Wikidata:VIAF/cluster/conflating entities

This page aims to collect all VIAF clusters which conflate entities, in order to have them corrected in the future.

Please do not report clusters which need only to be merged: it is enough to add all the clusters which need to be merged in the corresponding item, then the VIAF will check them and eventually merge them (see this example).

Solved reports

Solved

https://viaf.org/viaf/102862543/ should link to Pythagoras of Samos (Q10350135), not to Pythagoras (Q10261); it should also be merged to https://viaf.org/viaf/209894863/ and https://viaf.org/viaf/162237897/. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC) Done now solved --Epìdosis 20:26, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/316593693/ should link to Sanctuary of Demeter (Pergamum) (Q1185404), not to Sanctuary of Demeter (Ancient Dion) (Q28937952). --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC) Done now solved. --Epìdosis 20:28, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF 55703814 is a conflation of James H. Baker (Q14623604) and James H. Baker (Q52629209). The LoC, ISNI, and CAOONL authorities pertain to Q14623604, Portugal and Australia to Q52629209. Everything in the Works section is by Q14623604 except for "Henry Fielding" which is a print by Q52629209.
VIAF 1416355 conflates James Baker (Q88218745) and James K. Baker (Q96694564); it also lists a work by a third author, James K. Baker (Q96694565), in the Works section. Details:
- NII, PLWABN, NUKAT, NSK, BNC, NKC, J9U, NTA, LoC, NLA authorities pertain to Q88218745
- BNF authority pertains to Q96694564
- Sudoc pertains to Q96694564, but also names a work by Q96694565 as authored by this person
- In the Works section, Animal health is by Q96694564, Southern Africa in transition is by Q96694565, and all others are by Q88218745.
https://viaf.org/viaf/40632428/ links to the wrong Wikidata item (János Dömsödi (Q65218315): the correct person is János Dömsödi (Q96617686)) Palotabarát (talk) 00:32, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF 21965827 Everything in this record pertains to James K. Baker (Q96694564) except that the NSK authority pertains to James Baker (Q88218745) and PTBNP pertains to James K. Baker (Q96694565); also, although the SUDOC authority is a record for Q96694564, it mistakenly includes among his works Southern Africa in Transition which is by Q96694565.

Generic list

https://viaf.org/viaf/76573033/ conflates the Comic Book artist (Chris Weston (Q5108451)) and the professional photographer (Chris Weston (Q120577145))
https://viaf.org/viaf/46772287/ conflates at least two person, one is a physicist (Jean-Charles Thomas (Q84915571)), another one is someone who has writtent "Chasin' the trane : John Coltrane"
https://viaf.org/viaf/101588077 conflates two person, one is a Canadian composer (Stephanie Martin (Q61789103)), the other is a writer about horses (permalien: http://viaf.org/viaf/271706720).
https://viaf.org/viaf/27240153 conflates two person, one is a opera director (Arnaud Bernard (Q72415898)), the other is a tourist book writer.
http://viaf.org/viaf/142155042712072401247 , http://viaf.org/viaf/160170716 and http://viaf.org/viaf/310526505 all conflate Michael R. Darby (Q41799875) [economist] with Michael R. Darby (Q93463783) [historian]. In addition, the economist also has the VIAF ID 3191154387307730970002 ; and the historian of religion has the VIAF ID 220117909. Thirdly, there is 277415748 which refers to a Michael R. Darby but it's not clear to me which one. And finally, 60142200 conflates the economist with yet a third person, "Michael Darby Australian politician", our Michael Darby (Q6829707).
Ramsay, Alexander (1822-1809) http://viaf.org/viaf/17133017/ is conflated with another Alexander Ramsay in VIAF records. The former is our Alexander Ramsay (Q19036641), he's the subject of a DNB article, he was a newspaper editor and cattle breeding expert. Goldsmith and His Literary Friends (OCLC work id 2289027307) and History of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (OCLC work ids 3863620644 and 377055576) are by him. The latter is our Alexander Ramsay (Q72560088), a scientific editor and writer, born 1839 and died 1916. He doesn't yet have a LOC authority record but is in their old catalog as "Alexander Ramsay, F.G.S." The following OCLC work ids are authored by him: 10200115878 15218483 1812655257 23693313 2517124647 2972066531 3134319095 33316330 3373836527 3375087664 376768111 4144363402 4248026652 46790519 478991120 51313116 8909016479 6717408 4917216933 3768639480 4535650985 5614964543 8906977646 9021454941
https://viaf.org/viaf/167569795 mix two church; one located in Jerusalem St. George's Cathedral (Q2301947), the other located in Goodwood, Australia (not yet Wikidata element for it)
156848933 and 168743836 are mixed. It seems that all the identifiers linked to both VIAF identifiers mix National Research University – Higher School of Economics (Q1959511) (Moscow) and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Saint Petersburg) (Q59153477) (St Petersburg)
https://viaf.org/viaf/2713072/ Two people conflated from different centuries
https://viaf.org/viaf/143477183/ Wikidata link at VIAF should be removed that points to the parent hospital
https://viaf.org/viaf/59137149/ appears to conflate two people (a physicist and an aquaculturist)‏ of the same name
https://viaf.org/viaf/233264210/ appears to conflate two people of the same name
https://viaf.org/viaf/85165065 appears to conflate several people of the same name
https://viaf.org/viaf/233264210/ See Monelle Parent-Belzile (Q55670690)
https://viaf.org/viaf/61888567/ is conflated with https://viaf.org/viaf/101629699/ See: Jan Pomorski (Q11718738) and Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski (Q8863497). They need to be teased apart and a unique VIAF identifier chosen for Wikidata.--RAN (talk) 16:30, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/17437647/ in the work section, "Recherche d'un boson de Higgs léger produit en association avec une paire de quarks top dans l'expérience ATLAS" and "Search for a light Higgs boson produced in association with a top quark pair in the ATLAS experiment." belong to https://viaf.org/viaf/215176946/ Pamputt (talk) 20:58, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/110615942/ should be splitted: it mixes David Byrne (Q1173887) and David S. Byrne (Q73178408). --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/240732974/ should not link to Joe Becker (Q16014011). --Bargioni (talk) 13:40, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/151717713/ should link to Monastero di San Vittore al Corpo (Q24231902), not to Monastero di San Vittore (Milan, Italy) (Q30063100), and SUDOC should be splitted. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/256086771/ should be deleted: ISNI should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/64150198/, while Wikidata should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/12198714/. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/313420111/ should be deleted: Wikidata should be removed, while GND should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/246353202/. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/124529675/ should be splitted: Wikidata should be removed; NKC should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/132606965/; BAV should be splitted in a new cluster; LC, FAST, NLI should rest together in another cluster. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/88969189/ should be deleted: PLWABN and PERSEUS should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/66490966/, while Wikidata, ISNI, SUDOC should be merged in https://viaf.org/viaf/315946119/. --Epìdosis 10:25, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/238331912/ should link to Chalkida (Q200133), not to Chalcis (Q9188689), and should be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/137271338/. --Epìdosis 14:01, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/247401608/ should link to Hármashatár-hegy (Q838786), not Hármashatárhegy (Q637311). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 17:06, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/315130999/ should link to North West England (Q47967), not North West England (Q17017054). --TimK MSI (talk) 14:39, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/238136574/ should link to Fox River (Q1147392), not Fox River (Q5476896). --TimK MSI (talk) 14:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/248737403/ should link to Huron River (Q1165448), not Huron River (Q14716152). --TimK MSI (talk) 14:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/89145970289032252101/ should not link to Actis (Q11016730). --Bargioni (talk) 08:23, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/151334285/ should not link to Regional road 970 (Q3438445). --Bargioni (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/89145970289032252101/ should not link to Actis (Q19952786). --Bargioni (talk) 08:23, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/1055965654 should not link to ‪Q3898234‬. --Bargioni (talk) 16:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/126891255/ should not link to Der arme Teufel (Q1198308). --TimK MSI (talk) 14:50, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/142046838/ wrongly conflates Mount Rushmore (Q83497), Mount Rushmore (Q6923359), and Mount Rushmore (Q16302529). --TimK MSI (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/315169100/ should link to Great Lakes Depression (Q921453), not Great Lakes drainage basin (Q5599423). --TimK MSI (talk) 15:06, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/969145424657186831429/ should link to Oese (Q2819684), not Oese (Q325103). Ahoerstemeier (talk) 11:54, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/313001901/ should link Warendorf District (Q2839), not Warendorf (Q2769), and be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/127820888/ Ahoerstemeier (talk) 15:53, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/288023747 should not link to DECA (Q5204770); https://viaf.org/viaf/124335630 should link that item. Vahurzpu (talk) 05:08, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/42153061236519200514/ should not link to Kang Se-hyung (Q63975266), it should link to Kang Se-hyeong (Q16177672). --Bargioni (talk) 09:34, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/148396329/ should link to Frankenbach (Q875966), not Frankenbach (Q1324314). Ahoerstemeier (talk) 11:09, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/54976110 should be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/316408288; moreover, ISNI-0000000110271734 and WKP-Q1372338 should be moved to https://viaf.org/viaf/305358532. --Epìdosis 14:15, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/84486238 should be split: all IDs, except Wikidata and GND, should be moved into https://viaf.org/viaf/317284492/, which should also be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/32793703/. --Epìdosis 16:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/5824148947871754950007 should contain only SBN, while DNB-1089548354 should be moved to https://viaf.org/viaf/308178116; DNB-116909374 should be moved elsewhere. --Epìdosis 18:35, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/247438409/ should not be linked to Mike Kehoe (Q6847475), not the same person. Bencemac (talk) 08:09, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/108289739/ should link to John Rogers (Q55996197). --Bargioni (talk) 10:00, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/300228268/ - The WorldCat catalog conflates books by the football player Nate Jackson (Q6968662) with songs by the 1900's era songwriter Nate Jackson (Q81245142), and possibly other authors with the same name. -Animalparty (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/31362861 should not link to https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb170164079 Vahurzpu (talk) 03:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/248149294367780522218/ should not link to Kelly Sherman (Q47452392). --Bargioni (talk) 11:19, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/100170309/: BNE-XX4859610 should go to https://viaf.org/viaf/316420870/, BNCHL-10000000000000000052908 and KRNLK-KAC200711644 should go to https://viaf.org/viaf/100198644/. --Epìdosis 18:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/87185800/ conflates at least two different people. -Animalparty (talk) 23:42, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138357557/ should link to Frías (Q1657230), not to Frías (Q25069722). --Epìdosis 20:59, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138354045/ should link to Izutsuya (Q11373747), not to Izutsuya (Q11373748). --Epìdosis 21:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138344203/ should link to Bank of China (Q790068), not to Bank of China (Canada) (Q4856084). --Epìdosis 21:20, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138326115/ should not contain DNB-320548864. --Epìdosis 21:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138302707/ should link to Four Tops (Q653480), not to Four Tops (Q9363788). --Epìdosis 21:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/32163454/ should not link to Paolo Merlo (Q3894252). --Zenodotos 10:14, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
https://viaf.org/viaf/24683248/ conflates two people, geologist John C. Kraft (Q58370432) and a botanist. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 21:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/118171372/ conflates at least two people, neither of them being judge John Webb (Q6263312). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 22:55, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/40492227/ conflates two authors: Laura Troubridge (Q28325435) and Laura, Lady Troubridge (Q76196941). -Animalparty (talk) 01:02, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/105017623/ conflates two people, LCCN should be removed. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 16:04, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/136793414/ conflates two people, an American ecologist and sociologist (Thomas Dietz (Q55364079)) born in 1949 per http://d-nb.info/gnd/170349160, and a German political scientist and legal scholar born in 1975. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 22:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/27104280 conflates two people, Sir Philip Lowe (Q1981766) (born in 1947) and Philip Lowe (Q87066620) (1950–2020, also covered by https://viaf.org/viaf/203966340/). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 14:59, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/213143416 mostly refers to geographer Werner Fricke (Q87411809), but the Sudoc entry also lists a work by social scientist Werner Fricke (Q23561264) and probably one by a third person (born 1929) Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 21:12, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/106073772/ conflates two people. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 18:44, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/56105940/ conflates two people from different centuries Vahurzpu (talk) 17:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/266446621/ conflates two people, environmental historian Mark Carey (Q66771713) and an economist (through the NTA entry). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 14:17, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/15333032/ conflates two people, economic geographer Christian Zeller (Q88328872) and a sociologist. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 14:43, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/172762354/ conflates two people, Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (Q885614) and J. Sullivan Gibson (Q88205982). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 20:23, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/240945299/ should link to Hornád (Q846744), not Hernád (Q856693). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 00:46, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Q2331453 -> 135974050
Q4958622 -> 142985214
Q1270 -> 315526511
Q18400 -> 142607023
Q51871 -> 128983407
Q9164082 -> 247457781
Q651369 -> 127485816
- --Vanbasten 23 (talk) 21:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/53158215/ conflates Edwin Schneider (Q5346809) (1874-1958) and Edward C. Schneider (Q89149603) (1874-1954). -Animalparty (talk) 00:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/179926939/ consists componens of two people Nikolay Solovyov (Q4428077) and soviet sociologist with the same name. PLWABN ID (P7293), Library of Congress authority ID (P244), NACSIS-CAT author ID (P271) (only https://viaf.org/processed/NII%7CDA02595667) should be removed from it to new componenet about soviet sociologist. --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 16:43, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/165384109 About the same people I mentioned above. PLWABN ID (P7293), NUKAT ID (P1207) should be removed from it to new componenet about soviet sociologist. Also components https://viaf.org/viaf/179926939/ and http://viaf.org/viaf/165384109 should be merged. --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 16:54, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/167633922/ – Wikidata should be removed and the rest should be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/246536878/ (please note that other databases already contain the “Békéscsabai járás” alias with reference to Wikidata, I don’t know if this will be automatically cleaned up if Wikidata is removed from the VIAF cluster). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:19, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/57898554 mixes Herbert L. Abrams (Q23665535) and Herbert Abrams (Q4117019). --Epìdosis 13:20, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/150028308 mixed Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County (Q188895) and Beret (Q793381). Palotabarát (talk) 20:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/223660631/ conflates Frederick Charles Frank (Q977036) and Rinaldo Burattin (Q91363840), and apparently Frank Ross Jr. (Q91366608) who share only the same birth and death years and the name "Frank" somewhere. Corresponding ISNI and WorldCat entries are similarly screwed up. -Animalparty (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/230027769/ contains RERO-vtls025711153 which refers to Cratinus Junior (Q5182668), not to Cratinus (Q350517). --Epìdosis 16:39, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/37243190/ primarily refers to Richard Phillips (Q7528648), but ULAN ID is for Harry Phillips (Q91674123) and CANTIC ID (former scheme) (P1273) refers to an ambiguous David Blair. -Animalparty (talk) 18:38, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/143096307/ shouldn't link to Bystry, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Q2216333) and should link to Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Q7984).--Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 18:56, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/267227527/ contains NTA-070314845 and RERO-vtls000059468 which refer to Eusebius Gallicanus (Q18214704), not to Eusebius of Emesa (Q474586). --Epìdosis 00:09, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/57001654 conflates Hegesinus of Pergamon (Q764766) and Hegesinus (Q11925336). --Epìdosis 12:09, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/54202205/ should link to Clement XIV (Q131587), not to Denis-Xavier Clément (Q84562933). -- Bargioni 🗣 15:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/59155489 merges Manetho (Q174380) and Manetho Astrologus (Q31823656): GND and RERO should be transferred to https://viaf.org/viaf/64347588. --Epìdosis 10:14, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/94423555 conflates an 18th/19th century author (RERO, GND) and Mary Tuck (Q18880134) (LCCN, ISNI, NTA, SUDOC, and probably the rest) ―Vahurzpu (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/25874723 should remove RISM. --Epìdosis 21:44, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/2733266/ is linked to two Wikidata items, Willie Haines (Q8021542) should be removed. Ghouston (talk) 01:56, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/165364727/ should remove ISNI-0000000448837889. --Epìdosis 22:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/95239377 mixes Alexandros of Aphrodisias (Q317146) and Alexander V (Q262884). --Epìdosis 23:06, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/525155044716572520004 conflates Blunt (Q12303861) (Danish rock/reggae band) with Blunt (Q2165319) (Belgian folk rock band). -Animalparty (talk) 05:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/63158992/ mixed Gyula Szalay (Q12348486) (1889–1978; book: Kézdivásárhelyi Szőtsi István főbiró élete), and Szalay Gyula (20th–21th century writer ISNI book: Piros vér hull őszi sárba) - Palotabarát (talk) 10:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/26881752/ and https://viaf.org/viaf/283644473/ conflate Willy Gordon (Q2581960) and William J. J. Gordon (Q8013254). -Animalparty (talk) 20:34, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/108499543/ is internally consistent but should not link to Wikidata item Willy Gordon (Q2581960) (and misnames the correct link to William Josiah Goode (Q3568751) as "Willy Gordon").
https://viaf.org/viaf/66621313/ conflates at least two people, civil engineer Christian Meyer (Q96305276) and a Swiss psychiatrist. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 06:40, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/169806668 should not include LC-no2016030122, different person than the other 3 authorities. William Graham (talk) 01:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/3189147907505979210008/ conflates Xia Meng (Q443196) and Wang Hsia (Q9312867). --Epìdosis 13:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/159364209/#Sweden conflates Sweden (Q34) and Sweden (Q12004480). --Epìdosis 13:36, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/43227469/ links to the wrong Wikidata item (James Hood Wright (Q46152138): the correct person is James William Abert Wright (Q96479395)) but is otherwise internally consistent. -Animalparty (talk) 06:03, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/167415851/ links to the wrong Wikidata item Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes (Q30267062). https://viaf.org/viaf/136770503/ should link to it, instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 13:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/265442594 conflates Arnulf of Orléans (Q30333074) and Arnulf of Orléans (Q16148766). --Epìdosis 23:09, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/84445190/ conflates Robin Cocks (Q98559637) and Robin Cocks (Q2159740). I sent them email. - PKM (talk) 20:38, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/149018633/ conflates Negro American League (Q6987577), a baseball league that existed from 1936 until the 1960s, with American Negro League (Q4744576), a baseball league that only existed in 1929. --Struthious Bandersnatch (talk) 13:49, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/40095562 conflates Tom Burnside (Q98718029) and Tom Burnsides (Q98716509) (or Burnside). - PKM (talk) 04:38, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/6423149068460265730008/#Moser,_Erich conflates Erich Moser (Q97579735) and Erich Moser (Q97579776) --Emu (talk) 15:49, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/85561994, John Makepeace Bennett (Q13392276) and Jack Franklin Bennett (Q99201906)--GZWDer (talk) 14:01, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/146196168/ is not about musicians Jakarta (Q4177898) or Jakarta (Q11716285), but the place Jakarta (Q3630). Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 09:36, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/167134792/ mixed 2 person:
- 1; Szász, János 1923-2005 -> valid born data: 1925 he author by "Népi építészetünk nyomában" WKD: Janos Szasz (Q99093999) correctly: Szász, János (1925–2005) Hungarian lawyer, visual artist, photographer
- Szász, János 1925-2005 -> same as 1;
- 2; Szász János (1923–2007) levéltáros -> WKD: János Szász (Q1301549) correctly: Szász, János (1923–2007) Hungarian unitarian pastor, archivist

Palotabarát (talk) 11:49, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://viaf.org/viaf/309816458 conflates Frances Cleveland (Q233644) (wife of President Grover Cleveland) with her son, Francis Cleveland (Q58815541). ULAN id is for the mother, LCCN is for the son. -Animalparty (talk) 03:38, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/92553943 conflates John P. H. Clark (Q104505516) and John O. E. Clark (Q100989138). --Epìdosis 13:56, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/113058406 conflates two people, Michael J. Troughton (Q105933248) and probably Michael John Troughton (Q58453056). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 23:02, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/116946711/ conflates at least two people, Michael Shaw (Q106098812) (classicist) and Michael Shaw (Q106098828) (e-business author) --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:54, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/311340813/ conflates Jen Tai (Q106940587) (20th century) and Ren Tai (Q45660034) (19th century). Jen Tai (Q106940587) is translator of Philosophy of life and The history of the former Han dynasty, Ren Tai (Q45660034) is author of Zhi yi (or Chih i). It seems LCCN also conflates the two. --Stevenliuyi (talk) 17:47, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/63609241/ conflates Richard A. Wright (Q86615130) and Richard G. Wright (Q7325845)
https://viaf.org/viaf/192632801/ conflates the Lithuanian data record for the novel The Man Who Laughs (Q865211) with a BnF record for a film adaptation. The correct VIAF record for the novel is https://viaf.org/viaf/214001350/ --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:31, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/19956333 conflates two people, Tommaso Piffer (Q108566226) and Tommaso Piffer (Q85843417). Even if most of the authorities refer to the first element, ISNI clearly refers to the second one. --Luca.favorido (talk) 19:46, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.viaf.org/viaf/317146634503241932584/ conflates two people, an economist (Jamie Lynette Brown Kruse (Q103032940), see https://viaf.org/viaf/216161706/ and https://viaf.org/viaf/277585434/) and an artist. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 07:50, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/51905177/ appears to conflate at least two people from Argentina with the same name, an entomologist Eduardo Domínguez (Q27473289) and a geologist Eduardo A. Domínguez (Q109269152) (who is usually given with a middle name "A."). The entomologist authored or co-authored those works do with "Ephemeroptera" (mayflies), "artrópodos" (arthropods), "macroinvertebrados" (macroinvertebrates), while the geologist authored the two "clay odyssey" titles. (not sure about "Carrizal de bravos : bosque mesófilo de montaña" and "Flora de Guerrero." yet, these may be by yet another author of the same name, possibly from Mexico) From what scant evidence there is that I can find, the entomologist's institution is Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (or "National University of Tucuman"; see his ResearchGate profile for instance), and the geologist's is Universidad Nacional de Sur (e.g.: the inside title page of "2001. A Clay Odyssey", and if you search "Eduardo A. Dominguez" in "Proceedings" volume 14 (1993)). I haven't checked the linked databases very thoroughly, so I have no idea how mixed up they are with regards these authors. Monster Iestyn (talk) 19:29, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/89469419/ conflates Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden (Q337483) (also https://viaf.org/viaf/67277041/) and his wife (Ethel Snowden (Q547550), aka "Mrs Philip Snowden", hence the conflation, also https://viaf.org/viaf/24974361), as well as "Philip Snowden; baritone", which appears to be an unrelated singer. Inductiveload (talk) 20:32, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/141805878/ and https://viaf.org/viaf/44251860/ are currently a jumbled mess of Dan Harvey (Q63170339) and Dan Harvey (Q98763996).
https://viaf.org/viaf/106991883/ - The DBC entry is a mixup of Gerry Anderson (Q596137) and a different person with a different name - Mbch331 (talk) 19:50, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
47099301 conflates Mark S. Nixon (Q42305853), Mark John Nixon (Q84680162), Mark Nixon (Q84674322), Mark Nixon (Q84675337)
9697772 conflates John Adamson (Q86982711), John L. Adamson (Q86992335)
45343820 conflates H. Philip Hepworth (Q84562668), Philip Hepworth (Q86982770)
31144814330073139498 conflates Tim Thornton (Q51896539), Tim Thornton (Q86983089)
100310426 conflates Elspeth Graham (Q87066071), Elspeth Graham (Q87066619), Elspeth F. Graham (Q87066653)
59136231 conflates Andrew Gordon (Q4757127), Andrew Gordon (Q4757131), Andrew Gordon (Q87489566)
71466429 conflates John Hatcher (Q87185895), John Hatcher (Q89397340)
https://viaf.org/viaf/21460244/ and https://viaf.org/viaf/65066876/ are all mixed up
55518296 conflates David Appleby (Q63283429), David Appleby (Q94494564)
301045577 conflates Nicholas H. Cooper (Q109673044), Nicholas J. Cooper (Q57178908)
14808632 conflates Nicholas H. Cooper (Q109673044), Nicholas J. Cooper (Q63731069)
276175467 conflates Alison Leonard (Q69483634) and Alison Leonard (Q116749348).
5017296 conflates Ian Ward (Q109909125) and Ian Ward (Q116909977).
Adler, Wolfgang (1943-, Wolfgang Adler (Q119062956) | https://viaf.org/viaf/71669734/) [botanist] is conflated with Adler, Wolfgang (1959-, Wolfgang Adler (Q61774900) | https://viaf.org/viaf/89940978/) [archaeologist], and possibly other persons named "Adler, Wolfgang", in the following VIAF records: https://viaf.org/viaf/77159233927503370363/ | https://viaf.org/viaf/58148996036759752669/ | https://viaf.org/viaf/304979935/. OCLC-ID for works authored by Adler, Wolfgang (1943-, Wolfgang Adler (Q119062956) | https://viaf.org/viaf/71669734/) [botanist]: 62554248, 31473422, 254320328, 1288597083, 1001338980. --SimonEUV (talk) 07:49, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
264881210 conflates The Athenian Society (Q16821968) and The Athenian Society (Q120434163)
25423458 conflates Jürgen Heß (Q95318403) and Jürgen Heß (Q120590577)
289906171 conflates Peter Edwards (Q86982745) and several other authors.
152668894 conflates a lake (Wolf Lake (Q20711118)) and a populated place (Wolf Lake (Q2227122)). --TimK MSI (talk) 15:45, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
100137531 conflates Christoph Lochner (Q94786938) (printer-father), Christoph Lochner (printer-son) and Christoph Lochner (Q94912602)
27909842: Athabascan story-teaching (1985) & Neues quadragesimale (16/17th century)
306489468 conflates Gavin Robinson (Q60664224) and Gavin Robinson (Q93421287)
217143659 conflates the French computer science / sociology researcher Christophe Prieur with the French applied mathematician of the same name
76540768 conflates the male French association football player (Jean-Louis Besson (Q3166634)) and the female, Jamaican-born anthropologist (Jean Besson (Q125762480)). Both were born in 1944.
155273907 conflates Royal Albert Hall (Q193639) (concert hall) and Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (Q124041584) (orchestra). Reported to OCLC. - PKM (talk) 03:14, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
19030424 conflates the author of an English 1943 guide on using microscopes (Frank J. Muñoz (Q121168179)) and a Spanish archaeology professor active today (Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez (Q127606619)).

Specific lists

Should not link to specific entries

In the subpage linked here users report cases in which a VIAF cluster contains one single source which should be moved in a different cluster.

Should not link to Wikidata

In this sections users report cases in which a VIAF cluster contains a link to Wikidata which is incorrect, so should be removed.

https://viaf.org/viaf/237069232/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/144868162/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 11:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/1056749114/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 17:42, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/1057236734/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 17:42, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/315235465/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/301431285/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/247830048/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/124558264/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/644155284771487061047/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 16:15, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/311220527/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 08:37, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/73417566/ should not link to Wikidata. --Bargioni (talk) 09:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/674155042718972401502/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/37146030584835861843/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 11:00, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/31719047/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 16:21, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/86733892, https://viaf.org/viaf/4691049, https://viaf.org/viaf/66013960, https://viaf.org/viaf/58586075, https://viaf.org/viaf/2132186, https://viaf.org/viaf/47443849. --Epìdosis 14:41, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/100310044/ should not link to Wikidata --Vahurzpu (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/149253031 should not link to Q3860016, Modo (Q6889533). --Bargioni (talk) 10:26, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/64242735/ should not link to Vona (Q36941554). --Bargioni (talk) 13:22, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/64242735/ should link to Igino Vona (Q83787047). --Bargioni (talk) 13:22, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/46764683 should not link to Michel Martin (Q65592094). --Bargioni (talk) 21:39, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/4989486 should not link to Maurice Gaillard (Q65582434). --Bargioni (talk) 21:39, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/144911641/ should not link to Facultad de Teología de Granada (Q6434669). --Bargioni (talk) 08:19, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/131053714/ should not link to Facultad de Teología de Granada (Q6434669). --Bargioni (talk) 08:19, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/136324184/ should not link to Facultad de Teología de Granada (Q6434669). --Bargioni (talk) 08:19, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/248971129/ should to Tyre (Q82070), not link to Tyrus (Q28225663), and should be merged with https://viaf.org/viaf/124395803/. --Epìdosis 22:33, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/191781945 should be split. --Epìdosis 11:08, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/66475299/ merges two authors: Martínez Ruiz, Enrique, 1943- and Martínez Ruiz, Enrique, 1935-2017. --Zenodotos 15:51, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
https://viaf.org/viaf/308301310/ should not link to Puss (Q7261915). --Bargioni (talk) 12:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/159498114/ should not link to Oskarshamn Municipality (Q505006). --Bargioni (talk) 12:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/280218179/ should not link to Robert George Holland-Martin (Q75560607). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/73899713 should not link to Anthony King (Q20749328), only to Anthony D. King (Q58110675). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 17:59, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/139576105/ should not link to Ohio River drainage basin (Q44725607). The VIAF entity is a corporate body, and the Wikidata entity is a physical feature (a drainage basin). TimK MSI (talk) 12:24, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/84850213/ should not link to John Murray (Q62267827). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 20:57, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/260340357 should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:04, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/253927315/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/252719769/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/161398816/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/123956743 should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/5259153834756564450009/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/146677361/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/914145857899923021256/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/126286705/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/168337407/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 19:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

‬‪Q985435‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q12379385‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q12367435‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q1640083‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q31280031‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q527669‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q1010572‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q519001‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q1639142‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q588258‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q525207‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q1639155‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q303053‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q589979‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q1018547‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q634667‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q588141‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q269016‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q86206‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3044100‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3457080‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q2400705‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q953090‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q300656‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q2093962‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3454072‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3457915‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q956673‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3463526‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3467583‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3464017‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q12365987‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3467256‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3464352‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q11034374‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3456799‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
‬‪Q3462210‬ is incorrectly linked by VIAF. Bargioni 🗣 15:31, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
St. Nicholas' Church (Q3743006) is incorrectly linked by VIAF. -- Bargioni 🗣 06:45, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Kuninga 29 (Q12373038)‬ is incorreect. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Q25522162‬ matches Kihelkonna (Q3138804) instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Kadriorg Park (Q12365996)‬ is incorreect. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Jenissei (Q43966324)‬ matches Yenisey (Q78707) instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Toompea Castle (Q859010)‬ matches Tallinn (Q1770) instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF in Q53869376‬ matches Q12367228 instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 07:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://viaf.org/viaf/70175044 should not link to Charles P. Smith (Q5081446). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 20:35, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/126130153/ should not link to Q16410059. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/233872304/ should not link to Q16411248. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/131739370/ should not link to Bolt (Q20529164). -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/126013078/ should not link to Argo (Q22675031). -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/132513394/ should not link to Q25522016‬. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/151454481/ should not link to Prisma (Q12047031). -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/302309365/ should not link to Panga Cliff (Q3736474)‬. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/4527149544594900490007/ should not link to Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Q7632840), should link to Ukrainian Communist Party (Q7878447) instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/150700536/ should not link to Q16408920, should link to Estonia (Q191) instead. -- Bargioni 🗣 08:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.viaf.org/viaf/75300535/ should not link to James E Simpson Jr (Q6133260), but to James E. Vance, Jr (Q90688409) instead. --Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 11:23, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/306075732/ should not link to Wikidata. --Epìdosis 17:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/84661373/ should not link to Charlie Brown (Q5084605), but to G. Z. Brown (Q96076094) instead. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 13:33, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/179766692/ should not link to Kim Jung-il (Q41787862). --Christian140 (talk) 13:10, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/81771751/ should not link to Heinrich Rehbein (Q15814835), but to Hans Neumeister (Q94942360) instead. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 14:33, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/49386580 should not link to Claudio Consolo (Q61474929). -- Bargioni 🗣 13:50, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/315181197/ ahould not link to Wikidara — Levana Taylor (talk) 04:08, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
315181197 should link to Jim Barker (Q98081501) — Levana Taylor (talk) 07:10, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.viaf.org/viaf/55834387 should not link to Stuart Aitken (Q87988496). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Q87988496 clearly shows this is a different person. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 20:50, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/9380155769105427880008/ should not link to Vladimir Komarov (Q59420631). But it should link to Vladimir Komarov (Q21101658). --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 17:53, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/307293542/ should not link to Q64909238. But it should link to Pļaviņas (Q567747). --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 22:32, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/242324681/ should not link to Q64903955. But it should link to Q65154386. --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 19:24, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/1707576/ should not link to Vladimir Bulavin (Q4098679). It's about Russian scientist who died in 2006, not about FSB officer. --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 19:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC) These 3 components https://viaf.org/viaf/1707576/ http://viaf.org/viaf/240160310445058300003 and http://viaf.org/viaf/6405160364955363680005 should be merged and shouldn't link to Wikidata. --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 19:52, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/24674385/ should not link to Alan Smith (Q4707788). There's no indication that the rugby player Alan Smith (1944–) and the political economist Alan Smith (1944–2020) are the same person. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 22:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/110999519/ (cf. [1]) should not link to Peter Wright (Q7177796). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 15:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/25665307/ should link to Q106910088 instead of Andrew Johns (Q505527). Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 16:30, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/138813827/ should not link to Glasow (Q693084) and should link to Glazov (Q134433). --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/159529098/ should not link to Archi (Q4786170) and should link to Kunduz (Q186418). --Ksc~ruwiki (talk) 19:32, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
https://viaf.org/viaf/794150748991216420006/ (a Korean musical group) should not link to The Day (Q7729145) (a newspaper in Connecticut) --TimK MSI (talk) 17:31, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Badminton

The following VIAF clusters contain a link to Wikidata items about badminton players which are incorrect, so should be removed.

--Epìdosis 09:56, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

James/Jim Baker

VIAF 194965574 conflates 4 authors, James K. Baker (Q96694565), James K. Baker (Q96694711), James Baker (Q88218745), and James K. Baker (Q96694564), thus:
- NUKAT, NTA, Sudoc, and National Library of Portugal authorities pertain to Q96694565
- LoC authority pertains to Q96694711 but also associates works by Q96694564
- National Library of Israel authority has the work of Q96694711 and the birthdate of Q96694565
- ISNI authority pertains to Q96694564
- NSK authority pertains to Q88218745
- Southern Africa in transition is by Q96694565; What about bats? is by Q96694711; Animal health and Approved practices in swine production are by Q96694564
- Another correction: in the list of Works, "American Society of African Culture" is an organization he worked with, not something he wrote
88131818 conflates James Baker (Q5250220) and James Baker (Q96839936). ISNI, DNB, and NCF pertain to Q5250220‏; LC, J9U, and NUKAT pertain to James Baker (Q96839936); NORAF pertains to Q96839936 (probably, in spite of listing "A Newfoundland ethnicity?" by James Baker (Q96838691) alongside Q96839936's work). Also, the included Wikidata ID is wrong.
104459680 is a record for James Baker (Q5250220), but one of the identifiers is not for him: SUDOC 185640168 pertains to James Baker (Q96839936). SUDOC incorrectly attributes the authorship of a variety of works to that ID: "A Leader of men" is actually by James Baker (Q88218745), "An admonition merry and wise" is by Sir James Baker (Q96794903), and "La Turquie" is by Q5250220.
VIAF 95878565 conflates James Baker (Q23978539) and Sir James Baker (Q96794903). LoC and Getty authorities pertain to Q23978539; RERO pertains to Q96794903 but lists works by both authors. In the works section, "A picturesque guide" is by Q23978539, "A letter to a buttonian k***" is by Q96794903.
VIAF 86149066535765601258 is for James B. Baker (Q96925509) but includes the wikidata id for James B. Baker (Q60438918).
VIAF 125399242 is for James B. Baker (Q60438918) but includes the wikidata id for James B. Baker (Q96925509).
VIAF 77685998 conflates James Hutchins Baker (Q60794844) and James H. Baker (Q96994738). Sudoc authority pertains to Q60794844, J9U and LoC to Q96994738, ISNI to Q96994738 but listing works by both. Works: "The manual of the curriculum improvement process" is by Q96994738, the other four by Q60794844.
VIAF 33996311 has imported erroneous information from Library of Congress authority no00014950 (repeated in turn by ISNI). This is not a person named James A. Baker, but rather the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, corporate author of "Fleas and Ticks." The other two works in the Works section are not by this author: "The Shooting of the President" is by James Baker (Q223151), "Methods of retaining ..." is by an unidentified James A. Baker.
VIAF 250349994 Everything in this record pertains to James Gilbert Baker (Q337213) except that the LoC authority and its associated work "Public and community psychiatry" pertain to James G. Baker (Q96936785); the LoC record is associated also, erroneously, with a work by Q337213.
VIAF 65736692 is mostly a record for James M. Baker (Q1598583) (1942-, author of "The genuine American music") but contains errors: although the PLWABN record has the birthdate 1942, the work it lists is "Music theory in concept and practice" by James M. Baker (Q96843779) (1948-). The ISNI record seems to be for Q1598583 but listing works by both authors.
VIAF 42049064 This record conflates James W. Baker (Q97009736) and Jay W. Baker (Q18684454); also there is a further error in the DNB authority record.
- The LoC authority pertains to Q97009736, who wrote "Illusions illustrated" and the "Holiday magic books" series.
- DNB gives the birth date of Q97009736; its description of the author includes the phrases "Foreign Service officer with U.S. International Communication Agency" which describes Q97009736 and "schreibt über Thanksgiving Day" which describes James W. Baker (Q97009609).
- The BNF and ISNI authorities pertains to Q18684454, an actor in the movie "April Fool's Day"/"Weekend de terreur." ISNI is given the name "Baker, James W.‏" in VIAF.
VIAF 79176725 conflates Jim Baker (Q97159333) and Jim Baker (Q17352688), with some additional unrelated titles among the works.
- ISNI 0000 0000 5787 7875 pertains to Q97159333; works are "Comparative labour law" and "The International Trade Union Movement" by Q97159333, and "Definitive guide to Jython" by Jim Baker (Q97585655).
- LC, NTA, J9U, RERO, NUKAT pertain to labor organizer Q97159333.
- BNF, GND, BIBSYS, Norway pertain to the pianist Q17352688.
- SUDOC also pertains to Q17352688, with additional wrong works. "Interkosmos," "Material," and "Treatise" are by him; "The Motown song book" and "More than friends" are by Jim Baker (Q97118122); "Speech recognition" is by Q6137041.
- VIAF works: "Comparative labour law and industrial relations" and "Dwadzieścia pięć lat o edukacji i demokracji" by Q97159333; "Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra," "Four images of wank," and "Interkosmos" by Q17352688; "Breaking away," "Every little bit hurts," "How sweet it is," and "I need your lovin" by Q97118122; "Crossroads" by Q97113504.
VIAF 105739875 brings together a diverse lot of works by not-well-identified authors named James Baker. To wit: CAOONL mentions no information about the (supposed) author, but lists three works, "Provincial ecological land classification program prospectus" by James A. Baker (Q96781284)/VIAF 104621237, "Okanagan geology" by James Baker (Q96793324), and "The ethics of biotechnology" by James R. Baker Jr. (Q87807800). BIBSYS likewise gives no author information, and lists "Provincial ecological land classification program prospectus" together with "Kettle broth to gooseberry fool" which is by James Baker (Q96780458).

Has unrelated works

Some of the titles listed in the "Works" section are not by this James Baker.

VIAF 111148996009059752361 [record for James A. Baker (Q96906764)] "Histocompatibility antigens of the horse" and "New approaches to genetic studies of the horse" are by Douglas Antczak (Q67019090) (of the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health).
VIAF 67771588 [record for J. Stannard Baker (Q97009689)] "n80132921" isn't a work at all.
VIAF 38179906 [record for Jim Baker (Q97064921)] "Southwest Missouri State University undergraduate catalog, 1999-2000" is not by him, it's cited by LoC as a source of information about him
VIAF 38179906 [record for James H. Baker (Q96936790)] "Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, 1990" is not by him, it's cited by LoC as a source of information about him
VIAF 33611020 [record for James E. Baker (Q96914121)] "Stuck-Stücke" is by James Baker (Q6129263)
VIAF 109137224 [record for James C. Baker (Q96925511)] "The church : in a world in ferment" is by James Chamberlain Baker (Q6131197); it was imported from BIBSYS, which however is otherwise correct apart from info derived from this one misfit work.
VIAF 104459680 [record for James Baker (Q5250220)] "An admonition merry and wise" is by Sir James Baker (Q96794903). This work slipped in via RERO, which includes it in a record otherwise devoted to the works of Q5250220. — Levana Taylor (talk) 23:09, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF 281571562 All of the works on this page are by Jim Baker (Q97113504) except for "Teaching secondary science," which is by Jim Baker (Q97110310). It has been imported from the NTA authority which lists it along with works (about Singapore) by Q97113504; they evidently intend to refer only to the latter since they say that the author's area of expertise is "geschiednis van Singapore." — Levana Taylor (talk) 03:45, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF 33241536 "The most memorable games in Patriots history" is by Jim Baker (Q97502975)/VIAF 290587260.
50034099 "Report on technical and commercial education in East Prussia, Poland, Galicia, Silesia and Bohemia" (imported due to an error by PLWABN) is by James Baker (Q88218745)
VIAF 29170127 incorporates LC Authority no99071717, which corresponds to Jim Baker (Q97602617) but lists some wrongly-attributed works in the "Contributor to Works" section; these wrong works are repeated in the ISNI and J9U records. "Change up" is by Jim Baker (Q97502975) (VIAF 290587260); "Get out and get under" and "How to be a kid again" are by Jim Baker (Q97100819) (VIAF 19241350); "Teaching secondary science" is by Jim Baker (Q97110310); "The adventure begins when the plan falls apart" is (according to the author bio) by the Jim Baker who was CEO of Ockham and Sumus Development Group. — Levana Taylor (talk) 23:36, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
VIAF 21965827 Although the SUDOC authority is a record for James K. Baker (Q96694564), it mistakenly includes among his works Southern Africa in Transition which is by James K. Baker (Q96694565).

Thomas Hutchinsons

VIAF https://viaf.org/viaf/69132395 <=> Thomas Hutchinson (Q63343166) and uncertain how to unbreak it

Unattributed at this point

A map of the Holy Land accomodated to the Book of Josephus which contains the history of the Old Testament (??? map by T. Hutchinson, c. 1720, per [2])
A mass : for mass trombones (??? Gilbert/Hutchinson, 1995) [3]
Élégies (??? Lucy Hutchinson)
the person Hutchinson, Tom‏ ‎‡d 1948-‏ (William Thomas Hutchinson) own modern education books
1. Hotline elementary

Thomas Hutchinson (Q28735465) owns Works about Shelley and Wordsworth
1. Lyrical ballads (at four institutions)
2. https://viaf.org/processed/NUKAT%7Cn%20%2097065602
3. https://viaf.org/processed/ISNI%7C0000000117688380
4. https://viaf.org/processed/BAV%7C495_311503
5. https://viaf.org/processed/CAOONL%7Cncf12108977
6. https://viaf.org/processed/BIBSYS%7C90520946

Thomas Hutchinson (Q105960455) owns
1. Ballades and other rhymes of a country bookworm
2. Fireside flittings, a book of homely essays
3. Jolts and jingles, a book of poems for young people
4. Autograph letter from W.B. Yeats to "Dear Sir"
5. presumably something attributed as "Where there is nothing" which is the name of a Yeats work, and this this Hutchinson and Yeats had had correspondence (per previous)

Thomas Hutchinson (Q1892842)
1. The History of the colony and province of Massachusetts-bay
2. https://viaf.org/processed/NSK%7C000342971
3. https://viaf.org/processed/NII%7CDA0167931X

Thomas Hutchinson (Q7790935)
1. De expeditione Cyri Minoris, latin

Constrained connection

Best that I can sort it out at the minute. — billinghurst sDrewth 04:38, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

and this Thomas Hutchinson (Q52222331) is just a real problem. It is the dates of the brother-in-law of Wordsworth, and definitely not the author of the attributed works. It seems to have come from VIAF and then been polluted by us based solely on the dates of life. — billinghurst sDrewth 05:02, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sublists

Sparse or undifferentiated

To do

Import old reports from en:Wikipedia:VIAF/errors (only problems still to be solved)
Check items listed in Wikidata:Database reports/Identical VIAF ID