No we should not make the aliases unique, the reason
aliases are
useful is because they are _not_ unique.
They are still usefil if they are not unique because search is fuzzy : if
you search “whatever” you'll see both “wathever one” AND “whatever2” in the
results …
2015-07-13 16:01 GMT+02:00 John Erling Blad <jeblad(a)gmail.com>om>:
No we should not make the aliases unique, the reason
aliases are
> useful is because they are _not_ unique.
> Add versioning to labels, that is the only real solution.
>
> There are books on the topic, and also some dr thesis. I don't think
> we should create anything ad hoc for this. Go for a proven solution.
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Kinzler
> <daniel.kinzler(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> > Am 13.07.2015 um 13:00 schrieb Ricordisamoa:
> >> I agree too.
> >> Also note that property IDs are language-neutral, unlike english names
> of
> >> templates, magic words, etc.
> >
> > As I said: if there is broad conseus to only use P-numbers to refer to
> > properties, fine with me (note however that Lydia disagrees, and it's her
> > decision). I like the idea of having the option of accessing properties
> via
> > localized names, but if there is no demand for this possibility, and
> it's a pain
> > to implement, I won't complain about dropping support for that.
> >
> > But *if* we allow access to properties via localized unique labels (as we
> > currently do), then we really *should* allow the same via unique
> aliases, so
> > property labels can be chanegd without breaking stuff.
> >
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