[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T86517: [Story] Add a new datatype for multilingual text

2018-10-05 Thread Yurik
Yurik added a comment. Another possible use case: multiple sitelinks to the same site. For example, Wikidata may have a project page for postal codes in English, and someone wants a similar page in German. But the community does not want direct translation, because English page may want to cover

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T86517: [Story] Add a new datatype for multilingual text

2017-05-27 Thread Marsupium
Marsupium added a comment. Perhaps the set problem could be solved with qualifiers, too.TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86517EMAIL PREFERENCEShttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/To: MarsupiumCc: Marsupium, Bugreporter, Esc3300, Susannaanas, Laddo,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T86517: [Story] Add a new datatype for multilingual text

2017-03-26 Thread Esc3300
Esc3300 added a comment. I agree about P1922 and P1843. P2559 (Wikidata usage instructions) seems to be mainly a GUI problem with descriptions. I suppose that could be solved with a new datatype. Not sure about P2275.TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86517EMAIL

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T86517: [Story] Add a new datatype for multilingual text

2017-02-15 Thread Bugreporter
Bugreporter added a comment. Clearly yes, if we have two sets of monolingual strings in different languages, we should want to know which set a individual string belongs to. Multilingual text should be used if: Texts in different languages are translation each other, and only one and any one is

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T86517: [Story] Add a new datatype for multilingual text

2016-09-13 Thread Esc3300
Esc3300 added a comment. Is there still a point in having this? We could merely improve display of various languages for properties with multiple monolingual strings.TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T86517EMAIL