+1 Jon
> On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Infoboxes cause a huge problem on mobile and I've been asking us to be > guinea pigs for this sort of thing. > > I would like mobile to scrub infoboxes and then generate them in a > more appropriate place in the UI using Wikidata. I was told this would > be controversial though... > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just an idea inspired by Brandon's Wikimania talk and some discussions at >> Wikidata-L: We can completely remove infobox templates. More precisely, the >> templates may stay, but the code that places them in the article can be >> removed. >> >> Let me explain: Wikidata makes it possible to write an infobox without any >> parameters - just {{Infobox settlement}} without any |, = and all that. >> Wikidata even has a property called "infobox's main topic", a kind of >> "meta-property" that can automatically identify which infobox does the >> article need, so that you can simply say something like {{Infobox}}. This is >> implemented in the Russian Wikipedia using >> https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Universal_infocard , which is used on >> hundreds of articles there. So it hasn't replaced the usual templates yet, >> but the theoretical possibility is there. >> >> Thus, the only thing left to the editor's discretion is where to place the >> infobox. >> >> This, however, can be handled by Winter. Winter puts infobox-like >> information on the info rail*, and if we plan to be bold enough to take it >> completely out of the article's prose flow, why not just remove it from the >> article completely? If an article has an appropriate infobox template, it is >> shown on the info rail, and that is it. (The Community will then ask for the >> __NOINFOBOX__ magic word, but that's a minor thing.) >> >> Thoughts? >> >> * That's how I call the "right rail" until there is consensus on a better >> name. See >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-August/001897.html >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> “We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Design mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > > > > -- > Jon Robson > * http://jonrobson.me.uk > * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson > * @rakugojon > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design _______________________________________________ Design mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design
