Hoi,
Yesterday I wanted to make a point to a friend. I tried to do it by having
the facts that are sourced in the Wikipedia article read by the person who
did not have the information available. Reading the article did not really
happen because of the problems with the lay-out as presented on the
Hoi,
It was not a small laptop screen, the screen was big enough...
I blogged about it and included screenshots.
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2012/07/can-everybody-read-wikipedia.html
On 14 July 2012 19:21, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote:
On 14 July 2012 18:12, Gerard
Hoi,
Most people are stupid and they still deserve a great reading experience..
Our aim is to share in the sum of all knowledge with everyone. When people
fail to read Wikipedia.. and they do.. there is a reason to do better for
them. Any effective measure that provides a better experience for
Hoi,
There has not been a request for the Dari language. A request for Dari will
be seriously considered because its similarity to Farsi or Persian is such
that it is mutually intelligible.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5 October 2012 09:45, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote:
The language Dari
Hoi,
This has been discussed in the language committee. In the committee we all
agreed that the existing languages for Wikivoyage should start without any
interference of us and that new languages should start through the normal
process because from now they are just like any other new project in
Hoi,
From my perspective, what is relevant is that we do not want to interfere
with languages that exist in Wikitravel. It is quite likely that most of
these languages are quite good from a localisation point of view.
What makes sense if several languages are not in Wikivoyage yet, we can
extend
Hoi,
How many original Wikivoyage projects exist that have not been
automagically exported exist ?? With Portuguese as the example, it would
make sense to have it started in its own wiki. The language committee has
made an exception for existing projects. The Portuguese project exists and
as such
Hoi,
I agree that it is of great use to any and all projects. No argument there.
My point is that when it works for any Devanagari language Wikipedia it
will work equally well for the corresponding Devanagari Wikibooks.
The one thing particular to the English Wikipedia is that it has its own
Hoi,
Good news :) Congratulations :)
Thanks,
GerardM
On 28 December 2012 16:39, Geoff Brigham gbrig...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
The Board resolution may be found here:
Hoi,
The Portuguese Wikivoyage has been created. :)
Thanks,
GerardM
On 12 November 2012 22:31, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com wrote:
So you're telling me there's files, but you will not import because no one
of the Portuguese speakers helped in the cleaning process?
that worked hard to
make it happen.
The community of Portuguese speakers for sure appreciate these efforts.
Tom
2013/1/3 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com:
Hoi,
The Portuguese Wikivoyage has been created. :)
Thanks,
GerardM
Hoi Etienne,
Thank you for informing us about the Assamese Wikisource; it is live as
well :)
A great day :)
Thanks,
GerardM
On 4 January 2013 00:40, Etienne Beaule betie...@bellaliant.net wrote:
Everyone forgot the assamese wikisource.
On 2013-01-03 19:37, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs
Hoi,
In my country health care insurance is compulsory. If anything this means
that everyone can see a doctor and believe it or not, investment in health
care is beneficial to the wealth of a nation.
I am appalled that people consider health care something that is best left
to the individual. It
Hoi,
There are several tools that allow you to record pronunciations. I have
done many many in the past and, I am not the only on
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 February 2013 16:06, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, it'd be cool to have a tool that allows the subject to record and
2013 21:34, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote:
Gerard,
Did not we record something sounding like merry christmas and happy new
year several years ago ? Was it uploaded ? I could not find it ;)
Flo
On 2/8/13 5:24 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
There are several tools that allow
Hoi,
The one thing I am really interested in learning is how information about
and content in a specific languages will be handled.
Information about is likely to be in another language, consequently WHAT
language. Content could be in something like Wikisource / Wikibooks.
Thanks,
Gerard
Hoi,
This does not negate the relevance of maintaining information about the
languages and the cultures reflected by them.
A new project has to be relevant for its own reasons. It has to be relevant
to the people who will care for it.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 18 February 2013 23:35, Thomas
Hoi,
If there is one thing that would be extremely powerful, it would be
combining lexical information with Commons. I presented about this in
Alexandria at Wikimania and, it is still true. It makes sense to allow
people to search for a paard or a cheval or a
Hoi,
There is no point at all in maintaining the software currently used by
OmegaWiki. That would be foolish. Nobody who knows OmegaWiki will ask for
that.
What we are asking for is that we ensure that the structures that exist in
OmegaWiki are replicated in Wikidata for reasons that are clear
Hoi,
grin there is always Google translate ... works quite nicely from within
gmail for many languages.
Thanks,
Gerard
On 11 March 2013 21:11, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 11 March 2013 19:56, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.com wrote:
Too bad - I was hoping it was a sign that people
Hoi,
This is great fun ...
However from the perspective of taxonomy this is not complete at all. What
is lacking are the names of the authors and the date of publication. Even
this can be insufficient because there are instances where a description
with the same name by the same people happened
...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Really, taxonomy is tricky. FYI I have an 80 MB database with ONLY cacti
and succulents. I learned a lot in the process.
So, have you imported that to Wikidata yet
because in Wikipedia every species
is notable anyway?
Kind regards
Ziko
Am Montag, 3. Juni 2013 schrieb Gerard Meijssen :
Hoi,
Taxonomy is not the thing that occupies me. It is however something I
have
experience with.. Everyone who knows anything about the taxonomy of
plants
can confirm
Hoi,
From my perspective ... I live outside the USA, PRISM only brings the
American people the same surveillance the rest of the world has had for a
long time. The only difference is that the pretence that the US populace is
not watched is known to be a fiction.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 June
Hear, hear
Thanks,
GerardM
Op 18 jun. 2013 12:08 schreef Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada emi...@gmail.com
het volgende:
Seriously, are we discussing again about bot stubs yes, bot stubs no?
Those users who want to submit complete 10-page articles, can move to the
defunct Nupedia or the
Hoi Steven,
When the facts show that having the CAPTCHA is a demonstrable BAD idea. It
should be easy to prevent CAPTCHA from being implemented again.
I am sure you know who to speak to.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5 July 2013 21:02, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Fri, Jul 5,
Hoi,
Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because
research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better coverage
at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only thing
I can agree with is that it is available at a much lower cost; it is the
Hoi,
Quality like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. One thing that I learned
today is that the Visual Editor will have functionality that only the more
accomplished editors will enter directly or they will use templates. With
VE these templates are redundant.
From my perspective, the future
Hoi,
Would be interested but I am not there ... As are many other people ...
Thanks,
GerardM
On 9 August 2013 06:43, David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com wrote:
wiktionar...@lists.wikimedia.orgHi,
If there is someone in Wikimania interested in participating in the talks
about the future support
Hoi,
All we need to do is what we already do: make our content available for
free. When we are really in their face that we bring neutral information to
everyone, everywhere how and why will they deny us?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 23 August 2013 10:59, Kul Wadhwa kwad...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hoi,
But when they provide the infrastructure that allows our content to be seen
by many more people, they do us a service.
In the end it is what we are about. Last thing I heard we were first of all
about getting the knowledge out there.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 23 August 2013 12:14, Jens Best
. Rodríguez-Posada emi...@gmail.comwrote:
Looks like NSA has bought some new hard drives and needs moar data.
2013/8/23 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
Hoi,
But when they provide the infrastructure that allows our content to be
seen
by many more people, they do us a service
Hoi,
Fred, what is different in your scenario from what happens in the USA ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3 September 2013 00:23, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
On 31/08/13 15:17, Erik Moeller wrote:
It could be argued
that it’s time to draw a line in the sand - if you’re
Fred,
Sorry, there is no us. As far as the United States is concerned they
allowed themselves to spy on any person who is not one of US to be speid
on. Given that our movement is a global movement, the fact that it is based
in the US is incidental.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3 September 2013
Hoi,
Every Wikipedia has its own point of view. They are all not neutral if only
by omission. Do consider the amount of effort that has gone in the creation
of articles relating to the United States of America,. Compare this with
the coverage of the Ottoman Empire, given that the English Wikipedia
Hoi Fred,
I have no opinion on the quality of subjects that are in the English
Wikipedia. When I state that it is not neutral by omission, it means that
the same level of attention does not go to subjects like the Ottoman
Empire. Effectively I want more people to write about other cultures and
Hoi,
Are you going to use this info in a blogpost or something ? If not is it ok
for me to do so ??
Thanks,
Gerard
On 3 November 2013 09:02, Anders Wennersten m...@anderswennersten.sewrote:
Since August we are implementing Wikidata for the Swedish 290 communes and
1900 towns, including
Hoi,
Seriously we should never ever be ruled be panic.What you see is bad, no
doubt but the notion that we should dump everything because of the latest
issue to come along is way overboard.
- by stopping the flow on projects like Visual Editor you break
dependencies for the work of many
Hoi
I know several authors who publish and use their original text to publish
on Wikipedia as well.. This is another source of false positives because
they have the copyright to the original source... To recognise this you
have to be even more sophisticated.
The point I want to make is that
Hoi,
I am really interested in how you think this will work out when Commons is
going to use Wikidata. The planning is that in half a year the Wikidata
team will start work on implementing something for Commons. It will include
tagging. So for me a picture will be tagged and indicate who is in a
Hoi,
How does this relate to Wikidata ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 23 December 2013 06:07, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 December 2013 20:51, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 December 2013 19:31, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 December 2013 13:35, David Gerard
Hoi Tomasz,
You have a really strong opinion. When you read this thread, you will
notice that it is not appreciated by many and seen as disruptive. Can you
appreciate it in this way?
You argument about re-users is valid when you turn around the argument as
well; as long as we do NOT have a take
Hoi,
When you go the way of comparing to Kim Dotcom to make a point, you will
have to recognise that the government has been shown to act illegally.
Consequently your argument is without real merit.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 31 December 2013 20:45, ??? wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
On
Hoi,
What effective claim has been made against Kim Dotcom and, THAT is your
argument.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 January 2014 12:21, ??? wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
On 01/01/2014 07:41, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
When you go the way of comparing to Kim Dotcom to make a point, you
Hoi,
Would it be possible to have it for all languages?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 January 2014 20:26, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think this has been sent out yet:
http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikitrends/2013.html
(thanks to Itzik for drawing my attention to it, and Johan
Hoi,
When your question is, is it possible for the work of professionals who
write LUA programs to make sense particularly in the bigger WMF context,
the context of the 285+ Wikipedias, my answer is yes.
What I would like is for them to take up the challenge and internationalise
the LUA programs
Hoi,
Odesk is the way the WMF pays people who do not live in the USA. What is
expected of a contractor or employee is to register the time worked for the
WMF and the contractor is paid through Odesk. This has all kinds of legal
reasons.
When an employee / contractor wants to use Odesk in addition
Hoi,
It is extremely sad to lose one of our best and brightest. Was there no
other way ?? Was this even considered ??
Thanks,
Gerard
On 9 January 2014 09:16, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote:
+1 Nathan.
Aubrey
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com
Hoi,
Fabrice, I very much love the two stories described in the vision. It
describes not only a functionality that is technical, it also describes how
our community may interact. That is great.
What I missed are the consequences of the planned integration of Commons
with Wikidata. I blogged about
Hoi,
One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
serves one function for people who have a handicap with their perception.
It has the OpenDyslexic font for people with dyslexia. There are multiple
ways functionality can be provided who have a visual handicap. The size of
to do is promote the use of usability tools... this
becomes easier when there are more of them
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 10:34, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen
starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
serves one function for people who have a handicap with their
perception
Hoi,
I am totally with you. However we can only help where we can. Providing the
font and make it accessible is one way.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 11:18, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote
2014, at 09:34, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
serves
Hoi,
This is a truly divisive issue. For many people the notion that you do not
need anything proprietary is a powerful motivator to participate. Promoting
a stack of software that cannot be taken away because of the whims of a
company or country is an integral part to it.
From my perspective the
Hoi,
I am happy for people to upload files when we can convert it to another
format. Given that the issue is around the ability to re-use media files in
the H.264 format, providing these files to our users is exactly the issue
that is being discussed. Consequently it is controversial.
Thanks,
Hoi,
You may like this as well :)
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/01/wikidata-wendy-hall-computer-scientist.html
Thanks,
GerardM
On 18 January 2014 17:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 18 January 2014 11:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
The
Hoi,
I take it that the Hungarian chapter takes part in this? I know other
chapters do as well..
Thanks,
GerardM
On 17 January 2014 18:17, Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.huwrote:
My five cents here would be that how about considering longer time frames
for grants, like 2-3-5
Hoi,
At this moment Wikipedia red links provide no information whatsoever.
This is not cool.
In Wikidata we often have labels for the missing (=red link) articles. We
can and do provide information from Wikidata in a reasonable way that is
informative in the Reasonator. We also provide
fashion.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1] http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaWIKIDATA.htm
On 21 January 2014 18:13, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Hoi,
At this moment Wikipedia red links
, with
support JS).
git here:
https://bitbucket.org/magnusmanske/reasonator
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Hoi,
At this moment Wikipedia red links provide
) writers,
as the important facts are on the screen for them to include into the prose
of the new article.
On Jan 21, 2014 10:18 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
At this moment Wikipedia red links provide no information whatsoever.
This is not cool
Hoi,
Sorry I cannot parse this suffering from a paid advocacy-introduced
inaccuracy contrary to the peer reviewed secondary literature
Thanks,
GerardM
On 22 January 2014 11:29, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
...
we are trying to reach potential
. In light of that, writing code to fill an infobox
with values form wikidata to paste into the article seems ... low-tech
;-)
Cheers,
Magnus
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk
wrote:
On 22 January 2014 08:35, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs
Hoi,
We can provide information now(ish). We are discussing draft because it is
a likely avenue. It is however very much NOT intended for the English
Wikipedia. If anything it would be much better if we work this out on other
Wikipedias first.
The most benefit from Reasonator will be for the
Hoi,
You are conflating two tools .. they are still quite distinct..
- What you refer to is a query tool and IT provides you with the numbers
you quote.
- Reasonator provides you with a search functionality and a display
functionality
So Reasonator gives you something like this [1]
Hoi,
As I recall it there is a category with Russian female painters.. Using
Widar [1] and identifying them as a painter and a female takes all of 5
minutes..
Thanks,
GerardM
[1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/autolist.html
On 24 January 2014 13:40, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com
Hoi,
At Wikidata the number of items and the associated data is growing
steadily. We are dealing with the aftermath of some bots and to be honest,
that is also very much the name of the game.
An example: many species have been added in the ceb nl sv Wikipedia and it
would be wonderful if the
expertise
when ours is not enough , we are after all wikipedians not tech wizards
And we are missing to have colleagues on other language versions to
discuss with, it is very complex.
Anders
Gerard Meijssen skrev 2014-02-05 12:16:
Hoi,
At Wikidata the number of items
Hoi,
We have often had discussions about generating texts to be used in
Wikipedia articles. The drawback of articles that are generated in this way
is that they do not get updated as more information becomes available.
The data in Wikidata is comparable with the kind of data often used in such
by the
script (like pictures identified as linked to that item). In that case
it is pretty obvious that the data is still unusable, but what if the
3-5-10 articles I check are OK? Are there any guidelines on that?
Thanks,
Strainu
2014-02-07 17:42 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs
speaking world and it
effectively prevents many things from happening on our shared globe.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 12 February 2014 18:01, Delirium delir...@hackish.org wrote:
On 2/11/14, 9:14 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
There are two areas where the Wikimedia Foundation is active; the USA
where
Hoi,
When people make information available that fits in the notability
requirements of Wikidata and, when the information is factually correct,
then I do not think that anyone really cares if the person uploading it is
gets paid for it or not.
Please explain to me why I should care.
As it is
Hoi,
The tooling that Magnus has developed is gaining in maturity. It now has
the functionality to enrich and visualise the data in Wikidata from the
content of categories and lists in Wikipedias.
It is possible to make sure that the subjects of *YOUR* project includes
all the statements implied
Hoi,
Why ?
Thanks.
GerardM
On 22 February 2014 21:13, Gryllida gryll...@fastmail.fm wrote:
I do mind 5 and 6, since their submissions would be deleted aggressively.
I feel that you may introduce a marker if you want, but not a separate
queue.
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, at 2:25, rupert
Hoi,
In the latest iteration of the Reasonator, you will find the option to
see what items exist in a radius of 15 km around the current item.
Obviously, you will find only those items that have a geo-coordinate. There
are however many of them :) They are everything from cities to amusement
parks
James,
Sorry, you know that answer as well as we all do. Sue has not gone. The
board is still there.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 25 March 2014 01:23, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Gayle,
During the ED transition, who is responsible for insuring that
Foundation advocacy is aligned
Hoi,
Do we have a way of indicating that something was graded at a given date ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 26 March 2014 22:35, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
The WP 1.0 model is pretty good (at least across a sample of a hundred or
so articles) but it's quite labour-intensive.
Hoi,
Video conferencing is ok-ish.. at best. It does not give you the
opportunity that face to face communications gives you. It does not allow
you to get through the fog of misunderstanding, Really, when the right
people go for the right reasons, it pays its dividents.
Cost is only one criteria
be a consideration when there is not enough and when it
is not spend effectively.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 31 March 2014 14:34, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 31 March 2014 12:02, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
Video conferencing is ok-ish.. at best. It does not give you
, why rule from the grave?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 31 March 2014 15:36, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 31 March 2014 14:08, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
When there is enough money to go around, efficacy should be the primary
consideration. When charitable funds
delegation, why is that. It is not legitimate to say you waste money by
sending people to a conference, why is that.
Thanks,
GerardM
Op 31 mrt. 2014 16:44 schreef Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com:
Gerard, et al
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs
, let's make the best of it together!
I am looking forward to seeing so many of you next week in Berlin!
Best,
Nicole
On 1 April 2014 10:47, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
Money entrusted to a chapter is for that chapter to spend as they see
Hoi,
Thanks
GerardM
On 3 April 2014 17:37, Yael Meron y...@wikimedia.org.il wrote:
After a discussion[1] in Commons regarding this subject, a decision was
made, stating that URAA cannot be used as the sole reason for deletion.
We consider this a good solution for this situation, considering
Hoi,
I can understand the sentiment and, it makes some sense. However, I do not
like weasel words ... paid employees.. Bah
They are not volunteering. They are on a job, have a mission. I think that
employees of any organisations may work for the benefit of bringing the sum
of all knowledge
Hoi,
What is it that you intend to do. Hang them and, hang them high??
You already know that it was in a very emotional moment ...
What is your objective? What do you expect as a result and how will that be
in everyone's benefit??
Thanks,
Gerard
On 7 April 2014 12:16, Tomasz W. Kozlowski
process. If this
has occured, he would not have written this in his blog.
h
Am 07.04.2014 12:52, schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
Hoi,
What is it that you intend to do. Hang them and, hang them high??
You already know that it was in a very emotional moment ...
What is your objective? What do you
) and the other way around. Maybe
it's a cultural thing and we swear a lot in our internal meetups in
the Netherlands, dunno about that, but I never felt offended when I
heard these statements and in context have agreed with both parties.
2014-04-08 8:22 GMT+02:00, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs
Hoi,
One reason is that the license of Wikidata is questioned by members of the
Wikidata community.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 April 2014 11:27, Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoeks...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Hoi,
From
Hoi,
Interested in your old haunts at the language committee ? Any way, wb !
Thanks,
Gerard
On 17 April 2014 22:47, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
For those who care, I'm back.
My absence wasn't related to Wikimedia. It was about first world
problems, which hit me quite hard. I
Hoi,
We already have this in WD-Search.
Try it for instance on the Telugu or Tamil Wikipedia. Search for any
subject that is covered in a Wikidata supported Wiki. You can use any
script. When the label exists, it will find it for you.
Thanks to automated descriptions you will get to see what the
Hoi,
Easy and obvious when you look at it with eyes that do not expect English.
A tag will be linked to Wikidata. Consequently it will show differently
depending on the language you have selected for yourself.
It is just these other people who will be serviced. Another reason is that
there are
Hoi,
Amir Ladsgroup has developed reports that show differences between the date
of birth and the date of death as known in the English Wikipedia and
Wikidata.
Such differences may be wrong in either Wikidata or Wikipedia. They are the
ones that need attention, they are the ones where sources
Hoi,
OmegaWiki did a proof of concept for tagging images with multilingual tags
years ago..
Categories are broken by design. It is not only that they are unilingual,
it is also that they are always in the plural. Why look for horses when you
look for a picture of a horse?
Thanks,
GerardM
,
where in fact Wikipedia has the (sourced) date August
7, 1966 which is identical to the date in Wikidata.
Regards,
Thyge
2014-05-20 9:33 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com:
Hoi,
Amir Ladsgroup has developed reports that show differences between the
date
of birth
Hoi,
James is right in that we could do better in growing the number of people
contributing to our projects. So what is it that makes people back?
Typically it is that they find the information they look for. Typically it
is that their contribution is valued and does not take too much effort.
Hoi Aaron,
A point I often make is that both Commons and Wikidata provide activities
for new people to get their feet wet in our projects. With Wiki loves
monuments we gain an entry in the Guiness book of records. With the latest
Wikidata games we gain a LOT of new statements in Wikidata in a
Hoi,
Yana you mentioned that all WMF projects may become under the zero
flag... is Labs being considered for this as well ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 June 2014 09:57, Yana Welinder ywelin...@wikimedia.org wrote:
As the Quartz article from Jens's email discusses, the decision in Chile is
very
by depicting yourself as only
an unpaid volunteer. it does not help. It does not convince and it does not
make your remarks helpful or pleasant or bring about a cooperative spirit.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 June 2014 12:07, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 June 2014 10:53, Gerard Meijssen
Hoi,
grin Jane is in my top 1% of most accomplished Wikimedians /grin She is
VERY effective on both Wikipedia, Commons and WIkidata.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 1 June 2014 21:13, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com wrote:
Well, from your previous post I was left the distinct impression that
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