It must not be more difficult for a novice if the editor supports fetching the wikidata item when a wikipedia-tag is present.
On 2015-05-25 14:40, Andy Mabbett wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
