[OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

[Andy Mabbett]

On 28 May 2015 at 11:09, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2015-05-28 11:41 GMT+02:00 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
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>> But let's not get sidetracked, that's a different discussion from the
>> Wikidata question. I just hope that Wikidata doesn't list "New Brige" as
>> the "English name" of "Pont Neuf" or else they have a problem ;)

> actually they do for Spanish and Catalan: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335277
> I guess they do have a problem now?

Or perhaps that's what people speaking those languages actually call the bridge?

> Another issue that can be seen here: nobody will want this "Puente Nuevo
> (París)" as a label for a bridge on a map (París)

Seen where?

> Every single entity in wikidata I have looked at had some issues
> in one or the other way,

Either your sampling is flawed or you're exaggerating.

> if you open up this can of worms for names, there will soon be the desire to
> extend the concept

This is not a can of worms; but Wikidata does offer far more than names.

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Andy Mabbett
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