> 3- the infoboxes bring information from Wikidata, but this is problematic
>> because (a) they are very big with not always relevant information, and (b)
>> none of the items is translated and all of them are in English. This is
>> also something the editors need probably to look into?
>>
>>
> Sigh. It's also correct, and also not a blocker. But this is a
> demonstration of a few things I've been telling everyone for years:
> 1. People in pretty much all languages want infoboxes.
> 2. Copying intricate infoboxes from English, French, or Russian is
> terribly difficult.
> 3. Copying the {{Databox}} is easier, so even if the result is less
> satisfying than what the boxes in English or French provide,
> 4. There must be a global repository of templates so that it would be easy
> to share them. Just in case someone hasn't already seen my proposal about
> it, see
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Global_templates/Proposed_specification,_short_version
>... And, just as I was writing this, someone sent me this thing: "I am currently developing Wikipedia for Betawi on Incubator. But, there are still a lot of missing templates. I have an intention to solve this. What are the templates that should be made on our incubator page? Thanks." (See https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=User_talk:Bangrapip&oldid=11661515 at the bottom.) I get such questions so frequently that I started making a list at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Amire80/Requests_for_template_support . That list is VERY far from being complete.
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