So it turns out that ValterVBot alone has created over 1.8 MILLION "manual" descriptions. And there are other bots that do this. We already HAVE automatic descriptions, we just store them in the "manual" field.
The worst of both worlds. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:24 AM Magnus Manske <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:43 AM Monte Hurd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> True about algorithms never being finished, but aren't we essentially >> "stuck" with the first run output, unless I misunderstand how you envision >> this working? >> >> (assuming you don't want to over-write non-blank descriptions the next >> time you improve and re-run the process) >> > > Of course we're not "stuck" with the initial automatic descriptions! > Whatever gave you that idea? Ideally, each description would be computed > on-the-fly, but that won't scale; output needs to be cached, and > invalidated when necessary. > > Possible reasons for cache invalidation: > * The item statements have changed > * Items referenced in the description (e.g. country for nationality) have > changed > * The algorithm has been improved > * After cache reached a certain age, just to make sure > > This is why the automatic description cache and the manual description > need to be kept separate; just "pasting" the autodesc into the manual > description field would mean it could never be updated automatically. That > would be very bad indeed. >
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