daniel added a comment. @Jc3s5h what, then, would be an example for a reliable/acceptable source giving us a number with no hint at the uncertainty? When should we consider an uncertainty unsourced? If Nature gives the size of a crated on Mars in Kilometers, what uncertainty should we assume, and should it be considered sourced?
I'm afraid the distinction of sourced vs unsourced uncertainty makes things harder to handle in code and more difficult to understand for users. I suggest we do what we always do, really: we assume that people follow the establish conventions when entering data. Most people never thing of significant digits or uncertainties explicitly, be we all used the concept intuitively, all the time, when we say that the sort is "two hundreds yards away" or it's "170 Miles to Sometown". TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105623 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: daniel Cc: Mike_Peel, Jc3s5h, thiemowmde, kaldari, daniel, Stryn, Lydia_Pintscher, Liuxinyu970226, Snipre, Event, Ash_Crow, mgrabovsky, Micru, Denny, He7d3r, Bene, Wikidata-bugs, Ricordisamoa, Kelson, MSGJ, Klortho, Wolfvoll, Aklapper, aude _______________________________________________ Wikidata-bugs mailing list Wikidata-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-bugs
