IMO, allowing the user to edit the description is a missed opportunity to make the user edit the actual *data*, such that the description is generated correctly.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Monte Hurd <[email protected]> wrote: > IMO, if the goal is quality, then human curated descriptions are superior > until such time as the auto-generation script passes the Turing test ;) > > I see these empty descriptions as an amazing opportunity to give > *everyone* an easy new way to edit. I whipped an app editing interface up > at the Lyon hackathon: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VblyGhf_c8 > > I used it to add a couple hundred descriptions in a single day just by > hitting "random" then adding descriptions for articles which didn't have > them. > > I'd love to try a limited test of this in production to get a sense for > how effective human curation can be if the interface is easy to use... > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice one! >> >> Does not appear to work on svwiki though. Does it have something to do >> with that the wiki in question does not display that tagline? >> >> >> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >> >> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> >> 0729 - 67 29 48 >> >> >> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >> >> >> 2015-08-18 17:23 GMT+02:00 Magnus Manske <[email protected]>: >> >>> Show automatic description underneath "From Wikipedia...": >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/autodesc.js >>> >>> To use, add: >>> importScript ( 'User:Magnus_Manske/autodesc.js' ) ; >>> to your common.js >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:47 AM Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It would be even better if this (short: 3 field max) pipe-separated >>>> list was available as a gadget to wikidatans on Wikipedia (like me). I >>>> can't see if a page I am on has an "instance of" (though it should) and I >>>> can see the description thanks to another gadget (sorry no idea which one >>>> that is). Often I will update empty descriptions, but if I was served basic >>>> fields (so for a painting, the creator field), I would click through to >>>> update that too. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jane Darnell, 15/08/2015 08:53: >>>>> >>>>>> Yes but even if the descriptions were just the contents of fields >>>>>> separated by a pipe it would be better than nothing. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> +1, item descriptions are mostly useless in my experience. >>>>> >>>>> As for "get into production on Wikipedia" I don't know what it means, >>>>> I certainly don't like 1) mobile-specific features, 2) overriding existing >>>>> manually curated content; but it's good to 3) fill gaps. Mobile folks >>>>> often >>>>> do (1) and (2), if they *instead* did (3) I'd be very happy. :) >>>>> >>>>> Nemo >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Dmitry Brant Mobile Apps Team (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
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