Wikipedia talk:Wikidata

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Can users who are removing interwiki links please link to this Wikidata project, it looks like vandalism otherwise. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:30, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I started this page for precisely that reason. --Izno (talk) 15:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

"Should" and "should not"

I've attempted to remain agnostic on whether this page should give the community guidance on whether actions should or should not be performed. My opinion is that the RFC (unclosed) was a no consensus on any policy or guideline, so we should attempt to avoid giving such guidance. --Izno (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata and Interwiki links

Wikidata has been deployed to the English Wikipedia. Wikidata manages interwiki links on a separate project on pages such as this.

Further information: m:Wikidata/Deployment Questions and https://blog.wikimedia.de/?p=13892.

All interwiki bots that run on the English Wikipedia have now stopped adding interwiki links.

Removal of interwiki links on a page linked to a wikidata item that contains the links is NOT vandalism. Please use this script which can identify if the links are found on wikidata.

If you have any questions regarding wikidata please use the talk page Wikipedia talk:Wikidata. ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 21:04, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I have made a fork of that script that handles language codes with hyphens. See [1] William Avery (talk) 00:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Perfect! :) ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 00:54, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I would not have attempted it without your shared insight into the problem of underscores and hyphens. William Avery (talk) 00:57, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

It is rather odd how the API uses underscores and the rest of the world hyphens! I hate javascript though ;p Glad you managed to fix it! ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 01:12, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

William: Would you mind contacting Yair on wikidata to see if your fix can be implemented in their script? Many users already have his/hers installed so it would be good if we can fix all of those. Legoktm (talk) 01:13, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

recent/early deletions of IW links too opaque?

I've seen some recent edits by User:Xqbot that initially looked suspicious and/or wrong. A little investigation revealed they are related this Wikidata project/initiative. This is probably a good thing, but seems a bit opaque right now in the early stages.

While there is the "edit links" thing over in the languages frame, these otherwise unexplained edits might catch editors unawares. Providing very explicit edit summaries along with a link to the associated wikidata page may be helpful during this transition. --Dfred (talk) 04:30, 17 February 2013 (UTC)