Hoi,
You are right that this will be a concern. There are people that insist
that Wikipedia is the fount of all wisdom and that its labels are "correct"
even for Wikidata. When you observe Wikidata for as long as I do, I find
that many of what some people elevate to collective wisdom is faulty at
best. It makes your concern worse.
Technically there are two decisions that are detrimental to what we have.
One is that labels are "simple by design". The problem is that when labels
change as they often do, it is not possible to account for it. The other
thing is that while we need descriptions, the descriptions we have are
worse in quality than automated descriptions. Automated descriptions work
in any language and are updated based on the availability of statements.
Automated descriptions exist for over three years and when I need to
disambiguate in Wikidata I add labels and as a result I have my
disambiguation.
My point is that these concerns are not entertained. We are stuck with
decisions past that will haunt us as we move on. It is easy to have the
current automated and manual descriptions side by side and with Wiktionary
to be a next project it is worthwhile to consider that any and all labels
in Wikidata need at least conjugation.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 10 January 2017 at 04:58, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is great news and look forward to seeing some good outcomes.
>
> I have a concern around the use of language as most people english a very
> dynamic language and what can hav eone meaning in one place doesnt
> necessarily hold true for everywhere simple uses like monuments when
> translated differs. I would like to see caution taken to ensure the
> uniqueness of each locations use of isnt lost due a great scheme being
> fixed to one specific language use and spelling. As contributors we have
> already experienced that on en:WP with the standardisation of info boxes
> where local varients have been lost.
>
> As Wikimedia community influence on language and connectivity grows, and is
> strengthened by projects like WikiData we have to allow greater
> consideration into the moral, cultural, and linguistic impact we are having
> on communities and languages its potentially no longer just a technical
> advancement that we are leading.
>
> On 10 January 2017 at 07:12, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Wes and Lisa, this is really wonderful news. Just the sort of
> area
> > where Commons can and should point the way forward for all the world's
> > archives.
> >
> > And thanks to Sloan for the support and Commonists for maintaining one
> of
> > the quiet, consistent wonders of theodern Web.
> >
> > Sam
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