Metaweb http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/metaweb Freebase Atom Feed Generator http://www.freebase.com:80/view/en/chicago 2008-09-07T01:43:06Z nix http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/nix <p>the "name" property is defined and used as a "primary display name". so its<br /> appropriate value is in fact driven by the available ui. the best display name for a topic<br /> will vary by context so this will always be chosen by compromise, and including the state<br /> in the display name does seem like the best compromise for almost all us cities. if you<br /> want to argue that chicago is exceptional, i think you would have a good case - wikipedia<br /> leaves off the "illinois" qualifier in the article name.<br /> <br /> and i strongly agree that /location/citytown should have *some* property holding the city name<br /> without any qualifiers. setting that up effectively will require a mass data operation.<br /> </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005dcfc00

the "name" property is defined and used as a "primary display name". so its appropriate value is...

2007-09-29T03:10:50.0007Z etanwexler http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/etanwexler <p>If I understand correctly, the difficulty of making a good user interface is leading to the deliberate corruption of data. Do I understand correctly?</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c935fd

If I understand correctly, the difficulty of making a good user interface is leading to the...

2007-09-20T01:49:02.0000Z jeff http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/jeff <p>You'd be surprised what weird assertions get made because of topics with the same names, actually. Most, or at least very many, cities have state or country in the name because of the fact that, without them, it's hard to know which city is which (Manchester, England vs. Manchester, New Hampshire, for example -- someone actually flagged them for merge because they were confused as to which was which). Usually if you read the article or can see all the data, it's pretty clear, but if you're selecting from a list while filling in a property, there often isn't enough information to tell them apart otherwise. I'm not saying that this is ideal, or that we mightn't find ways to make this work better in the future, though.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c8fd61

You'd be surprised what weird assertions get made because of topics with the same names, actually. ...

2007-09-17T17:35:18.0000Z danm http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/danm <p>This is the convention we've used in Freebase for all US cities. This becomes more obviously useful when disambiguating between cities with the same name, for instance <a href="/view/search?limit=30&start=0&query=rockville">Rockville<a/></p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c8fd4b

This is the convention we've used in Freebase for all US cities. This becomes more obviously useful...

2007-09-17T17:31:34.0000Z etanwexler http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/etanwexler <p>Why is the name currently “Chicago, Illinois” as opposed to just “Chicago”? Are users having trouble distinguishing the city from the band?</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c8eca5

Why is the name currently “Chicago, Illinois” as opposed to just “Chicago”? Are users having...

2007-09-16T15:58:57.0005Z