Thread:Help talk:Properties and types/Renaming Properties?


 * Wait a second. Hold the phone.
 * I was going to ask about renaming properties; I'm guessing this is not the best idea. But, why not?
 * Why not just Move a Property page?


 * But before we get to that...
 * Let's talk about the contents of Special : Properties page.
 * on Special:Properties there are :


 * Orange links
 * I have no idea what these are. Some are preceded some text, such as, "7 of type", some are followed by a number in parenthesis, while others are followed by a datatype in parenthesis.
 * Some of these pages exist and some don't.
 * Has label exists
 * Has value does not exist
 * those pages that exist I can Move but I suspect the orange links are errors of some type


 * Blue Links
 * These pages exist and, therefore, I can Move them. But I notice a difference between Cover_image and Country. One contains what seems to be automatically inserted text whilst the other does not. Perhaps this is because Properties can be created in at least two ways :
 * Manually Creating a Property page
 * Using the Special Page : Create a property from the Special Pages
 * is there any way to tell how a page was created; is there any way to tell if it was created "manually" or via the Create a property page?


 * Red links
 * These pages don't exist and, therefore, cannot be moved.
 * Perhaps these Properties, I mean these pages, should have been created and should now be created.


 * So my questions are :
 * What can I tell by looking @ the Special : Properties page?
 * Can I rename Properties by moving the page?
 * Is it a Best Practice to create properties via the Special:CreateProperty?
 * Is it Best Practice to rename properties?
 * Is is there any way to tell how a Property was created, viz., via Special:CreateProperty or "manually"?