The best thing it would do is ensure the lists are the same across all
languages, I believe!

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On 16 May 2015 at 16:29, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:

> It looks interesting. What does this do that lists on individual
> Wikipedias can't do?
>
> I work a fair amount on award lists, and some are in other countries
> or have recipients with articles in other Wikipedias, but mostly they
> are relatively obscure and will not have an article on any Wikipedia.
>
> Examples:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frink_Medal
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidy_Award
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer_Memorial_Prize
>
> There are huge numbers of awards articles out there, some waiting to
> be created. Many of them are good resources for red-links of articles
> that could be created.
>
> A better example (for more interwikis) is this article (in en, de, it and
> pt):
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_von_Siemens_Ring
>
> How would wikidata handle that sort of data?
>
> Carcharoth
>
> On 5/14/15, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > Magnus has produced new functionality that allows for lists that are
> based
> > on information in Wikidata.
> >
> > The great thing is that it is essentially possible to maintain the data
> in
> > Wikidata only and show the information on any and all Wikipedias.
> >
> > Examples are lists for award winners or lists that include data that
> > changes often.
> >
> > I blogged about it and, I want to move the list for the N peace award and
> > make it a proper article on the English Wikipedia.
> > Thanks,
> >      GerardM
> >
> >
> > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/05/wikipedia-farkhunda-iii.html
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