abian added a comment.
In T260737#6520630 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260737#6520630>, @danshick-wmde wrote: > Howdy, I'm the technical writer in question. Hi, technical writer Dan! :-) > In light of this observation and the foregoing discussion, I propose the following wording: > >> Please select the type of edit you are making: >> I am supplying updated information (archive previous value) >> I am correcting an incorrect value (delete previous value) The motivation for this task is that users are clear about and make the right choices in the following two cases: 1. //I'm completing or making more precise the original value, which I already considered correct but less detailed// (e.g. museum → history museum; cancer → prostate cancer; Berlin → Friedrichshain). 2. //I know the original value is not applicable today but I cannot determine if it was correct at some point in the past or not// (e.g. there was a population figure without references and I want to provide the one I just found on the council's website, which is different). Case 2 seems to be solved with your new wording, which no longer states that the previous value was necessarily correct at some point: "I am supplying updated information (archive previous value)". On the contrary, case 1 wouldn't be solved yet, as it's still claimed that the previous value was incorrect ("I am correcting an incorrect value") when it's not considered so ("completing or making more precise the original value, which I already considered correct"). I'm sure that the clarifications in brackets will be positive for experienced users ("archive previous value", "delete previous value"), but unfortunately I don't think they help users who don't know Wikidata's policies, i.e. when to delete/archive, to solve case 1. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260737 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: abian Cc: danshick-wmde, Lea_Lacroix_WMDE, Charlie_WMDE, abian, Aklapper, Akuckartz, darthmon_wmde, Michael, Nandana, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Lydia_Pintscher, Mbch331
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