Hi Wikidatans,
On Commons, I have been seeing some puzzling Wikidata edits appearing in
the properties for Commons files on my watchlist.
For example: for File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Lovelace_portrait.jpg> (Q736316
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736316>) I see the edit (Created claim:
Property:P18 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P18>: Chalon Portrait
of Queen Victoria - 1837.jpg; Added reference to claim: Property:P18
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P18>: Chalon Portrait of Queen
Victoria - 1837.jpg)
This portrait of Ada Lovelace is decidedly not a portrait of Queen
Victoria. Upon further investigation, I see that the artist for both
paintings is the same. Still, why is this edit appearing for File:Ada
Lovelace portrait.jpg
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Lovelace_portrait.jpg>? I
don't know why I should be seeing this edit on my watchlist for the
Lovelace portrait.
Similarly, for File:John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg (Q100
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100>), I see on my Commons watchlist (Language
link added: eml:Boston <https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston>). Further
investigation reveals that Boston was the place of death of artist Gilbert
Stuart.
Can someone clarify why these Wikidata edits would be appearing in my
watchlist on Commons? These edits appear to be related to the artists
rather than to the image files.
I do have "Show Wikidata edits in your watchlist" checked, but I would
think that this would refer to Wikidata edits about the files themselves or
the original artwork from which the photos were derived, rather than the
artist who created the artworks from which the files on Commons were
derived. Noting that the artist who created a particular image also created
another image that we have on Commons seems to be particularly far-removed
from information that I need to know as someone who would be interested in
knowing about Wikidata changes about the particular file that I'm watching
(as opposed to the Wikidata information about the artist.)
Pine