On 26 July 2015 at 17:38, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andy Mabbett, 26/07/2015 18:28: >>> >>> 1) the name of the object may not be unique hence we may be unable to >>> satisfy Wikidata requirements on label/description uniqueness, >> >> Wikidata does not require unique names. > > If so, please fix the docs. "Uniqueness for a combination of a label and a > description is a hard constraint that must be satisfied before a change can > be saved." https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Glossary
We're at cross purposes. I read the slash in your "label/description" as "or", you mean"and". Achieving a unique combination of label AND description should not be beyond your resources. Consider: Label: St John's Church Description: A church in East Birmingham Label: St John's Church Description: A church in North Birmingham >>> 3) it must be fine to create items that contain no information other than >>> the name; >> >> No, this is not OK (and they may be deleted); but nor is it necessary. > > How so? We often don't know more than the name- You know that it's (say) a building or a protected monument, or both. >>> 4) it must be as easy to add coordinates to multiple items as it is with >>> an >>> on-wiki table; >> >> Why? > > Because that's the process used to add coordinates. That's a circular argument, and does not answer my question. >>> 6) it must be easy to publish new groups of items on the go, because the >>> list is built gradually (and very slowly) as we get new authorisations; >> >> It is. > > Needs to be verified with those who maintain the list (i.e. Cristian Cenci > and WMIT secretariat). No: it is. This is inarguable. I have done it, as have many others. >> This is, I believe, possible. For example: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Wikidata_lists/Items_with_ORCIDs >> >> is built by a bot. > > That's a very trivial query, on WDQ just claim[496]. The query I described > is way more complex. The principles apply. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org