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Nomen ad hoc (talk) 11:05, 13 May 2018 (UTC).Reply

Gemeinsame Normdatei

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Hallo Sotho, danke für die Eintragung von Dubletten. Wenn du Lust & Zeit hast, kannst du solche Fälle direkt unter de:WP:GND/F melden. Die Liste Wikidata:Database reports/Constraint violations/P227 ist leider zu lang und unübersichtlich (Wikidata erfasst nicht den GND-Typ), als dass alle Fehler korrigiert werden. Gruß --Kolja21 (talk) 19:34, 12 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Q1398

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Some of the database IDs you added are dead links and others are for a different author. --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:52, 17 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@EncycloPetey: Sure... you better go check ALL the values that were already present on that item then for their validity. I only added related items to what was already there. I personally doubt you are qualified to distinguish what is valid and what is not, anyway. --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 03:05, 17 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
In this edit you added this link, which is for "Pseudo-Virgil", the assemblage of authors who wrote works spuriously attributed to Virgil. The target is explicitly not Virgil (Q1398). The description on the target database makes this clear. --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:55, 17 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
All this stuff comes directly from VIAF, so if you got any complaints regarding wrong or outdated values you better direct those to them. --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 16:05, 17 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
We have Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control/VIAF errors for that. You can use it as well. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Please explain your actions

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You reverted some regular entries I had edited on Q95067287. I do not understand your recent actions and the motivations of that. So I have to ask you to explain. Give me your reasons and some facts why you think your doings are completely justified. It should be easy if you indeed have good reasons and know the Wikidata rules. -- Justus Nussbaum (talk) 12:50, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Justus_Nussbaum: Well that is indeed easy, I already wrote my reasoning in the revert comment: You added the value '58945918' to NLA Trove people ID (P1315)  , but it actually belongs to Libraries Australia ID (P409)  . --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 17:57, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Mittlerweile habe ich gesehen, dass Du offenbar auch deutscher Muttersprachler bist, also auf Deutsch. Tja, mir genügt diese Antwort in der Sache nicht. Du behauptest etwas, aber begründest und erläuterst nichts, genau das aber war das Anliegen. Zumindest sind die deutschsprachige Deskriptionen NLA Trove people ID (P1315)   versus Libraries Australia ID (P409)   grenzwertig schlecht unterscheidbar und müsste gegebenfalls dringend verbessert werden, um für Mitarbeiter unterscheidbarer zu werden. Die australische Nationalbibliothek kommt schon oft genug vor, dass das notwendig zu klären ist. Also die Frage noch einmal: Warum das eine und das andere nicht? Wenn ich das nächste mal NLA-ID sehe, möchte ich Klarheit haben. Da Du ja die Auffassung vertrittst, dass Du bescheid weißt, erläutere das bitte so, dass es auch für Andere nachvollziehbar erklärt ist. -- Just N. (talk) 13:53, 28 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Nagut, dann halt etwas ausführlicher: Die Nationalbibliothek Australiens (NLA) hat zwei Datenbanken für Normdaten. Einmal über das Portal für die Bibliotheken und deren Nutzer: [1]. Die Werte sind zwar dort von außen nicht direkt suchbar, werden aber an VIAF übermittelt. Die Eigenschaft Libraries Australia ID (P409)   ist dafür in Wikidata eingerichtet. Daneben gibt es noch die Trove-Datenbank, welche von außen etwas zugänglicher ist: [2]. Die Werte werden in Wikidata unter der Eigenschaft NLA Trove people ID (P1315)   geführt. Eine Übermittlung dieser Daten an VIAF findet aktuell allerdings nicht statt, ist vermutlich auch zukünftig nicht geplant. Alles was man in VIAF findet, gehört immer zu Libraries Australia ID (P409)  . Nehmen wir das oben angeführte Beispiel Q95067287: Libraries Australia ID (P409)   hat da jetzt den Wert "58945918", folgt man dem externen Link, gelangt man zu [3]. Fügte man den Wert zu NLA Trove people ID (P1315)   hinzu, sähe der externe Link so aus: [4]. Dies führt dann zu einer Fehlerseite, da der Wert nicht zur Eigenschaft passt. Man kann mit dem Wert "58945918" aber in der Trove Datenbank suchen ([5]) und damit den passenden Wert für NLA Trove people ID (P1315)   finden: "1818874" ([6]). --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 21:46, 28 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

New gadget

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Hi! I've always admired the great manual work you do in adding authority control IDs and I hope to have a good news for you: @Bargioni: has just finished programming his new great User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers gadget. You can try it, I hope it will speed up a lot your work! Write me if you have any problem or if you find some error or strangeness (it may happen in these first days)! Bye, --Epìdosis 10:40, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

To activate the gadget, you need also to import the configuration part:
importScript( 'User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers defaultconf.js' );
importScript( 'User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers.js' );
Good night, --Epìdosis 21:46, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Epìdosis: It's a nice start, though there are a few bugs. RERO IDs are not normalized correctly, LIH gets added twice, once correctly, once to LNB. BnF without check"digit" is not recognized, but when the value is missing at all, it is at least added correctly. SKMASNL is a bad property anyway, so that won't be included by me ever. A quick link in the sidebar is also very preferred by me, instead of scrolling down a lot for populated items. --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 23:45, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

NUKAT

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Hi! I've reflected upon NUKAT ID (P1207) and I think that, being it used 159k times, it's better to act as in NSZL (VIAF) ID (P951)/NSZL name authority ID (P3133), so proposing a new property. Do you agree? If so, would you prefer to make the proposal or you prefer I make it? Thank you very much, --Epìdosis 06:25, 16 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Epìdosis: Hey! I think it is the best solution indeed. Since I am currently a bit busy elsewhere, I would suggest you doing the proposal. Thanks :) --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 19:59, 17 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
OK, I will do it in the next days. --Epìdosis 09:52, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

We sent you an e-mail

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Hello Sotho Tal Ker,

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You can see my explanation here.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:45, 25 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Alfred Hetschko (Q55046591)

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Bist du sicher, dass NTA 240663349 nicht zu Alfred Hetschko (Q55046591) gehört? Eine der beiden Publikationen ist nämlich im OeBL genannt … --Emu (talk) 23:40, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Der Wert war vorher 285598702, was keine gültiger NTA Eintrag ist. Dann hatte ich nach dem Namen bei VIAF geschaut und nichts gefunden, weil VIAF den Vornamen abgekürzt und ich dort nicht direkt mit der ID gesucht hatte. Daher wurde der Wert von mir wieder entfernt. Mit der von dir genannten NTA passt das ja, und ich habe jetzt beide Werte (VIAF+NTA) hinzugefügt. :) --Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 00:05, 24 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Danke! 285598702 ist die VIAF, da muss ich etwas falsch kopiert haben. Offensichtlich habe ich sowohl letztes Jahr als auch heute nur bis zur ersten Ziffer gelesen – mea culpa. --Emu (talk) 00:15, 24 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

about merge of Henry Street Settlement (Q5728819) and Henry Street Settlement (Q109458331)

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There are differences between theaters as venues and as organizations. It is an important data quality issue. If you want you can have a look here: Many items confound architectural structures and organizations

--Katikei (talk) 10:54, 9 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hmm, if you feel this merge was incorrect, we can revert it. The name of the three buildings is given by the Settlement as Henry Street Headquarters though, so the building entry should likely be renamed then. The Settlement itself has many buildings associated with it. Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 00:46, 10 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

ISNI stored without spaces

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  1. User:Sotho Tal Ker/authority control.js - maybe just delete lines 310 - 318?
  2. User:Sotho Tal Ker - adjust the check digit queries?

CV213 (talk) 10:24, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

@User:Sjoerddebruin you fixed the one of Magnus Manske, [7], maybe you can also fix this fork? CV213 (talk) 15:40, 3 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@CV213 Sorry for the late reply. I have updated the queries now. Sotho Tal Ker (talk) 17:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)Reply