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

[Andy Mabbett]

On 30 April 2017 at 09:51, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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

> actually in wikidata things are worse, because much more complex.

Do not falsely conflate "complex" with "worse". You original complaint
was, in effect, that there was a lack of complexity, now you complain
that there is.

> You have to follow a lot of links and definitions and there
> are many dependencies, everything is connected:

It's called "linked data" for a reason.

> if the meaning of a property is modified this will actually modify
> a huge lot of objects that use this property.

Do you have examples of the meanings of properties being modified,
such that things were broken in this way? Or is this mere FUD?

> 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.

If someone made such a ridiculous change, they would be reverted. This is FUD.

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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk