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	=== Questions for language variants ===		=== Questions for language variants ===

	In general, we will assume that language variants inherit from the more general language code, and that there is no need to duplicate questions, aliases, etc., from the general language to a language variant. For example, for the question "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'' (<code>en</code>)]]", there is no need to duplicate the question to, e.g., (<code>en-UK</code>). However, in the case of [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colors of the French flag?'' (<code>en</code>)]], adding [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colours of the French flag?'' (<code>en-UK</code>)]] is welcome.		In general, we will assume that language variants inherit from the more general language code, and that there is no need to duplicate questions, aliases, etc., from the general language to a language variant. For example, for the question "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'' (<code>en</code>)]]", there is no need to duplicate the question to, e.g., (<code>en-UK</code>). However, in the case of [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colors of the French flag?'' (<code>en</code>)]], adding [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colours of the French flag?'' (<code>en-UK</code>)]] is welcome to capture the "''colo'''u'''r''" spelling variant.

	== Guidelines for linking questions ==		== Guidelines for linking questions ==

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	The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal or concise ways to ask a question. A good example might be the main label "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]", which provides the full name of the director and explicitly mentions the director relation. On the other hand, an alias like "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'']]" intuitively captures the same intent, but less explicitly: only the director's last name is given, the director relation is implied, and the informal name "''Oscars''" is used instead of the more official "''Academy Awards''".		The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal or concise ways to ask a question. A good example might be the main label "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]", which provides the full name of the director and explicitly mentions the director relation. On the other hand, an alias like "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'']]" intuitively captures the same intent, but less explicitly: only the director's last name is given, the director relation is implied, and the informal name "''Oscars''" is used instead of the more official "''Academy Awards''".

			=== Questions for language variants ===

			In general, we will assume that language variants inherit from the more general language code, and that there is no need to duplicate questions, aliases, etc., from the general language to a language variant. For example, for the question "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'' (<code>en</code>)]]", there is no need to duplicate the question to, e.g., (<code>en-UK</code>). However, in the case of [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colors of the French flag?'' (<code>en</code>)]], adding [[Item:Q245\|''What are the colours of the French flag?'' (<code>en-UK</code>)]] is welcome.

	== Guidelines for linking questions ==		== Guidelines for linking questions ==

Aidan: /* Contingent and substitute questions */

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Contingent and substitute questions

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	=== Contingent and substitute questions ===		=== Contingent and substitute questions ===

	Some questions might be built upon false assumptions such that an answer to the question (even if blank) might be misleading. For example, if we answer the question "[[Item:Q66\|''What age is Stan Lee?'']]" based on subtracting his date of birth from the current date, this might falsely give the impression that he is still alive. To avoid misunderstandings, we can add this question, but link it to a [[Property:P32\|contingent question]] "[[Item:Q61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]", along with an expected answer (in this case, we expect the answer to be true). We can further add qualifiers to suggest zero or more [[Property:P34\|substitute questions]] in case the contingent question fails; for example, in case that Stan Lee is not alive, and a user asks his age, we can rather suggest to ask "[[Item:Q65\|''What age was Stan Lee when he died?'']]" or "[[Item:Q67\|''What age would Stan Lee be if he were still alive?'']]", thus avoiding misunderstandings. We recommend that contingent questions be added even if the specific entities satisfy the assumptions. For example, the question [[Item:Q143\|What age is Justin Bieber?]] includes a contingent question, even though Justin Bieber is indeed alive.		Some questions might be built upon false assumptions such that an answer to the question (even if blank) might be misleading. For example, if we answer the question "[[Item:Q66\|''What age is Stan Lee?'']]" based on subtracting his date of birth from the current date, this might falsely give the impression that he is still alive. To avoid misunderstandings, we can add this question, but link it to a [[Property:P32\|contingent question]] "[[Item:Q61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]", along with an expected answer (in this case, we expect the answer to be true). We can further add qualifiers to suggest zero or more [[Property:P34\|substitute questions]] in case the contingent question fails; for example, in case that Stan Lee is not alive, and a user asks his age, we can rather suggest to ask "[[Item:Q65\|''What age was Stan Lee when he died?'']]" or "[[Item:Q67\|''What age would Stan Lee be if he were still alive?'']]", thus avoiding misunderstandings. We recommend that contingent questions be added even if the specific entities satisfy the assumptions. For example, the question "[[Item:Q143\|''What age is Justin Bieber?'']]" includes a contingent question, even though Justin Bieber is indeed alive.

	=== Broader/narrower questions ===		=== Broader/narrower questions ===

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Question labels and aliases

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	=== Question labels and aliases ===		=== Question labels and aliases ===

	The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal or concise ways to ask a question. A good example might be the main label "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]", which provides the full name of the director and explicitly mentions the director relation. On the other hand, an alias like "[[Item:~~422~~\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'']]" intuitively captures the same intent, but less explicitly: only the director's last name is given, the director relation is implied, and the informal name "''Oscars''" is used instead of the more official "''Academy Awards''".		The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal or concise ways to ask a question. A good example might be the main label "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]", which provides the full name of the director and explicitly mentions the director relation. On the other hand, an alias like "[[Item:Q422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'']]" intuitively captures the same intent, but less explicitly: only the director's last name is given, the director relation is implied, and the informal name "''Oscars''" is used instead of the more official "''Academy Awards''".

	== Guidelines for linking questions ==		== Guidelines for linking questions ==

Aidan: /* Guidelines for creating questions */

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Guidelines for creating questions

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	Here are some tips for selecting and writing questions.		Here are some tips for selecting and writing questions.

			=== Selecting questions ===

			The focus of QAWiki is currently on collecting factual-style questions that are answerable on knowledge bases such as Wikidata. As such, subjective questions such as "''What is the best movie directed by Kubrick?''", procedural questions such as "''How can I tie a tie?''", or advice-seeking questions like "''How can I save money on flights?''", etc., are not currently the focus. However, it might be possible to define some related objective questions in such cases, e.g., "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]".

	=== Question labels and aliases ===		=== Question labels and aliases ===

	The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal ways to ask a question~~. The main label should thus reflect as closely as possible the meaning of the query (and vice-versa)~~. A good example might be "[[Item:~~Q153~~\|''~~Which countries have a female head of state~~?'']]"~~. While it might be more natural to ask about female presidents~~, ~~female prime ministers, queens, etc~~., ~~these are questions with different results (and should be treated as distinct questions). Another example might be~~ "[[Item:~~Q320~~\|''~~What movies were directed by Mira Nair~~?'']]", ~~which~~ is ~~better than~~ "''~~What did Mira Nair direct?~~''" ~~for~~ the ~~main label as it specifies that we seek movies, not TV series, video games, etc., as reflected in the query~~.		The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal or concise ways to ask a question. A good example might be the main label "[[Item:Q422\|''What movies directed by Stanley Kubrik won the most Academy Awards?'']]", which provides the full name of the director and explicitly mentions the director relation. On the other hand, an alias like "[[Item:422\|''Which Kubrick movie won the most Oscars?'']]" intuitively captures the same intent, but less explicitly: only the director's last name is given, the director relation is implied, and the informal name "''Oscars''" is used instead of the more official "''Academy Awards''".

	== Guidelines for linking questions ==		== Guidelines for linking questions ==

Aidan: /* Negated questions */

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Negated questions

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	=== Negated questions ===		=== Negated questions ===

	We can also indicate questions that are the [[Property:P28\|negation]] of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question; for example "[[Item:Q61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:Q63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".		We can also indicate questions that are the [[Property:P28\|negation]] of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question, and vice versa; for example "[[Item:Q61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:Q63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".

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	== Guidelines for creating questions ==		== Guidelines for creating questions ==

	Here are some tips for writing ~~questions and linking them with other related~~ questions.		Here are some tips for selecting and writing questions.

	=== Question labels and aliases ===		=== Question labels and aliases ===

	The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal ways to ask a question. The main label should thus reflect as closely as possible the meaning of the query (and vice-versa). A good example might be "[[Item:Q153\|''Which countries have a female head of state?'']]". While it might be more natural to ask about female presidents, female prime ministers, queens, etc., these are questions with different results (and should be treated as distinct questions). Another example might be "[[Item:Q320\|''What movies were directed by Mira Nair?'']]", which is better than "''What did Mira Nair direct?''" for the main label as it specifies that we seek movies, not TV series, video games, etc., as reflected in the query.		The main label for the question should be quite specific, while aliases can provide more informal ways to ask a question. The main label should thus reflect as closely as possible the meaning of the query (and vice-versa). A good example might be "[[Item:Q153\|''Which countries have a female head of state?'']]". While it might be more natural to ask about female presidents, female prime ministers, queens, etc., these are questions with different results (and should be treated as distinct questions). Another example might be "[[Item:Q320\|''What movies were directed by Mira Nair?'']]", which is better than "''What did Mira Nair direct?''" for the main label as it specifies that we seek movies, not TV series, video games, etc., as reflected in the query.

			== Guidelines for linking questions ==

			Here are some relations that you can define between questions to help guide users of systems built upon QAWiki.

	=== Ambiguous questions ===		=== Ambiguous questions ===

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Negated questions

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	=== Negated questions ===		=== Negated questions ===

	We can also indicate questions that are the [[Property:P28\|negation]] of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question; for example "[[Item:61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".		We can also indicate questions that are the [[Property:P28\|negation]] of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question; for example "[[Item:Q61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:Q63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".

Aidan: /* Negated questions */

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Negated questions

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	=== Negated questions ===		=== Negated questions ===

	We can also indicate questions that are the negation of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question; for example "[[Item:61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".		We can also indicate questions that are the [[Property:P28\|negation]] of other questions. This specifically relates to questions with a boolean (yes/no) answer, where a yes for a question should imply a no for the negated question; for example "[[Item:61\|''Is Stan Lee alive?'']]" vs. "[[Item:63\|''Is Stan Lee dead?'']]".