Hoi,
While Wikipedia is not a primary source, many of the assertions in
Wikipedia have sources. When sources in Wikipedia (either directly or
through DBpedia) are added to Wikidata, the assertions will be a great
start for curating these facts. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with
starting with the assertions in Wikipedia (are all Wikipedias equal ??).
Relevant is that we need labels in Wikipedia in any and all languages. This
means that we seriously need a multi lingual community... we seriously need
a community and we may get such a community when we make sure that Wikidata
is a project in its own right.
Again, adding sources to assertions is important but we are starting with
unsourced assertions and growing a community that has an interest in
Wikidata for its own sake as well as for the application of assertions
elsewhere (not only in wikipedias).
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3 June 2013 17:01, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> DBpedia's information source is Wikipedia, so it certainly isn't open to
>> "all kinds of data."
>>
>
> "All kinds of data" as in sourced or unsourced. Some data in Wikipedia is
> not sourced.
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>> In my opinion is Wikidata a collection of assertions. By providing
>> sources respectability is provided to assertions it does however not
>> provide certainty to what is asserted and consequently does not make them
>> facts by definition.
>>
>
> It does not, but I don't think the aim is to collect all the assertions
> found in Wikipedia either. Remember that Wikipedia is not a primary source.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
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