Wikidata:Property proposal/number of points or goals attempted

number of points/goals attempted[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Sports

Done: number of points/goals attempted (P8884) (Talk and documentation)

Description	shots or other attempts to score points in a sporting event
Represents	attempt (Q16886387)
Data type	Quantity
Domain	human, sports organization, sporting event, sports season, sports season of a sports club
Allowed values	non-negative integers
Allowed units	no units
Example 1	Game of Change (Q95695624)participant (P710)Joe Dan Gold (Q6209364)number of points/goals attempted9
Example 2	2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game (Q50863456)participating team (P1923)Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball (Q4112016)number of points/goals attempted56
Example 3	2014 FIFA World Cup Final (Q15926885)participating team (P1923)Germany national association football team (Q43310)number of points/goals attempted10
See also	number of points/goals/set scored (P1351)

Motivation[edit]

In several sports, the number of attempts to score are counted alongside the number of successful scores. This statistic exists in basketball (field goal attempts), soccer, hockey, and perhaps others. (You could make the case that at-bats in baseball should also count as attempts; however, this seems to me like a bad idea, as an at-bat has far more possible outcomes than just 'point scored' and 'point not scored'.) This new property would be used in basically all the same places that number of points/goals/set scored (P1351) is currently used. IagoQnsi (talk) 22:34, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]