User talk:HaPe-CZ

Description on data item and wiki page should align

Hi! It would be great if you could take into account that the description on the data item should be the same as the one on the wiki page of the key or tag, when changing descriptions, e.g. in English or German, e.g. on Item:Q6997. --Chris2map (talk) 13:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

• Hi, I understand the requirement but in our language it would be nonsense. "Overhead line" is not used in our country, it would be an incorrect description. --HaPe-CZ (talk) 13:16, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
• And see ... https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110701 (Slovak) --HaPe-CZ (talk) 13:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

You misunderstood me, or I expressed myself poorly. Of course, the description can be different in different languages. I meant something else: In one language, the description text should be exactly identical between the entry in the data item and the entry on the corresponding wiki page. If even something as small as a period "." is added, it must be done on both sides, otherwise a mismatch will occur. For example, "An overhead line" on Tag:electrified=contact_line and "An overhead line." on Item:Q6997. Or "Oberleitung" on DE:Tag:electrified=contact_line and "Oberleitung." on Item:Q6997. They are both not in sync now because of the "." at the end. So if you change on one page, it would be nice if you could also change on the other corresponding page. --Chris2map (talk) 15:37, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

• Ok, I was unaware of this link - linking to the database. After fixing it is Ok? See item Q6997 / Q110701. --HaPe-CZ (talk) 16:09, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, no. That has nothing to do with Wikidata. I didn't want you to change anything at Wikidata. – It is about OSM Wiki pages: For an example, please have a look at Tag:electrified=contact_line. There you can see the infobox on the right side of the page. Below Description there is the text "An overhead line", and this text is stored on that wiki page. You have to edit the wiki page to change the text. And in addition, there is the data item Item:Q6997 that is linked to the wiki page. The data item stores a copy of the data in the infobox. But this copy is not updated automatically. If someone changes the description text line on the wiki page or in the data item, the copy no longer is the same in both places. The copy must also be changed by the one that changed the description. – If you look at Tag:electrified=contact_line you can see a red pencil behind the description text in the infobox. That is because you added a "." to the description text in the data item. One now has to edit the wiki page and add the "." also there. --Chris2map (talk) 19:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Here is an example in Czech language: The description text in the infobox on Cs:Tag:barrier=bollard should be the same like on Item:Q4767. But one was changed and so they mismatch and the other one has to be changed, too. --Chris2map (talk) 19:51, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

• Hi, thanks for the good help on the problem. The current status is already Ok?--HaPe-CZ (talk) 06:30, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, it's OK. --Chris2map (talk) 08:08, 18 March 2025 (UTC)