But you do agree that it is easier to curate articles by updating one value in a database than updating the value separately everywhere it appears?

> From: g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:45:10 +0200
> To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] Page history and properties
>
> On 5 April 2013 23:19, Michael Hale <hale.michael.jr@live.com> wrote:
> > So you agree that it is more important to reduce clutter than to add
> > functionality that very few people use?
>
> No, I strongly disagree with this. I think the functionality of being
> able to curate the page Wikipedia editors care for should have highest
> priority. I believe it is very important to make Wikidata palatable to
> the people Wikipedia depends upon. Reducing clutter is nice, but
> avoiding to loose transparency and trust is essential.
>
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