added birth and death dates to author timeline

stuartyeates commented 4 months ago

Fixes # (issue number, if applicable)

Description

added birth and death dates to the author timeline

Caveats

I've only tested this on https://query.wikidata.org/ , I don't have a full local stack to test on.
This is my first contribution to this project and my first SPARQL contribution to any project.
No changes to python code. Two new stanzas in SPQARL query.

Testing

I ran the SPQARL query on https://query.wikidata.org/. the query is too long to use the URL shortener.

Checklist

[ X ] My changes generate no new warnings
[ X ] I have not used code from external sources without attribution
[ X ] I have considered accessibility in my implementation
[ X ] There are no remaining debug statements (print, console.log, ...)

stuartyeates commented 3 months ago

I'm not bothered with or without the skull. I tried the tombstone emoji, but it didn't work on any of the platforms I tested on so I figured it was too new to be useful.

fnielsen commented 2 months ago

I almost recall some concert about showing birthdate and date of death. I suppose we can keep it for now and remove it if users find it inappropriate.

egonw commented 2 months ago

remove it if users find it inappropriate.

With the risk that those who find it inappropriate will just stay away from Scholia.

But I don't have strong arguments to remove it at this moment.

fnielsen commented 2 months ago

ChatGPT suggests 🏺, ✝️, ⚰️, 🥀. The cross seems tied to a Christian culture, when reminded it suggest ⏳

fnielsen commented 2 months ago

https://github.com/WDscholia/scholia/issues/2532

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