[Tagging] "part:wikidata=*" tag proposal for multiple elements connected to the same wikidata id

[Andy Mabbett]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 13:58, Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 13:35, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

>> looking at the example, it seems here is such an issue with
> the "canonization status"=catholic saint. Why do the individual
> saints not have the property, but the group has it?

> if there is a property shared by all members of a group then it MUST be marked on
> the group ALONE and not also on individual members.

This is not the rule on Wikidata.

>  DRY (don't repeat yourself) is rigidly enforced.

It is not, especially in cases like the above.

> Yes, I've been bitten by this before.  Marking up Wikimedia images as being listed
> buildings.  All went fine until I happened to mark a few that were collected in a group
> of "Listed buildings in <Location>."  Those changes were reverted because the
> grouping itself was flagged as being of listed buildings.

Do you mean categories on Wikimedia Commons? That's not Wikidata.

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Andy Mabbett
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