Hi Martin, Am 2017-10-03 um 00:28 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: > indeed it’s not helping the quality if editors are not familiar with the > language specifics for the area of the things they edit (this is true for all > UGC, be it osm, wikidata, etc). Aldi Sud does not make sense, it’s either Süd > or, if you really have to (e.g. domain names), Sued. > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41171672 > > This kind of fiddling leads to objects like this: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125054 > inception 1913 > founded by Karl and Theo Albrecht, born 1920 and 1922. > Founded 7/9 years before their birth? > > It is also not true that aldi nord and süd result or follow from the > splitting of Aldi, they result from the split of Albrecht KG. Not even the > founding year 1960 for the parts is correct, it’s 1961 (according to wp and > company website) > > It also still claims Aldi is a GmbH & Co. KG and even has 1 reference for > this (german wikipedia), while the German wikipedia actually has a long > paragraph trying to explain the structure and saying there are 66 different > regional GmbH & Co. KG, plus other companies like the ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. > oHG or the ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs-GmbH & Co. oHG, i.e. it’s a group of > companies, a concern. > Here’s a list of parts of Aldi Süd: > https://unternehmen.aldi-sued.de/de/impressum/ > > It can all be fixed of course, but I’m curious how all these errors have > gotten there. There’s still more wrong than correct in this object.
The wrong name (Sud instead of Sued or Süd) was added by user Pingsonthewing who probably does not live in Germany or any other German speaking country but tries to actively push Wikidata into OSM. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q41171672&oldid=567343632 Best regards Michael -- Per E-Mail kommuniziere ich bevorzugt GPG-verschlüsselt. (Mailinglisten ausgenommen) I prefer GPG encryption of emails. (does not apply on mailing lists)
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