Hoi,
I blogged about the policy [1] and made the point that the use of a
template is technically enough to make it NOT a redlink. I also make the
point why having Wikidata statements trumps the use of stubs. I also
indicate that it makes sense to have a link to the Reasonator search page.
What is will do is make it obvious that many items in Wikidata need
merging. It takes however language skills to be sure that the subjects are
indeed the same.
Anyway, when people revert the inclusion of a template based on the
likeness to a red link, it is time to point out that according to the
policies this is NOT a red link as additional functionality is provided.
The fact that an item exists in Wikidata is prove of the notability of a
subject. <grin> other Wikipedias wrote about that subject.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/03/wikipedia-mosdabrlredlinks.html
On 23 March 2014 12:50, Richard BUDELBERGER
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Adding red links in disambiguation pages when local stupid idiots
> instantly revert them, see http://tinyurl.com/o29nbj4 !…
>
> Now and for ever, hilarious Gerard Meijssen.
>
>
> R. Budelberger,
> Servant.
>
>
> > Message du 23/03/14 11:19
> > De : "Gerard Meijssen"
> > A : "Wikipedia mailing list"
> > Copie à :
> > Objet : [Wikipedia-l] Red links on steroids
> >
> > Hoi, Red links are part of the MediaWiki architecture. They indicate
> that a subject has not been covered in an article. Consequently, they are
> functional and, a good thing to
> have. When you link to a "disambiguation page", there is a chance that
> there is a reference to the missing subject, there is however no guarantee.
> When you are looking for a
> given subject, chances are that Wikidata does have an item for the missing
> article. Magnus Manske created a new template on the en.wp named "Redwd"
> [1]. It does do two
> things, it leaves the red link red and, it refers to both Wikidata and the
> Reasonator. I blogged about it [2] and Jane used it on a disambiguation
> page [3]. The template is
> relatively simple and it can easily be copied to any other Wikipedia that
> is interested in this functionality. As it is the first iteration of this
> functionality, I am sure that there will be
> people who will provide us with improvements to what is already on offer.
> I want to thank Magnus for the code and Multichill for the documentation.
> Thanks, GerardM PS, the
> disambiguation by Reasonator will show all items that fit a criterium [4]
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Redwd [2]
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/03/mark-
> davis-wrote-shama-lama-ding-dong.html [3]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koekkoek [4]
> http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?find=Koekkoek
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