Hoi,
With articles it is obvious. The subject matter that will be provided IS
what is advertised. This is NOT the case with re-directs. They point to
somewhere arbitrary and there is no way to ensure that the redirect remains
consistent and fits the subject of the Wikidata item well. This is
relatively Obvious with articles.
Personally I doubt there is value in redirects. I find them very Wikipedia
centric. Given the examples given, there was no Wikidata in the first
place. Harvesting redirects is an exceedingly bad idea that will pollute
Wikidata with many items we should not have.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 18 October 2014 13:12, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18 October 2014 08:15, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I think I requested P1472, I forgot all about it. It takes so long before
>
> The proposal was mine:
>
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P1472
>
> > Wikidata is intended to include only articles.
>
> That is simply not true, neither literally, nor in the sense in which
> I believe you mean it (i.e. in regard to links to sister projects). In
> the latter case, we include many statements, such as:
>
> This item is the subject of this Wikipedia page
> This item is the subject of this Wikipedia category
> This item is the subject of this Wikimedia Commons category
> This item is the subject of this Wikimedia Commons creator template
>
> It therefore seem logical (and is certainly useful, as explained
> previously) to also say:
>
> This item is the subject of this Wikipedia redirect
>
> You have already been challenged to give evidence that the latter
> causes harm. Can you do so?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
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