Thanks for the feedback everyone. Not the unambiguous Use this, it's the
best source answer I was hoping for, but I've got a better understanding
of the issues.
Aubrey - The Italian approach sounds good (and I like the position on the
page where the VIAF et al identifiers are rendered), but
Hoi,
Indeed, they do no longer include the VIAF identifier, they did in the
past. Yes, there are all kinds of errors with the template used. However,
from my perspective this is a Wikipedia with really limited resources
making the best of what is on offer.
In the past I blogged about this very
Hoi,
I do not know if you have seen the statistics compiled by Magnus [1]. They
are up to date and useful.
I blogged about it [2]. As far as I am concerned, the biggest challenge we
face is the lack of labels. Given that 280+ languages are represented in
Wikidata it clearly demonstrates that
Hoi,
Is there a bot to add labels to Wikidata ?
It seems that the majority of the Wikidata items have only one label. To be
useful, to be available to search, it is imperative that a label exists.
The obvious value is the name of the Wikipedia article. It is better to
have that as a label than
