OpenRefine / OpenRefine/openrefine.org
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:
After trying it out, this seems to be outdated or misinformation.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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- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
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- 2/5
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- 1-3 hours
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- Stale
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- 35/100