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Re:Wikipedia is now drawing facts from the Wikidata repository by mindcrime on Monday April 29, 2013 @06:19PM (#5629230)
Sure, and when humans create links, they should continue to create them just like they do not. I'm picturing an "auto linkifier" that creates links that no human has gotten around to creating yet.

Whether or not something like that would be a net win for Wikipedia is up for debate I guess. That said, I think they already do have a bot that can do at least a limited amount of auto-linkification, but I can't swear to it.

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Re:Wikipedia is now drawing facts from the Wikidata repository by bogger on Monday April 29, 2013 @08:24PM (#5629738)
I guess an added bonus of what you're suggesting is that the correct link could be crowdsourced; if the system kept track of which of the options users clicked on, it could figure out pretty quickly which one is correct.
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