[Tagging] RFC: remove alphanumeric code visible in infoboxes at OSM Wiki linking to Wikidata

[Andy Mabbett]

Thank you, Jez.

kaartjesman's email has not arrived here, so I cannot reply directly.

I am not paid for anything related to this benighted proposal, nor to
the use of Wikidata IDs on OSM wiki pages, nor to the use of Wikidata
IDs in OSM, and have no conflict of interest in this matter in any
context whatsoever. [That I received expenses to speak /as a
volunteer/ about the latter at SotMUS in 2015 is a matter of public
record, but irrelevant.]

kaartjesman is welcome to offer evidence to the contrary if they have
any; otherwise, I expect an unqualified apology.

Similarly, if the claim "only one side is producing arguments" is
meant to suggest that I am not, then it is utterly wrong. As I
explicitly noted earlier in /this/ discussion: "Your proposal remains
flawed for reasons that have been explained to you previously and at
length ... Repeatedly bludgeoning us to [..] reiterate objections does
not resolve any of its flaws". The arguments have been made, and
ignored by the proponent, more than once already; they too are a
matter of public record.



On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 17:42, Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Andy/pigsonthewing is a long-serving and valued member of the UK OpenStreetMap community since 2009 as well as a highly experienced Wikimedian. He would never allow payment for freelance work to influence his judgement and it is wrong to insinuate this.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 1:58 PM <kaartjesman at mykolab.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just went though this thread, the added history and most
>> interestingly; the linked homepage of andy who describes[1]
>> him/her self as:
>>
>> > Freelance Wikipedia, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap consultant
>>
>> This whole 'discussion' has grown out of proportion, and I
>> hesitate to call it a discussion as only one side is producing
>> arguments, the other is simply removing them from Mateusz wiki
>> proposal page without claiming anything more rational than a
>> disagreement.
>>
>> Can a moderator perhaps step in? Lock the wiki page or something.
>>
>> This looks like a conflict of interest gone wrong, and its hurting
>> the OSM project. Paid people tend to "win" unfair battles like
>> this, and that does not seem at all in the interest of OSM in
>> this case.
>>
>> Thank you all.
>>
>> On maandag 4 april 2022 08:58:57 CEST Mateusz Konieczny via
>> Tagging wrote:
>> > Apr 2, 2022, 18:16 by andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk:
>> > > Your claim that "no information will be lost" remains false.
>> >
>> > I see that you edited my proposal page to remove this claim
>>
>>
>>
>> 1: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/
>>
>>
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