> On 10 Jun 2016, at 12:39, Yellowcard <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, there are single statements (!) that > are proven to be correct (possibly in connection with qualifiers) and > are no subject to being changed in future. Locking these statements > would make them much less risky to obtain them and use them directly in > Wikipedia. What would be the disadvantage of this, given that slightly > experienced users can still edit them and the lock is only a protection > against anonymous vandalism? I agree 100%, and would like to add (again) that this would also make our data more reliable for re-use outside Wikimedia projects. There’s a huge scala of possibilities between locking harshly (no-one can edit it anymore) and leaving stuff entirely open. I disagree that just one tiny step away from ‘entirely open’ betrays the wiki principle. Of course I’m in favour of all improvements to watchlist systematics. However, with 100,000+ items I’ll probably be watching at some point, even great tools might not be enough to catch everything. And I’d indeed like to focus all my time on constructive new edits, and advocating the great work we do ;-) Sandra _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
