On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 2:57 AM Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Lydia Pintscher <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:56 PM Stas Malyshev <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a process somewhere of how the checking is done, what are
>>> criteria, etc.? I've read
>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore/Identifiers but there's a
>>> lot of discussion but not clear if it ever come to some end. Also not
>>> clear what the process is - should I just move a property I like to
>>> "good to convert"? Should I run it through some checklist first? Should
>>> I ask somebody?
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Good ones should be moved to good to convert. If no-one disagrees
>> we'll convert them.
>>
>
> So, no decision criteria? Just whatever we individually like?
>
> What are the rules for "disputed" - is some process for review planned?
>>>
>>
>> Let's concentrate on the ones people can agree on for now. We'll tackle
>> the ones that are disputed in the next step. If editors can't sort it out I
>> will make an executive decision at some point but I don't think this will
>> be needed.
>>
>
> I think the fact that some obvious good identifiers like IMDb have been
> blocked has made potential contributors unsure how to evaluate other
> candidates which would also, on the surface, seem obviously good.
>
> Perhaps since the criteria aren't being used, someone could just delete
> all the proposed criteria from the page and replace the old text with
> something like "Whatever you, personally, think is best" so that people
> know what's expected of them? That might help break the logjam. I know it
> would make me more comfortable in contributing.
>


Ok. I think we're making this much more complicated than necessary. The
question you should ask yourself is: Does this identify a concept in
another database/website/...? Nice to have: a website to link to.
Once we have that we can look at corner cases and exceptions.

Cheers
Lydia
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