[OSM-talk] Fixing Starbucks Wikipedia Tags (Was Nominatim Weakness)

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Thu Jan 21 14:27:21 UTC 2016


On 21 January 2016 at 00:39, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
>>
>> I've linked that Wikidata item to the parent company (which has a
>> series of Wikipedia links) - orphan items with no Wikipedia links are
>> liable to be deleted from Wikidata.

> Can you explain more about the wikidata orphans and how to find these links?

It's not just that they're orphans, but that's usually taken as a sign
that they don't meet the notability guidelines:

  https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Notability

(the criteria for being included in Wikidata).

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



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