Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

I did a survey of all 315 duplicate pairs and almost 270 of them had the duplicate entity created with P428 Botanist Abbreviation set, which I consider prima facie evidence that they came from the same source. For some of the pairs, each entry was created within hours of each

[Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

Hello colleagues, During the most recent VIAF harvest we encountered a number of duplicate records in Wikidata. Forwarding on in case this is of interest (there is an attached file – not sure if that will go through on this list or not). Some discussion from OCLC colleagues is included below.

Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

Hoi, Lists like these are gold. Yes we are interested in such lists and yes, they indicate issues that we can solve. I did the first one.. Moritz Büsgen is now only one person. It is suggested that bots might merge these. Possibly, it is one of those issues where the community may have an

Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

Is this something for a Wikidata game? :) Nemo ___ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata

Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

Hoi, Probably :) Thanks, Gerard On 27 December 2015 at 12:31, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Is this something for a Wikidata game? :) > > Nemo > > > ___ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >

Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

There are also a lot of errors/duplicates in WorldCat. On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Probably :) > Thanks, > Gerard > > On 27 December 2015 at 12:31, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: > >> Is this something

Re: [Wikidata] Duplicates in Wikidata

Hoi, The realisation that a lot of errors exist is easy. The reason why this makes a difference is because many of the problematic items are presented to us on a platter.. It makes sense to THEM to do this and it helps US improve our quality. By improving this list we become more valuable to the