Hoi,

While Wikipedia is not a primary source, many of the assertions in Wikipedia have sources. When sources in Wikipedia (either directly or through DBpedia) are added to Wikidata, the assertions will be a great start for curating these facts. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with starting with the assertions in Wikipedia (are all Wikipedias equal ??).

Relevant is that we need labels in Wikipedia in any and all languages. This means that we seriously need a multi lingual community... we seriously need a community and we may get such a community when we make sure that Wikidata is a project in its own right.

Again, adding sources to assertions is important but we are starting with unsourced assertions and growing a community that has an interest in Wikidata for its own sake as well as for the application of assertions elsewhere (not only in wikipedias).

Thanks,

GerardM

On 3 June 2013 17:01, David Cuenca <dacuetu@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Tom Morris <tfmorris@gmail.com> wrote:

DBpedia's information source is Wikipedia, so it certainly isn't open to "all kinds of data."

"All kinds of data" as in sourced or unsourced. Some data in Wikipedia is not sourced.

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:

Hoi,
In my opinion is Wikidata a collection of assertions. By providing sources respectability is provided to assertions it does however not provide certainty to what is asserted and consequently does not make them facts by definition.

It does not, but I don't think the aim is to collect all the assertions found in Wikipedia either. Remember that Wikipedia is not a primary source.

Cheers,
David

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