| Alphos added a comment. |
In T145522#2999881, @2015.ww wrote:Could someone kindly show a case -- or two :) -- of how such links cause a problem?
For example... looking at flautist / flûtist / fløjtenist (Q12902372) with an article e.g. at Fløjtenist but some other links, such as in enwiki, redirecting to the instrument page -- vs the instrument, flute (Q11405) but also recorder (Q187851), etc. etc. ... so aren't such additional links in fact rather helpful ?Thanks much.
A flute is a woodwind instrument, therefore a wind instrument, therefore an aerophone, therefore a musical instrument, therefore a tool.
Are you saying flautists are tools? Yes, the [[Q2030511]] was fully intended.
A redirect from enwiki:flautist to enwiki:flute can somewhat make sense locally - although it prevents enwiki from having an article about the actual "obnoxious or uptight person" behind the instrument.
But from a Wikidata perspective, when someone expects to click on a link and find an article on the specific subject they's looking at, and in fact finds an article on something related instead of what they was looking for, it is only confusing, not "rather helpful" at all.
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