[OHM] [Wikidata-l] [OSM-talk] Should we map former endonyms?

[Andy Mabbett]

On 20 March 2014 17:43, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> I think the problem is that we sometimes need to reflect more than just the
> single official name - at the moment we include multilingual names, which is
> great, and it's a bit of a backwards step to lose that ability for the past.

Why would we loose that ability?

> However, as you can see at the moment, the "other names" are simple strings
> with no dates or modifiers, so we can't convey this information.

In Wikidata? The language modifier, at least, can be used in Wikidata today.

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Andy Mabbett
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