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    @StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe

    For the other information, I’d like to point to Wikidata/Wikipedia, which is a better fit for this.

    (For those unfamiliar with Wikidata: it is a database where one can enter statements about pretty much everything)

    As such, one could make a Wikidata-entry (with linked Wikipedia article) about the person who was killed in the crash - and link to this from the ghost bike.

    Similarly, one could make a wikidata entry about the accident and link it.

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      @StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe

      (This technique is also used to link a street to the person/object/… that the street is named after, as visible in )

      This way, one could write and see a nice article and relevant pictures about the person who was killed directly from the map or add all relevant details to a wikidata entry about the fatal crash.

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        @StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe @mastobikes@a.gup.pe @fedibikes_de@a.gup.pe

        I hope that this answers your question why the “date of the crash” is not in the ghostbike map, whereas “date of installation” is.

        It also feels a bit uncomfortable to give such a dry and technical answer about a very emotional topic - I have ties with the local cycling association and helped with placing Ghost bikes as well. Every time, I hope that there won’t be the need to place more of them, but there just are so much killings by (huge) cars…