So the intention is to use Q19798647 as a random place holder specifically for Wikibase entities without a value, but not as a "no value" placeholder for a person? I think it is useful in the way you describe it, but I am curious how you would model the source B saying that "X had no child"
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Lydia Pintscher < lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Gerard Meijssen > <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hoi, > > Sorry for being dense.. What is wrong with there being no value ? Having > a > > "no value" is imho understanding only a complication of saying nothing... > > Why not say nothing in the first place ? > > It is important for cases like the following for example: Source A > says "X had a child" and source B says "X had no child". > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > Product Manager for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >
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