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    I agree with deletion request

    2 posts, latest post: brandon_macuser, Jul 3, 2008
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      Aug 26, 2007
      divideby0 says:

      This should be deleted as there is already a New York, New York topic started by mw

      2. brandon_macuser
        Jul 3, 2008
        brandon_macuser says:

        Officially the article should be "New York" or perhaps "The City of New York" but not New York, New York


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    The Official Name Is...

    2 posts, latest post: crism, Jun 20, 2008
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    1. tylerkelley
      Jun 20, 2008
      tylerkelley says:

      The City Of New York not "New York."  New York is an "aka."  But I'm not going to change it back and forth every other day.  This is the only thing I don't like about Freebase.  Anyone can just come in here and change the information abd screw up the API.

       I really think Freebase should look at verifying information or utilize editors to approve changes before they go live.  I'd hate to see all my hard work replaced with bogus information.

      2. crism
        Jun 20, 2008
        crism says:

        And Sting’s official name is Gordon Sumner.
        We have discussed the notion of adding an “official name” or ”legal name” property to some topics, but for now, the display name of a topic should be its most commonly-used name. In particular, cities show up in address information frequently; no one addresses mail to The City of New York, NY 10021. I am changing it back and adding T.C.O.N.Y. as an alias.
        Your point about verification is a good one. However, this open model seems to work acceptably for Wikipedia, and with our finer granularity of assertions and login requirement, we have better means for detecting and undoing abusive usage patterns. As with Wikipedia, I would encourage you to watch (subscribe to the RSS feed of) topics that particularly interest you.
        Another approach used by some of our users is to perform QA on the topics of interest and note the last-known-good timestamp. Queries via the API can then be scoped to only return information older than the last QA check.
        Thanks again for your many contributions.


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    Don't merge with state of New York

    2 posts, latest post: gmackenz, Jun 20, 2008
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    1. cheunger
      Jun 20, 2008
      cheunger says:

      The state and the city should not be conflated.

      2. gmackenz
        Jun 20, 2008
        gmackenz says:

        Absolutely do not merge this topic with the state.


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    Merge

    1 post, latest post: cheunger, Jan 9, 2008
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    1. cheunger
      Jan 9, 2008
      cheunger says:

      Duplicate instance with no data


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    Merge, don’t delete

    2 posts, latest post: gmackenz, Oct 30, 2007
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    1. crism
      Aug 26, 2007
      crism says:

      This topic has properties associated with it and should be merged.

      2. gmackenz
        Oct 30, 2007
        gmackenz says:

        Yes, merge, not delete.


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