Hoi,
The point by Magnus is that he uses an API. When his software is to blame,
blame the API. That is all.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 September 2015 at 13:24, Addshore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using Q19921058 as an example as the item is not empty a redirect will not
> / can not be created.
>
> On 8 September 2015 at 12:06, Magnus Manske <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> WiDaR uses the Wikidata API to merge. Redirect (pun intended) all blame
>> there.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM Andre Engels <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> WiDaR (which is used by the Wikidata game, among others) creates
>>> (almost) empty items when it I'd used to merge two items with different
>>> descriptions in some language. In that case all other stuff is merged, but
>>> the item that should become a redirect is left behind with only the
>>> problematic description and nothing else. See Q19921058 for case where
>>> this issue created such an item after a recent merge attempt of mine.
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