Hoi,
Why do you think Wikipedia is an issue? Why do you think that the label
should not be overridden to something that makes sense in the context?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 9 July 2015 at 10:29, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8 July 2015 at 13:32, Magnus Manske <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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}}?
>
> I like this approach a lot - presumably we already have such errors if you
> use an alias that doesn't exist, or try to invoke a non-existent P number?
>
> However, there's one possible problem that I can see - someone creating
> duplicate aliases at a later date on Wikidata, and causing errors to pop up
> across Wikipedia as a result. (When added they were fine, but now they're
> ambiguous.) The editor might not realise this, and the first anyone knows
> is when the client wikis complain...
>
> A.
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
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