Wikidata:Requests for comment/ Otter, Henry Charles (NBD) (Q24020312)

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An editor has requested the community to provide input on " Otter, Henry Charles (NBD) (Q24020312)" via the Requests for comment (RFC) process. This is the discussion page regarding the issue.

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I am gathering material for Henry Charles Otter, a Royal Navy Officer who surveyed the north and west coasts of Scotland in the mid 19th-Century. The Wikidata entry for Otter is to a biographical article in the Naval Biographical Dictionary. Is this normal? An entry for a person, with the biographical article as a reference, would seem more helpful. One option is to change Q24020312 to refer to the person, the other to add a new entry for the person and leave Q24020312 unchanged. Which is appropriate? I am less familiar with the norms and conventions of Wikidata than of WP and Commons, so help appreciated. If the second option, how should the two entries be linked? Many thanks Kognos (talk) 18:58, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I realised this was probably not the best place for this query, posted on Prohect chat, and got a quick answer. Kognos (talk) 20:56, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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