Or a new right, required to alter a statement that has a citation? On 9 Jun 2016 20:41, "john cummings" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been experiencing something similar although I would not call it > vandalism, just changing things that are official statistics to something > that is not and merging items that are not the same thing. I have recently > been importing information on the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves to Wikidata > with Navino Evans that includes referencing everything to the official site > descriptions on the UNESCO website (he's been doing all the actual work, I > mainly offer manual labour and make the tea). People have been replacing > the official statistics e.g the coordinates submitted to UNESCO as part of > the inscription process with coordinates with no references and also > merging sites that are not the same thing (usually similar sounding sites > in China and Russia). This is annoying for two reasons: > > 1. Its making Wikidata less accrurate > 2. Its breaking our import spreadsheets meaning we have to use queries to > guess at possible reasons why things have broken which takes a really long > time and then I have to fix them. > > Since we completed the import a few days ago the data has already started > to drift with manual additions and changes from other users. I wonder if > there is some equivalent of the Wikipedia protected page that could be used > to reduce this issue? I don't know what this would look like but it seems > as though it may be needed. Perhaps another model to use would be the > proofreading mechanism from Wikisource? > > Thanks > > John > > > > > On 9 June 2016 at 15:25, Julie McMurry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How big a problem is fact vandalism? It may be less likely to be >> detected/fixed in languages for which there are fewer editors. Only if a >> big problem, I'd suggest that specific text (not whole articles) be >> protected, but not locked. Eg implementing a requirement for confirmation >> by multiple editors before it is published. A lock would be too likely >> to thwart legitimate edits and could be abused by moderators. >> >> Some ostensibly hard facts do in fact change over time. Even the >> measurement of the mass of the electron took years to perfect. >> >> Julie >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Biyanto Rebin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Wikidata is a great collaboration of database, I love it, but sometimes >>> when I encounter some vandalism, it makes me so angry. Just like today, >>> I've found Q879704 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879704>, the label, >>> description and alias in Indonesian (ID) is vandal into something else and >>> it was happened in 2014 >>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/202.67.33.46>! >>> >>> Now, I'm just curious, will everyone agree if (maybe) in the future >>> Wikidata team can lock some cell that already fix? For example Javanese >>> (Q33549) = P31: language (Q315). Or we just let the Wikidata always open >>> for everyone to edit? >>> >>> PS: I'm making WikiProjects Languages in Indonesia >>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Languages_in_Indonesia>, >>> anyone who want to join please let me know :) >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Biyanto Rebin | Ketua Umum (*Chair*) 2016-2018 >>> Wikimedia Indonesia >>> Nomor Ponsel: +62 8989 037379 >>> Surel: [email protected] >>> ~~~~ >>> >>> Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: >>> http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi >>> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------- >> [email protected] +1 805 455 5877 skype: mcmurry.julie git: >> jmcmurry >> ---------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > >
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