Wikipedia talk:Authority control integration proposal: Difference between revisions

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To my surprise I see that [[User:Merrilee]] marked [[Wikipedia:VIAF/errors]] as " no longer the preferred way to contact VIAF staff" in {{diff|Wikipedia:VIAF/errors|904690687|904599760|this edit}}, {{diff|Wikipedia:VIAF/errors|905406780|905346829|and this one}}, asking people to email OCLC directly. Where and when was this decided? I have concerns that the page is asking editors - some of whom my have reasons to preserve their anonymity - to email an external organisation. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 14:11, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:I agree that is rubbish and should be removed. While we might guarantee its authenticity and security, it is indistinguishable from what a troll might do to harvest private details of long-term editors. {{ping|Merrilee}} The suggestion that editors send email to report an error is not acceptable. I suppose it is entirely possible that no one has reported errors for a long time, but in case someone wants to do so, another procedure needs to be shown on a page at Wikipedia. [[User:Johnuniq|Johnuniq]] ([[User talk:Johnuniq|talk]]) 22:44, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

:As [[User:Merrilee]] has not responded, I've removed the hatnote. OCLC my choose to read the page, or not, but it is still useful to Wikipedia. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:56, 2 September 2020 (UTC)