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One of the primary issues with
Persondata is that the data is invisible which meant that casual editors were unaware of the existence of the Persondata template. If the information is not visible in the article, people will not necessarily be aware to keep it up-to-date. However this also meant it
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First, the Kaspar database, and updating the database, is very slow. Second, time is needed to perform the edit after making the decision. Third, the
Wikidata servers take some time to finish the whole process. Attempting to reduce the second and third sources of time would be complicated and
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A workaround is to have multiple tabs open to resolve challenges. When a challenge is resolved, you can select another of the open tabs, which should have finished loading a new challenge. Then you can flip back and forth between tabs as each takes its time to resolve a
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