On 15/08/12 15:03, Gregor Hagedorn wrote:
Basically what Daniel proposed is, that it would be best practice that for every string that refers to a concept, event, thing, person, unless the editor is certain about item identity, a new wikidata item entity should be created.
I could imagine this as a possible and perhaps elegant solution. My concern is the handling of unknown identity and a workflow towards improved identity recognition, not a discussion string versus item.
In the proposed case, would there be a problem with creating a "human name" entity that would not be a person and linking to that? If it is confirmed that certain link to this entity is a known person, it could be simply changed.