Sofie Geneea

Hi Sofie, i reverted your edit on Pepper (Q17190252) because we have a structural need for subclass of (P279) there, because we have Items for invidual Pepper robots in Wikidata like Luzi (Q111313567). Best, Mfchris84 (talk) 10:04, 19 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

I did the same for Star Trek comic (Q3496994) for the same reason. dseomn (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Greetings, you appear to be adding multiple language aliases with the native name, or a name that does not correspond to the designated language. This is not constructive use of aliases, and I will be reverting them as appropriate. Elizium23 (talk) 17:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, can you please give me an example where you think the aliases I've added are not appropriate? Thanks! Sofie Geneea (talk) 10:40, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

• Delta Airlines
• Notre-Dame

Elizium23 (talk) 19:12, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I have to say I disagree with at least some of the revisions you've made. I'm a native Czech speaker and we absolutely use "Notre-Dame" and "Delta". But I'll try to be more careful in the future. Sofie Geneea (talk) 09:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

If you say it, and spell it, exactly as the French name is, then are you speaking in Czech language or is it a loan from the French? And if the spelling and orthography is exactly the same as native French, why do the aliases need to be repeated in foreign languages? Does not the French name suffice for these as well? That is the implied status quo for blank aliases.

In regards to Delta, the same principle applies, of course, to an obviously English name such as that, but also some aliases were kept such as "Airlines" "Air Service" and "Connection" which are all clearly English words, not German or Spanish. Again, if the Germans call it "Delta Airlines" then perhaps they are not speaking German at all. I eat tacos and burritos without trying to claim that these are English words for ethnic food. Elizium23 (talk) 10:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

1) I disagree with the implication that using e.g. "Delta Airlines" in German is somehow not speaking German. Firstly, this is a name and those are commonly used in the same form across languages, secondly languages evolve every day and loaning words (like "burrito") from another language is one of the basic processes in that evolution. If you wanted to apply that principle ad absurdum than English would barely be a language at all since most of it has origins in other Germanic languages, French etc.

2) The question of whether it's enough to have the "original" name in the "origin" language in Wikidata (e.g. "Notre-Dame" as a French alias) and not add it for other languages that might use it as well: obviously there can be different approaches to this but isn't the point of the whole Wiki project to make information accessible to as many people around the world as possible? If someone, e.g. a Czech speaker is looking for Notre-Dame (which when used in Czech refers primarily and obviously to the cathedral in Paris), it would be nice to have that label available among the Czech aliases as this person might not even see the French ones in their WD settings. The rules for labels and aliases in WD help says to reflect common usage - therefore if a name is commonly used in a language for an object, it should have this name listed as a label or alias in that language. Sofie Geneea (talk) 13:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, what's the difference between indulgence (Q109679363) and pleasure (Q113958188)?-- Tadarrius Bean (talk) 09:34, 13 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, that's a bit of a philosophical question :) When it comes to the Czech expressions, "požitek" is a short-term pleasurable feeling, typically caused by something physical (good food etc.), while "libost" is more long lived and more meta-physical. Sofie Geneea (talk) 07:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

But, it is a building Mdelt (talk) 11:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

But not instance of - that property is for specific buildings, like "El Polvorín de Montjuic". If you want, you can add it as subclass of but it seems unnecessary, since it already has 3 more specific ones. Sofie Geneea (talk) 11:45, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't understand it, it doesn't matter, it stays that way. Greetings Mdelt (talk) 11:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please check the difference between properties "instance of" and "subclass of". "instance of" is used for specific things like individual people or places. "subclass of" is used for more general concepts. The item Q2153495 refers to a type of building used to store ammunition, not one specific building. Sofie Geneea (talk) 12:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

OK. Gracias Mdelt (talk) 12:09, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

In wikidata (English) it says: "building" for the storage of gunpowde