On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:18 PM Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Am 08.07.2015 um 14:32 schrieb Magnus Manske:
> > Silly question: Why not leave the system as it is (allowing for
> non-unique
> > aliases), but do some (reasonable) cleanup, then warn Wikipedia editors
> when
> > they use a non-unique alias? Like using references without the
> {{reflist}}?
>
> If aliases are not unique, you cannot use them to refer to properties.
You can, if they are unique. For the few that would conflict, the user
would see an error, prompting him to chose a different alias. People adapt
quickly to this.
If you
> cannot refer to properties by alias, then you cannot change the labels of
> properties without breaking all usages.
>
>
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> Daniel Kinzler
> Senior Software Developer
>
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> Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
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