Hoi,
I blogged about the policy [1] and made the point that the use of a
template is technically enough to make it NOT a redlink. I also make the
point why having Wikidata statements trumps the use of stubs. I also
indicate that it makes sense to have a link to the Reasonator search page.
What is will do is make it obvious that many items in Wikidata need
merging. It takes however language skills to be sure that the subjects are
indeed the same.
Anyway, when people revert the inclusion of a template based on the
likeness to a red link, it is time to point out that according to the
policies this is NOT a red link as additional functionality is provided.
The fact that an item exists in Wikidata is prove of the notability of a
subject. <grin> other Wikipedias wrote about that subject.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1]
On 23 March 2014 12:50, Richard BUDELBERGER
<budelberger.richard(a)wanadoo.fr>wrote;wrote:
Adding red links in disambiguation pages when local
stupid idiots
instantly revert them, see
http://tinyurl.com/o29nbj4 !…
Now and for ever, hilarious Gerard Meijssen.
R. Budelberger,
Servant.
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Objet : [Wikipedia-l] Red links on steroids
Hoi, Red links are part of the MediaWiki architecture. They indicate
that a
subject has not been covered in an article. Consequently, they are
functional and, a good thing to
have. When you link to a "disambiguation page", there is a chance that
there is a reference to the missing subject, there is however no guarantee.
When you are looking for a
given subject, chances are that Wikidata does have an item for the missing
article. Magnus Manske created a new template on the en.wp named "Redwd"
[1]. It does do two
things, it leaves the red link red and, it refers to both Wikidata and the
Reasonator. I blogged about it [2] and Jane used it on a disambiguation
page [3]. The template is
relatively simple and it can easily be copied to any other Wikipedia that
is interested in this functionality. As it is the first iteration of this
functionality, I am sure that there will be
people who will provide us with improvements to what is already on offer.
I want to thank Magnus for the code and Multichill for the documentation.
Thanks, GerardM PS, the
disambiguation by Reasonator will show all items that fit a criterium [4]
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Redwd [2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/03/mark-
davis-wrote-shama-lama-ding-dong.html [3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koekkoek [4]
http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?find=Koekkoek
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