[Tagging] Subsequent wikipedia links

yvecai yvecai at gmail.com
Tue Jul 1 18:30:46 UTC 2014


On 01.07.2014 18:08, Tobias Knerr wrote:
>> OSM is open for all new tags. Once we admit wikidata references, what
>> would prevent someone to add the MusicBrainz or freebase.com reference
>> directly in OSM ? Why should we accept one and not the others. Where
>> is the breaking point ?
> Technically, we entered the slippery slope when we included wikipedia
> links. But consider this: If you don't want tons of links to other
> databases, then you should be happy about Wikidata. After all, they are
> managing a collection of links to these databases already, so we don't
> have to do it again. It could be the one external reference to rule them
> all.




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