On 12 Dec 2017, at 11:49, Brill Lyle <wp.brilllyle@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I understand this is probably outside the scope of Wikidata-l, but I am looking for advice in what I am noticing is a somewhat re-occuring issue with VIAF identifiers.

For a lot of items, I am finding 2 or more VIAF numbers for BLP subjects.

Recently I've found up to 4 VIAF numbers:

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45311838 

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45311745

Is there coordination between Wikidata and VIAF that is automated and fixes things like this.

I don't want to remove some of these VIAF numbers as they are tied to "legit" authority bodies. I understand there is often a "main" VIAF number...

Thanks in advance for any assistance and/or advice with this.

- Erika

Erika Herzog

Wikipedia User:BrillLyle

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