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In T248457#6330283 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248457#6330283>, @Iniquity wrote: > There are no sources in your template either, this is not the subject of conversation. I can add sourcing or references at any time to the template, and you can't do that with the Wikidata description field. The lack of the ability to source the content of the Wikidata description field most definitely is the subject of this conversation that you started. > I think you are wrong, Wikidata is the best place to store this kind of statistical information, information that can be used by many projects, not only Wikimedia projects. It was created for this. And given that Wikipedia is a place where content typing exists, as opposed to Wikidata, Wikipedia should be integrated into Wikidata for control these fields, instead of separating from the project. And even if we imagine for a second that you are right, it should be implemented differently, not by a template. It is also worth remembering that people who fill the fields first of all look at how these fields are filled in other large languages, and English is displayed by default. You can think whatever you want; I'm not wrong. Text descriptions are not "statistical information", and the English description is not used in any of the other language projects. The description field was indeed created for general use and hopefully using the description from the English Wikipedia will improve the Wikidata description field for all of those other users. It would be a real step forward to improve the integration of Wikipedia into Wikidata for those very reasons. The problem with your view that Wikidata has to be authoritative is that it undermines the efforts of folks like myself who have worked for seven years to gain acceptance for the principle of using Wikidata in the English Wikipedia. Every time an issue like this one arises, it hardens the attitudes of those who want nothing to do with Wikidata, and it makes it more difficult for me to gain acceptance for technical solutions that provide acceptable compromises. I apologise for having taken space in the thread to vent my frustrations. I don't intend to do so any further. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248457 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: RexxS Cc: Iniquity, DannyH, ppelberg, MichaelMaggs, Dreamy_Jazz, Majavah, kaldari, Certes, Xeriphas1994, Mathglot, Bencemac, Galobtter, Tgr, Trialpears, Jonesey95, RexxS, QEDK, Pppery, Lydia_Pintscher, JJMC89, DannyS712, Aklapper, Alsee, Liuxinyu970226, Akuckartz, darthmon_wmde, Nandana, lucamauri, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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