It might be a good idea to develop a bot that automatically converts
{{#Property:Continent}} to {{#Property:P30}} and such. Best of both worlds: no
need to memorize the numbers, no need to compromise stability.
Sven
On May 22, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:38 AM, legoktm <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Not to stick beans up my nose, but does this mean that if I change P30's
>> English label to something other than "continent", #property:content will
>> break in all templates using it?
>
> Basically yes.
>
>> I think for simple testing uses the label will be fine, but since it can
>> change, for template usage it seems safer to just refer to it by it's ID.
>
> Yes it is a trade-off that we'll all need to figure out. And yes
> people should be more careful about changing property labels now.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
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