Hi Daniel,
Thanks for adding this. I like your suggestion to turn this into a positive example and a way to get proper references. Will follow suit.
Andra
On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Kinzler daniel.kinzler@wikimedia.de wrote:
Hi Andrea!
As Nicolas pointed out, the map view of WDQS is based on OpenStreetMap. So the territory would have to be marked as disputed there.
However, perhaps you can turn this into a positive example for Wikidata's flexibility and NPOV afterall: I have added some statements to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671580 to show how a territorial dispute can be modeled on Wikidata.
I was lazy and didn't add any sources, though - I didn't know what to make of "Donovan 2003" given in Wikipedia, as it doesn't give the title of a publication. But I suppose sources for these things should be easy to find.
HTH daniel
Am 09.04.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Andra Waagmeester:
I am currently in Suriname, where I gave a talk on open
data/wikipedia/wikidata.
Next week there will be a handson session, where I hope to get as much contribution from this country as possible.
When I demonstrated the WDQS, the audience took offense in the way
Suriname is
depicted on the map view used in the WDQS. There is a territorial
dispute with
the neighboring country Guyana, called the Tigri area(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigri_Area). In the WDQS this area is currently being drawn as being part of Guyana. The maps drawn in the
WIkipedia
article shows how the issue is dealt with here when drawing maps. i.e.
The area
is explicitly drawn as being a territorial dispute, which is more
factual.
Any idea's on how to get a similar mapview on the WDQS? Thanks to
Wikipedia
Zero, where people can have free access to Wikidata (even in remote
area's),
there is quite some potential to get people involved in adding local
data.
Having the current mapview is counter productive.
Cheers,
Andra
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