User talk:Labattblueboy

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Best regards! Multichill (talk) 13:52, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

War art

Hi Labattblueboy, I noticed you worked on Canadian war art. You might like Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Collection/Canadian War Museum and Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Creator/A. Y. Jackson. Multichill (talk) 13:52, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Multichill: thanks for that, much appreciated.--Labattblueboy (talk) 21:44, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

national necropolis in France (Q19951362)

Hello Labattblueboy, I created all the national necropolis in France (Q19951362) based on Q20986344 which is the official text defining this concept. So, please don't change the names and don't mix these items with other concepts. For example "Assevent French-German War Cemetery" is composed of a French nécropole nationale and a German War cemetery. So you have to create three items:

Assevent French-German War Cemetery: has part(s) (P527): nécropole nationale d'Assevent & Assevent French-German War Cemetery
nécropole nationale d'Assevent : part of (P361): Assevent French-German War Cemetery
Assevent German War Cemetery: part of (P361): Assevent French-German War Cemetery

Thanks. Ayack (talk) 08:52, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CWG data

I just corrected two of your CWG IDs and an Australian War Memorial ID that showed up on my watchlist, the names matched but they were not even in the correct state or even country for the Australian War Memorial. I the IDs to the proper ones, for two I had to create the proper cemetery. We should have all Findagrave entries added to Wikidata to make it easier to disambiguate cemeteries, I suggested it, but no one wants to crate a bot for it. --RAN (talk) 15:57, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Richard_Arthur_Norton_(1958-_): Much appreciated for catching those, a rather sloppy mistake on my part.--Labattblueboy (talk) 22:24, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! You are doing the tiring, under appreciated hard work, its easy to just correct a few. Let me know if I can help, I love cemetery entries. --RAN (talk) 22:32, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The last three CWGC burial ground IDs you added were again, not correct. The states in the United States did not match, and in one case, the country did not match. I created an entry for one, but the other two I just deleted. You cannot just go by the name of the cemetery. Look up a cemetery name in Geonames and you find that there can be a dozen cemeteries with the same name, even in the same US state. You are going to have to add in missing cemeteries if you want CWGC burial ground IDs to be complete. A better project would be to try and get a bot to add in all the Findagrave cemeteries that are not already in Wikidata, then your matches may be more accurate. I only caught the three because they were on my watchlist. --RAN (talk) 14:03, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Book that describes an artwork

Hi Labattblueboy, I don't think published in (P1433) is the appropriate property, you're better off using described by source (P1343). Multichill (talk) 20:30, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Multichill: I had employed published in (P1433) because the publication is specifically referencing the reproduction of images for the purposes of determining a publication date for copyright purposes, but the same can be achieved with described by source (P1343). Cheers.-Labattblueboy (talk) 10:49, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

published in (P1433) is for publications of the work, not about the work. So for example a short story that is published in a book. Multichill (talk) 16:34, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bulk additions of incorrect data to Wikidata

Hi Labattblueboy,

When adding data in bulk to Wikidata, please ensure this is consistent with Wikidata's property definitions. Do not add attempt to use random items if you haven't create the necessary item yet.

If you are uncertain which property or items should be used, please ask at Wikidata:Project chat or the relevant Wikiproject before.

It's not ok to rely on other volunteers to cleanup. --- Jura 13:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jura1: are you refering to my revert of batch #75178, if so please see Wikidata:Administrators'_noticeboard#User:Quesotiotyo or the discussion associated to the batch itself on its discussion page.--Labattblueboy (talk) 13:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It refers to any series of edits of your using incorrect items as values. --- Jura 13:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jura1: Can you be more specific? Example edit? I have no idea what you're refering to --13:22, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ossuaire de Douaumont

Hi,

You reverted my change to "Ossuaire de Douaumont" on Wikidata, saying that there is no capitalization in French. Well, maybe there isn't, but here there should be. If it's a name, it has to be "Ossuaire de Douaumont" (the first word has to be capitalized). I did not revert your change, but I hope you can explain your position. I even found other places in French where it is capitalized. Eldad (talk) 11:02, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

From the French Wikipedia: Ossuaire de Douaumont (the French entry).

Indeed, it's not capitalized when you add the l' at the beginning: l'ossuaire de Douaumont. But if there isn't a definite article before the name (as is the case of its appearance on Wikidata), it has to be capitalized. Eldad (talk) 11:08, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Eldad: I'm not overly invested in the result quite honestly. I personally find the lowercase start perplexing (and I'm bilingual) but what do I know? You are free to revert it but don't be surprised if one of the principal FR contributors changes it at some point in the future. It has been that native spelling since 2017.--Labattblueboy (talk) 15:17, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As I explained, I can relate to the French grammar rules (I know most of them), and indeed, the word should not be capitalized, but since there is no l' preceding it, it must be capitalized. I'll change it, and if someone reverts it, I'll try to reason with him as I did with you. It becomes an intriguing hobby... ;-) Thanks. Eldad (talk) 16:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Eldad, please see Help:Label/fr. According to this recommendation it should be "ossuaire de Douaumont". Ayack (talk) 17:21, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. But why? I'll read it now. Eldad (talk) 17:55, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I read. In this case, I still think that it should be capitalized, as it appears as a title of an entry, on top of the table. It seems strange that a name in French should appear with a minuscule. If someone reverts my edit, I won't try to make them change their mind. Eldad (talk) 18:01, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, if you believe this should be changed to lower case, feel free to revert my edit. I think it's wrong, but if your linguistic sense tells you it's correct, I won't try to argue with that. Eldad (talk) 18:03, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]