We are going very soon to look into the actual data. If my current
assumption holds, that more than 99% of all links are simple 1:1 links, the
requirement for a more complex system might be deferred to later.
If there is a big fraction of language links currently representing a more
intricate structure, we have to rethink that assumption. But until then, I
hope we can start with the simpler solution.
Cheers,
Denny
2012/4/3 Bináris <wikiposta(a)gmail.com>
2012/4/2 Markus Krötzsch
<markus.kroetzsch(a)cs.ox.ac.uk>
We should take care not to overrate this topic. There are hundreds of
thousands of articles that have a unique, exact match between different
language versions.
Fortunately. But problems and surprises in informatics are always in the
minority of cases. :-)
Cities,
Settlements are drawn together and dissected all the time. Rome may be one
city for one Wikipedia, separate ancient Rome and modern Rome for the other.
The newest problem in huwiki is a small part of Budapest that has two
articles, one for it as part of the modern city, and one for the historical
standalone settlement (same place, same name). Some wikis sraw articles
together for notability reasons, others dissect because of extent.
countries,
These are really interesting! Can you tell what Germany is in the terms of
history? Or just Prussia? Prussia is a country that's name leads to a
disambiguation page in many wikis, and no warranty the standalone articles
will match. Or what about Yugoslavia as a country? One wiki may think to
write one article about countries by this name, while another will handle
it in several articles.
works of art,
One wiki writes one article about Leonardo's paintings, the other one for
each. This may be handled by linking to section titles, perhaps? While
entities have a clear meaning, articles about them may not exactly match.
astronomic objects,
The same: one article about the moons of Uranus vs. one for each.
Etc.
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