[Tagging] wikipedia links and copy + paste in tag definitions

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 30. Apr 2017, at 07:09, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> No. The arguments made by Martin against linking to Wikipedia (which
> are themselves weak) do not stand up at all for Wikidata:
> 
>> Wikipedia articles have a different scope, and quite often there
>> are several articles in WP for what in OSM is tagged with the
>> same tag,


actually in wikidata things are worse, because much more complex. You have to follow a lot of links and definitions and there are many dependencies, everything is connected: if the meaning of a property is modified this will actually modify a huge lot of objects that use this property. E.g. place in osm is orthogonal to administrative entities, in wikidata it is not. Add a property/"instance of" to the wikidata town object like "administrative territorial entity" and you changed all towns.


cheers,
Martin