Wikidata:Database reports/identical birth and death dates/1

• Are both items about the same person?
  • If yes:
    • Can the items be merged?
      • If yes: merge them. In the next update, the pair will disappear from the list
      • If no: tag the two articles at Wikipedia for merging. In the next update, the pair will be moved to the "marked for merging" section of the main list.
  • If no:
    • Are the instance of (P31) values correct?
      • If no: correct them
    • Should the item have date of birth (P569)/date of death (P570)?
      • If no: remove them. In one of the next updates, the pair will disappear from the list.
    • Are the dates correct?
      • If no: correct them. In one of the next updates, the pair will disappear from the list.
      • If yes: add the pair to "false positives". In the next update, the pair will disappear from the list.

Update frequency:

• Removal of merged items: generally daily
• Removal of items marked as different: generally daily
• Removal of items with corrected dates: generally weekly (based on Wikidata dumps)
• Merge of items identified as duplicates and marked for merging at a Wikipedia (if they still include identical dates): occasionally by bot once the merger at Wikipedia is completed.
• Addition of newly identified items: generally weekly (based on Wikidata dumps)

• Note Markasduplicate