Metawebhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/metawebFreebase Atom Feed Generatorhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002f8906New York2008-09-05T11:24:33Zbrandon_macuserhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/brandon_macuser<p>Officially the article should be "New York" or perhaps "The City of New York" but not New York, New York</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000088f5d45Officially the article should be "New York" or perhaps "The City of New York" but not New York, New...New York: I agree with deletion request2008-07-03T02:38:41.0006Zcrismhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/crism<p>And Sting’s official name is Gordon Sumner.<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
Thanks again for your many contributions.</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000086b835dAnd Sting’s official name is Gordon Sumner.
We have discussed the notion of adding an “official...New York: The Official Name Is...2008-06-20T17:13:59.0012Ztylerkelleyhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/tylerkelley<p><p>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.</p><p> 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. </p></p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000086b7e9cThe City Of New York not "New York." New York is an "aka." But I'm...New York: The Official Name Is...2008-06-20T14:35:18.0006Zgmackenzhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/gmackenz<p>Absolutely do not merge this topic with the state.</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000086b75ebAbsolutely do not merge this topic with the state. New York: Don't merge with state of New York2008-06-20T09:58:56.0000Zcheungerhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/cheunger<p>The state and the city should not be conflated.</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000086adee3The state and the city should not be conflated. New York: Don't merge with state of New York2008-06-20T03:42:20.0019Zcheungerhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/cheunger<p>Duplicate instance with no data</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006e9d930Duplicate instance with no data New York: Merge2008-01-09T20:22:36.0005Zgmackenzhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/gmackenz<p>Yes, merge, not delete.</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005f43309Yes, merge, not delete. New York: Merge, don’t delete2007-10-30T00:04:39.0000Zcrismhttp://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/crism<p>This topic has properties associated with it and should be merged.</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005bc0f57This topic has properties associated with it and should be merged. New York: Merge, don’t delete2007-08-26T19:21:16.0012Zdivideby0http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/divideby0<p>This should be deleted as there is already a New York, New York topic started by mw</p>http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005bc0e18This should be deleted as there is already a New York, New York topic started by mw New York: I agree with deletion request2007-08-26T16:08:00.0012Z