Andy Mabbett, 26/07/2015 18:28:
1) the name of
the object may not be unique hence we may be unable to
satisfy Wikidata requirements on label/description uniqueness,
Wikidata does not require unique names.
If so, please fix the docs. "Uniqueness for a combination of a label and
a description is a hard constraint that must be satisfied before a
change can be saved."
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Glossary
3) it must be fine to create items that contain
no information other than
the name;
No, this is not OK (and they may be deleted); but nor is it necessary.
How so? We often don't know more than the name-
4) it must be as easy to add coordinates to
multiple items as it is with an
on-wiki table;
Why?
Because that's the process used to add coordinates.
6) it must be easy to publish new groups of items
on the go, because the
list is built gradually (and very slowly) as we get new authorisations;
It is.
Needs to be verified with those who maintain the list (i.e. Cristian
Cenci and WMIT secretariat).
That's a very trivial query, on WDQ just claim[496]. The query I
described is way more complex.
Nemo