[OSM-talk] Potential bot tasks relating to Wikidata errors

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Thu Jul 7 13:11:16 UTC 2022


> Op 07-07-2022 14:56 schreef Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>:
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> On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 13:02, Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> >Some are wikidata of dead people (so the description "living organism" is a bit strange)
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> Fixed on Wikidata.

What is fixed on Wikidata?

> > Others I don't understand: http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/fr/issues/open?source=428586 mentions "The linked Wikidata item is instance of Q13406463, which is not permitted" but the wikidata item on the node https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/174821770 is Q1855170.
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> Probably also fixed in the interim.

Way 174821770 has not been touched in 3 years and Q1855170 not since november 2021.

> > So it is not at all clear to me how the information from this tool has to be handled.
> 
> Check the live values before attempting to apply a fix.

That does not give any guidance. Sure, never go from a compiled list of errors, but how would a bot be able to decide what to do with it?

Regards,
Maarten



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