So User:Multichill has taken it upon himself to delete all of the catalog entries for the Black Lunch Table. One of the first if not only successful implementations of Wikidata as a task list for Wikipedia.
There are other initiatives also using catalog, which I assume will also be deleted. Beyond the fact that this destroys hundreds of hours of work, it also negatively impacts outreach. If there was an alternative to catalog that could be used that would be one thing. If there was discussion about this action, that would also be one thing. But this wholesale destruction of outreach is unacceptable. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Multichill&offset=&limit=500&target=Multichill https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Multichill#Black_Lunch_Table https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P972#Abuse_of_this_property_for_original_research https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions#Artist_of_Black_Lunch_Table I am beside myself. I have been heavily evangelizing Wikidata in its integration with Wikipedia, especially multiple language Wikipedias. This was such a hostile unconstructive act, I am beside myself. This catalog tag was meant to be used to support various En Wiki outreach initiatives which address gender gap and diversity on the projects. What has happened here has very seriously negatively impacted that work. I am asking for support here. If the property was not okay, which after much discussion there seemed to be a consensus it was fine, then the opportunity to find other solutions should have been made, versus deleting all that work. - Erika *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>*
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