Hoi, Wikidata is not broken. It is Wikipedia that is a mess. As you concentrate only on interwiki links, you do not see the whole of the problem. The quality of Wikidata is such (not enough statements as well) that seeking a solution like this will not make a real difference.

When Wikipedians consider this an issue at all, they seek instant solutions. By including links and red links we expose the real problem much more effective and work towards more quality for both Wikipedia and Wikidata. After a year fixing the linking problem, we may get to a state where your "solution" may become intuitively correct. Thanks, GerardM

On 22 January 2016 at 15:03, Joe Filceolaire filceolaire@gmail.com wrote:

Wikidata is broken. It has allsorts of kludges to link items to the items they should be in.

Lets merge all these Categories, lists, duplicate articles in a different language etc. with the items they should have been part of from the beginning. (Normal rules apply - If you were to describe the Subject of each using properties could they be the same properties)

We now have the tool to fix the wikibase client problem - Badges!

If duplicates have suitable badges then wikibase client can use these to keep the language links. wikibase client will also be able to add other lists "articles on the wiki in other languages" for instance

joe

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