Re: [OSM-talk] Local knowledge (was: Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?)

2017-10-25 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
> > On 25.10.2017 08:22, Tomas Straupis wrote: > > Yuri later tried to change the whole theme from "osm-wikidata-sql > > tool" to "new general qa tool" in the same thread. > > And now into "is local knowledge really always necessary". I'm sure > before too long Yuri will be starting to discuss

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding wikidata tags to the remaining objects with only wikipedia tag

2017-10-25 Thread Safwat Halaby
>Wow, i had to read this twice to really believe what i was reading >here.   >Seems you are still in deep denial about the fundamental differences  >between OSM and Wikipedia. Christopher, A Wikidata tag is just as verifiable as Wikipedia tag: Both require visiting an external site. Yuri made no

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
> > Well, certainly Wikipedia links should only be added by people who know > something about the feature in question, and not by a machine that > compares name tags to Wikipedia entries and takes a wild guess. > I think this is a straw man argument - I don't think anyone is proposing to add tags

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Tomas Straupis wrote: > > Yuri later tried to change the whole theme from "osm-wikidata-sql > tool" to "new general qa tool" in the same thread. This change gives a > lot of confusion on what are we really talking about. Only when >

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 25.10.2017 08:09, Златовратский Павел wrote: > Well. That's the problem in your position: you point to specific > problems and ask to stop whole process. Which "process" exactly are you talking about? There have been many processes mentioned in this discussion. > I met such behaviour

Re: [OSM-talk] Local knowledge (was: Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?)

2017-10-25 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 25.10.2017 08:22, Tomas Straupis wrote: > Yuri later tried to change the whole theme from "osm-wikidata-sql > tool" to "new general qa tool" in the same thread. And now into "is local knowledge really always necessary". I'm sure before too long Yuri will be starting to discuss whether

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 25.10.2017 05:53, Ryszard Mikke wrote: > You mean "stop any editing, More like "stop any Wikidata-related large-scale editing or setting up of tools that have the intent of causing Wikidata-related large-scale editing". It's totally ok for individuals to add Wikidata links to things

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Tomas Straupis
2017-10-25 8:56 GMT+03:00 Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > Roland, thanks for the links. Local knowledge is very important, but lets > not make it into a sacred cow at the cost of common sense. I have not been > to every single street in New York City. I am nearly 100% sure that all > editors has edited

Re: [OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

2017-10-25 Thread Златовратский Павел
25.10.2017 7:46, Tomas Straupis пишет: But this topic has already listed numerous problems with your automated (or semiautomated) edits all around, ignoring local communities etc. You have been asked to stop numerous times. Well. That's the problem in your position: you point to specific

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