Thanks! I added your example and Lydia's to the talk page here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q19798647
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Thomas Douillard < thomas.douill...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't use Q19798647 The item is just a description of the concept ! on > Wikidata, there is a way to set an unknow value to a claim. > > here is how to set this special value on a claim in the UI, in french : to > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_pas_de_valeur.png > > You must click to the little blue icon on the left of the label. > > 2015-04-23 11:46 GMT+02:00 Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com>: > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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