Sure, I won't deny that it would still need a lot of work, but I still see
it as a logical next step.


On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote:

> Eh, please don't - have you tried it for languages other than English?
> 09 февр. 2015 г. 5:55 пользователь "Dmitry Brant" <[email protected]>
> написал:
>
> 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
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