On 25 May 2015 at 13:18, Thorsten Alge <li...@thorsten-alge.de> wrote:
> Since wikidata will be the center of all Wikimedia wikis it might be > better to link to wikidata items instead of wikipedia article. Thats why > I wonder what you think of deprecating the wikipedia tags (NOT DELETING > any of them) and focus on wikidata tags I agree that Wikidata tags are much better, and to be preferred. However, it is easier for a novice (in either OSM or Wikipedia terms) to add a Wikipedia tag; another editor, or a bot, can then convert it to a Wikidata tag. I do strongly urge fellow editors to add Wikdiata atgs whenver appraoraite, bit for objects, and for things like etymologies, architects etc. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging