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Incorrect information about Wikidata aliases?

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Description

The docs say that an alias will automatically be promoted to a label on Wikidata if one doesn't already exist:

https://github.com/OpenRefine/openrefine.org/blob/518ebd84c2f63dde227298bb3972447c47b11d8c/docs/manual/wikibase/schema-alignment.md?plain=1#L86-L87

After trying it out, this seems to be outdated or misinformation.

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Research direction

Read docs/manual/wikibase/schema-alignment.md around lines 86–87 and verify whether an alias is promoted to a Wikidata label when no label exists. Update the documentation to accurately describe the current behavior, using the reported result as the starting point; no test or other entry point is mentioned.

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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
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