Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-20 Thread Joe Filceolaire
Facebook will one day switch to Wikidata info instead of wikipedia data This will give multilingual labels, more places, better hierarchy of Admin divisions Joe On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:40 rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I've put that page on my watchlist. Hopefully other members of this list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-20 Thread Lester Caine
On 20/07/15 13:35, Joe Filceolaire wrote: Facebook will one day switch to Wikidata info instead of wikipedia data This will give multilingual labels, more places, better hierarchy of Admin divisions Having been trying to get the existing mess sorted for the past 5+ years some how I doubt

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-19 Thread rexx
Hi Lester, As with most issues on Wikipedia, the best solution will always involve mobilising support for it. Have you had a look at WikiProject London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London I'd recommend copying the gist of your email to the talk page there and seeing if

[Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-19 Thread Lester Caine
Not sure if this is the right forum to discuss this, but at least a UK group will understand UK geography :) Facebook is in a right mess as far as it's list of places that people can select to use as location markers.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-19 Thread rexx
I've put that page on my watchlist. Hopefully other members of this list may keep an eye on it as well. -- Rexx On 19 July 2015 at 23:09, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: On 19/07/15 22:51, rexx wrote: As with most issues on Wikipedia, the best solution will always involve

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cross fertilization ...

2015-07-19 Thread Lester Caine
On 19/07/15 22:51, rexx wrote: As with most issues on Wikipedia, the best solution will always involve mobilising support for it. Have you had a look at WikiProject London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London I'd recommend copying the gist of your email to the talk