Re: [Wikidata] [Spam] Re: No links, wrong data: Scotland's orphans need help

2015-06-03 Thread Magnus Manske
Maybe there is a case to separate import and verification here? There are many statements in Wikidata nowadays, but they get really trustworthy through references (other than imported from Wikipedia). But for external IDs, references are superfluous; they are their own reference, by definition.

Re: [Wikidata] [Spam] Re: No links, wrong data: Scotland's orphans need help

2015-06-03 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 03.06.2015 13:57, Magnus Manske wrote: Maybe there is a case to separate import and verification here? There are many statements in Wikidata nowadays, but they get really trustworthy through references (other than imported from Wikipedia). But for external IDs, references are superfluous;

Re: [Wikidata] [Spam] Re: No links, wrong data: Scotland's orphans need help

2015-06-03 Thread Markus Krötzsch
Thanks, Andrew, for the clarification. This makes perfect sense. I don't see a problem with one bridge having two IDs in some external database. We already have this for other ID-like properties for other reasons. What is important though is that it still is a single bridge, and should