Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fixed the citation issue yet?

2016-09-10 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, That is another issue.. I do not think so. For us being able to link a statement in a text or in Wikidata is what we define as a source. For me the central question is: Are Wikipedians willing to consider quality in their own project and appreciate that as a fringe benefit for them the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fixed the citation issue yet?

2016-09-10 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/09/16 05:54, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > There is only one question left: Are we > ready to fix these quality issues? My observation would be that citations come in many forms, and that a agreed format does not appear to exist. Writing for a academic journal authors have to follow the style of

[Wikimedia-l] Fixed the citation issue yet?

2016-09-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, This is a topic that deserves its own thread. Citations are problematic on so many levels it is hard to decide where to begin. When the question is can we get a lot of citations in Wikidata, relevant citations, the answer is yes. It takes a lot of work and a lot has been done by the lovely