Hi Daniel,

   Thanks for adding this. I like your suggestion to turn this into a
positive example and a way to get proper references. Will follow suit.

Andra

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Andrea!
>
> As Nicolas pointed out, the map view of WDQS is based on OpenStreetMap. So
> the
> territory would have to be marked as disputed there.
>
> However, perhaps you can turn this into a positive example for Wikidata's
> flexibility and NPOV afterall: I have added some statements to
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671580> to show how a territorial
> dispute can
> be modeled on Wikidata.
>
> I was lazy and didn't add any sources, though - I didn't know what to make
> of
> "Donovan 2003" given in Wikipedia, as it doesn't give the title of a
> publication. But I suppose sources for these things should be easy to find.
>
> HTH
> daniel
>
> Am 09.04.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Andra Waagmeester:
> > I am currently in Suriname, where I gave a talk on open
> data/wikipedia/wikidata.
> > Next week there will be a handson session, where I hope to get as much
> > contribution from this country as possible.
> >
> > When I demonstrated the WDQS, the audience took offense in the way
> Suriname is
> > depicted on the map view used in the WDQS. There is a territorial
> dispute with
> > the neighboring country Guyana, called the Tigri
> > area(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigri_Area). In the WDQS this area is
> > currently being drawn as being part of Guyana. The maps drawn in the
> WIkipedia
> > article shows how the issue is dealt with here when drawing maps. i.e.
> The area
> > is explicitly drawn as being a territorial dispute, which is more
> factual.
> >
> > Any idea's on how to get a similar mapview on the WDQS? Thanks to
> Wikipedia
> > Zero, where people can have free access to Wikidata (even in remote
> area's),
> > there is quite some potential to get people involved in adding local
> data.
> > Having the current mapview is counter productive.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andra
> >
> >
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