Given that Art UK now gives IDs to sculptors as well as painters, the word "paintings" is not a good idea in this template. Should be "artworks", say. Having looked at the source, it seems clear that the relevant text cannot be edited here. Someone who knows the dependencies could presumably sort this issue out. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:07, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I had hoped to be able to achieve the desired effect by "subst"ing the template - and it looks as if I could have done so up to Jan 2017 at which point the template became very complex and involved links to Wikidata so that it's now impossible for a template amateur like myself to see where the word "painting(s)" comes from. Pinging those who have edited the code of the template in the hopes that one of them can help: @Jheald, Zyxw, Pigsonthewing, Frietjes, and Magnus Manske:. Meanwhile I've just added the Art UK link manually to Alison Wilding. PamD18:30, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:PamD the word "painting" is set by Template:Art UK bio/plural and while this template has the option to override the word "painting" the main template does not have this feature. we could either (a) make the default "artwork" or (b) add an optional |type=artwork and |type=sculpture to override on a per-article basis. Frietjes (talk) 15:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Frietjes: Thanks. Personally I'd think defaulting to "artwork" makes more sense, as that's what ArtUK uses, but that might need more discussion as it would affect the appearance of all the existing uses of the template and might upset some editors. An optional parameter would do the trick without that potential for upsetting people. Either way would be welcome. PamD17:51, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:PamD since the linked pages say "artwork", I have changed the default to "artwork" but can be changed to something else with |type=paintingor|type=sculpture or whatever. will see if there are any complaints. Frietjes (talk) 17:57, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Frietjes: Thanks. Hmm, shouldn't it say "artworks" in the plural? And, more importantly, it doesn't seem to work:
@Frietjes: Looks good, thanks, I see you've fixed it for Alison Wilding. But what would happen if her article was at "Alison Wilding (sculptor)" so that we'd have needed to use that parameter? (In cases like this I tend to be cautious and use a parameter so that if the page gets moved at a later point, because it is decided that this isn't the primary topic, the link won't be broken, rather than relying on using page name). PamD20:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:PamD, see Michael Andrews (artist) the template uses {{PAGENAMEBASE}} which removes the dab, and the link is specified in the wikidata, which is uniquely attached to an article. if you see the incorrect artwork count, then you need to update the entry in the corresponding wikidata page, or use |nocount=y to remove the count. Frietjes (talk) 20:58, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@ArtDataArt: No, there's no auto-updating. In the past ArtUK cooperation was ... limited, so these figures are from a website scrape, now some years ago. It's possible Art UK might now give us a spreadsheet; but most likely a new scrape is needed. HTH, Jheald (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikidata#Edit in Wikidata links. Thanks. Evad37 [talk] 01:39, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
