Bad wikidata descriptions will hopefully lead to a bunch of edits from people like myself who can't stand badly worded sentences. Do it. Create a new editing path! :) it's easier to correct something in my opinion then to write something new from scratch. On 9 Feb 2015 13:52, "Dmitry Brant" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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