Awesome! I would love to see the output of AutoDesc be returned by the API, when a manual description is not available. I would also be a strong proponent of fully auto-generated descriptions for all articles. (The data is right there!)
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > See https://tools.wmflabs.org/autodesc for the new API described in the > post. Interesting at least as a fallback to human-written descriptions... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Magnus Manske <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app > To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." < > [email protected]> > > > Manual descriptions are, in the vast majority of cases, a waste of > volunteer time. Alternative: > http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=265 > > > On Sun Feb 08 2015 at 17:37:42 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hoi, >> How does that help ? The point is exactly that there is no point to >> descriptions. Why iterate on a dog it will still be a mutt. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> On 8 February 2015 at 14:07, Amir E. Aharoni < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'd rather see it not as something terribly disappointing, but as an >>> opportunity to find a way to fill item descriptions more efficiently. >>> >>> Basically, to find some cycles to resolve >>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64695 >>> בתאריך 8 בפבר 2015 10:33, "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]> >>> כתב: >>> >>>> Hoi, >>>> I understand that item descriptions are going to be used in a mobile >>>> app. In my opinion that is seriously disappointing because it is not >>>> realistic to expect enough coverage in any language. Particularly in the >>>> small languages it will not be really useful. >>>> >>>> My question is: we have had automated descriptions for a long time. >>>> What is it that they makes that they are not used.? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> GerardM >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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