (Q9439) → Alexander I of Russia (Q15193)
Alfonso XIII (Q18363) → Leo XIII (Q43922)
Infanta Isabel, Countess of Gergenti (Q240267)
Tracking: usageCategory:Pages using Wikidata property P1290 (Q23909116)
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Current uses
Total1,871
Main statement1,71791.8% of uses
Qualifier1538.2% of uses
Reference1<0.1% of uses
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Category:All PropertiesCategory:Properties with wikibase-item-datatypeCategory:Property with duplicated informationCategory:Property with allowed values to move to statementCategory:Properties used on 1000+ items
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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/P1290#Type Q5, Q95074, Q21070598, Q3500690, SPARQL
Category:Properties with constraints on type
Item “sex or gender (P21)”: Items with this property should also have “sex or gender (P21)”. (Help)
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/P1290#Item P21, search, SPARQL
Category:Properties with constraints on items using them
Item “place of birth (P19)”: Items with this property should also have “place of birth (P19)”. (Help)
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/P1290#Item P19, search, SPARQL
Category:Properties with constraints on items using them
Item “date of birth (P569)”: Items with this property should also have “date of birth (P569)”. (Help)
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/P1290#Item P569, search, SPARQL
Category:Properties with constraints on items using them
Value type “human (Q5), fictional human (Q15632617), figure that may or may not be fictional (Q21070598)”: This property should use items as value that contain property “instance of (P31)”. On these, the value for instance of (P31) should be an item that uses subclass of (P279) with value human (Q5), fictional human (Q15632617), figure that may or may not be fictional (Q21070598) (or a subclass thereof). (Help)
"exceptions" is incompatible with "mandatory" parameterCategory:Mandatory constraints with exceptions List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P1290#Value type Q5, Q15632617, Q21070598, hourly updated report, SPARQL
Category:Properties with constraints on type
Property “sex or gender (P21)” declared by target items of “godparent (P1290)”: If [item A] has this property with value [item B], [item B] is required to have property “sex or gender (P21)”. (Help)
Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303). Known exceptions: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Q80976)
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P1290#Target required claim P21, SPARQL, SPARQL (by value)
Category:Properties with target required claim constraints
Allowed entity types are Wikibase item (Q29934200): the property may only be used on a certain entity type (Help)
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/P1290#Entity types
Category:Properties with entity type constraints
Scope is as main value (Q54828448), as qualifier (Q54828449): the property must be used by specified way only (Help)
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/P1290#Scope, SPARQL
Category:Properties with scope constraints
Category:Person properties

Bullfighting godfathers

I'm guessing that uses of this property such as Q1888366#P793 (permanent) and Q106534651#P793 (permanent) are incorrect but I'm not sure what the right property is in that case. Does anyone know? Warudo (talk) 22:37, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Category:All Properties Category:Mandatory constraints with exceptions Category:Person properties Category:Properties used on 1000+ items Category:Properties with constraints on items using them Category:Properties with constraints on type Category:Properties with entity type constraints Category:Properties with scope constraints Category:Properties with target required claim constraints Category:Properties with wikibase-item-datatype Category:Property with allowed values to move to statement Category:Property with duplicated information