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<div>It would be better to discuss it at Wiki, but I can respond here.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> because for some tags, the item described by the tag was not the same<br></div><div dir="auto">> as the one described by the wikidata item (in my opinion it is better<br></div><div dir="auto">> to only delete the erroneous links instead of hiding everything)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">not really<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/remove_link_to_Wikidata_from_infoboxes#Rationale">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/remove_link_to_Wikidata_from_infoboxes#Rationale</a><br></div><div dir="auto">for reasons, match quality is only subreason and primary is <br></div><div dir="auto">that it is useless for users and if someone really needs it<br></div><div dir="auto">they can use data items<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Data items are often harder to process than infobox parameter<br></div><div dir="auto">parsing[1], but someone planning to use Wikidata identifier<br></div><div dir="auto">will need to parse them anyway.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[1] at least in Python and JS and any other language that have wikicode parsing library<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> therefore if I want to make an application that displays natural=tree genus species<br></div><div dir="auto">in the user's language, I don't have access to the translation base that is de facto<br></div><div dir="auto">wikidata<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(1) you have still access to wikidata genus species entries and it is not<br></div><div dir="auto">being changed at all<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(2) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:natural%3Dtree&diff=2409181&oldid=2386673">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:natural%3Dtree&diff=2409181&oldid=2386673</a> <br></div><div dir="auto">edit removed dead parameter<br></div><div>|wikidata=Q10884<br></div><div dir="auto">and linking natural=tree to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10884">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10884</a> <br></div><div dir="auto">is not helping at all in something that displays natural=tree genus species<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(3) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Item:Q4723">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Item:Q4723</a> data item still has<br></div><div dir="auto">link to Q10884 Wikidata entry if for some reason it is needed<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">(4) please be aware that Wikidata quality, especially for translations<br></div><div dir="auto">is quite dubious (if someone tried this and deployed this - let me know<br></div><div dir="auto">so I can report systematically broken description into Polish)<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>today I see that a bot is deleting the wikidata, which is not<br></div><div>the same thing as "hide from the infobox"<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">to quote proposal<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"wikidata parameter in infoboxes on wiki pages would become inactive.<br></div><div dir="auto">Automatic edit removing them should obtain a separate bot approval<br></div><div dir="auto">(it is not granted by this proposal)."<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bot edits limited to OSM Wiki are not handled by any policy, many people<br></div><div dir="auto">run smaller or larger bot edits without any approval whatsoever.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In my case I propose them on Talk:Wiki and wait for some time.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This specific edit is also trivial to do in reverse (copy simple entry<br></div><div dir="auto">from data item into infobox) in unlikely case of people changing their <br></div><div dir="auto">mind and wanting to display this tag in infobox.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If someone things that bot policy for wiki with stronger requirements<br></div><div dir="auto">would be a good idea, feel free to design one.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>what do we gain by breaking the link between<br></div><div dir="auto">natural=tree and |wikidata=Q10884 ?<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/remove_link_to_Wikidata_from_infoboxes#Rationale">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/remove_link_to_Wikidata_from_infoboxes#Rationale</a><br></div><div dir="auto">for rationale<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>compare osm's translation list with wikidata<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Item:Q4723<br></div><div>https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10884<br></div><div>of course for some, it's even worse, for ex genus=* 30 <> 125<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Item:Q310<br></div><div>https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34740<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Using nearest Wikidata item translations for describing tag<br></div><div dir="auto">is not useful at all and often will result in highly confusing<br></div><div dir="auto">and misleading "translations".<br></div><div dir="auto">But if you really want, you can still do this and you are not affected<br></div><div dir="auto">by this edits.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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