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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >>
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