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<p>The "names" in wikidata are mostly the names of WP pages for the
object in question and have little to do with actually existing
names (as per the OSM definition) of places. <br>
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<p>It would be a massive drop in quality if we would do the proposed
switch.</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 09.08.2020 um 10:25 schrieb pangoSE:<br>
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I suggest we create a roadmap for deprecating of storing and
updating names in OSM for objects with a Wikidata tag.<br>
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The rationale is explained here:<br>
<a href="https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/19655"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/19655</a><br>
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This of course affects the whole project and data consumers as
well. Every OSM user will have to become a Wikidata user as well
to edit the names or add name references (through the editors)<br>
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Substantial changes will have to be made:<br>
* nominatim will need to support fetching names from wikidata
somehow. It could probably be done on the fly.<br>
* openstreetmap.org will need to fetch from wikidata when
displaying any object. <br>
* rendering the standard map will have to support fetching from
wikidata.<br>
* all editors would have to fetch and enable editing of Wikidata
objects. <br>
* maybe it no longer makes sense to have 2 separate logins? We
should unify the logging in as much as possible. Ideas are welcome
on how to do that. Perhaps retire signing up as OSM user on
osm.org and ask users to create a Wikimedia account instead and
log in with that? <br>
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I personally don't see any problems connecting Wikimedia and OSM
closer than the islands they are today.<br>
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As mentioned in the ticket above data consumers like Mapbox
already prefer Wikidata names. I'm guessing thats because they are
simply better quality, better modeled, better referenced and
better protected against vandalism.<br>
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WDYT?<br>
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Cheers<br>
pangoSE<br>
Ps I choose this list because this not only relates to tagging,
but to the wider ecosystem.
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