The argument above is about automatically copying over content from other
projects. My point is that the license isn't the problem with it, but that
there is a problem with it.

Sven

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Gregor Hagedorn <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 15 November 2012 23:35, Sven <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Automatically copying over infoboxes is something I don't advise. Unlike
> current infoboxes, which are rarely sourced, every point of data on
> Wikidata should be DIRECTLY and INDIVIDUALLY sourced. We can use the same
> source 37 times, but each bit of information that would ordinarily have a
> field on an infobox needs to have its own source, we can't just say
> "everything on this page is from XXXX". If we do automatic importing, it's
> going to be an uphill battle from day one to source things.
>
> (The argument above is independent of licensing, so this should
> perhaps be discussed in a separate thread?)
>
> Gregor
>
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