[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Addshore closed this task as "Resolved". TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264550 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Pablo-WMDE, Addshore Cc: Addshore, Pablo-WMDE, Silvan_WMDE, Aklapper, Akuckartz, darthmon_wmde, Nandana,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Silvan_WMDE added a comment. Ok, you are right and my proposed mix of singular and plural resource names is probably rubbish. While I'm convinced that collection resources (to be used with GET and POST) should always be plural, I may have misunderstood reasons for using singular

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Addshore added a comment. Merged the PR adding a tiny bit of docs here regarding plurality and the connection to link in responses. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264550 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Pablo-WMDE,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Pablo-WMDE added a comment. The documented decision was about consistently using singular or plural for all path parts across resources - anticipating the notorious debate

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

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[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Addshore added subscribers: Pablo-WMDE, Addshore. Addshore added a comment. Consistency was used as an argument for either singular or plural aliases vs aliaslist vs aliaslists were an interesting topic that swung us toward plurals always (as otherwise we would need to start using different

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Silvan_WMDE updated the task description. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264550 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Silvan_WMDE Cc: Silvan_WMDE, Aklapper, Akuckartz, darthmon_wmde, Nandana, Lahi, Gq86, Pablo-WMDE,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T264550: Plurality in proposed REST API spec

Silvan_WMDE created this task. Silvan_WMDE added projects: Wikibase REST API Schema, Wikidata. Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. TASK DESCRIPTION I would like to challenge the explanation that "Consistency is valuable" for the consequent use of plurals in all path parts.