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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