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]>
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>>>>
>>>> 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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