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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>There should be no confirmation necessary when the type of the
selected object matches the type of the property. It is only when you add a new
type to an object that a confirmation step can help to avoid mistakes. Here are
some improvements that can be made in the UI:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Improve the relevance matching:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>List objects
of the appropriate types first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>List objects
that have “compatible” types second. (i.e. /music/actor is
compatible with /film/actor since they both include /people/person).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Add a confirmation step when a new “incompatible”
type is added to an object.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Provide an easier mechanism to undo changes (i.e. undo
everything I did today, undo that last thing I just did, etc..) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>I’m not suggesting that we make it harder to enter data,
just that we make it harder to make mistakes when entering data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> developers-bounces@freebase.com
[mailto:developers-bounces@freebase.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Milbrath<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 03, 2007 2:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For discussions about MQL,Freebase API and apps built on Freebase<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Developers] type checking?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This suggestion is a good one and would probably help.
This, along with Robert's idea for cleanup, are enhancements that we will
definitely consider for an upcoming release.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In general I'd like to avoid adding a confirmation step into
the flow. We want to make it as easy as possible for people to contribute data
and add types to topics in the system. I think this thread has highlighted the
need for better tools to correct mistakes, but I don't think the general input
case should be made more complex. If 9 out of 10 people are applying types
correctly using the current UI, I'd rather not have everyone have to click a
confirmation button after each edit to prevent that 10% case (the error rate is
almost certainly much lower). With respect to the case referenced earlier this
thread, its certainly possible that zip codes can be typed as people, but as
with Wikipedia we hope that the community will quickly find and correct obvious
data errors like this. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Daniel Renfer wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>How about (if possible)
making it blatantly obvious that the Topic being selected has already been
typed the appropriate type and de-emphasizing the other Topics that match the
search, but have not yet been given the expected type. Even just moving that
type to the beginning of the list of types and bolding it would help.</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Robert
Cook wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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This is my philosophy as well: Default to very open input in the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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spirit of Wikipedia rather than that of a strict database.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Regarding the particular problem that was frustrating Arthur, I think</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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there might be a simple solution we could incorporate into the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Freebase application. If a user removes a property value and he had</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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created that property himself and the referenced topic (the topic on</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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the other side of the link) was typed at the same time, then detype </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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that referenced topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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