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Tim Bray

@evan @wikipedia @taavi @davew

I think that would be hard. Trying to figure out the chain of trust, since anyone can edit any entry.

20 May 2023 at 0:52 | Wall-to-wall | Open on cosocial.ca
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Evan Prodromou

@timbray @wikipedia @taavi I agree, but it's not insuperable and it'd be a huge service

20 May 2023 at 2:36 | Open on cosocial.ca
Mike

@evan @timbray @wikipedia @taavi online identity verification for notable people via Wikipedia — that’d be a great service to provide which would be even more authoritative than Twitter’s Verified feature before it was ruined

20 May 2023 at 15:15 | Open on mastodon.social
Joseph Holsten

@evan @timbray @wikipedia @taavi See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Aut
It’s the standard way of linking controlled identifiers to subjects. It may need a sturdier process, but the framework exists.

20 May 2023 at 15:20 | Open on mstdn.social
Denny Vrandečić

@evan @timbray @wikipedia @taavi

It should be in Wikidata.

I see two possible approaches, there are probably more: either through a signed statement, or through checking the editor who contributed the fact. The latter is an unusual step, the former requires some work.

I'm not sure what a decent way to do this would look like.

20 May 2023 at 17:49 | Open on mas.to
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