kaldari added a comment. @Smalyshev: According to the query in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103836, the majority of usage instructions are in English (about 280); French has 35; German has 24, and the numbers decline from there. Thus even if we only created a non-localizable field for instructions, it would be adequate for most items (and a big improvement over the way we are doing it now).
@Lydia_Pintscher: Where would you suggest that we go from here? The community discussion just went in circles with no movement towards consensus. We now know how many items have usage instructions (a few hundred), so that's no longer a blocker. FWIW, I think there are thousands of items that would benefit from usage instructions, but don't currently have them because there is nowhere to put them (other than the description field). Also, judging by the previous community discussions, it seems that the Wikidata community has no interest in the usefulness of the description field outside of Wikidata itself, thus they have no incentive to try to find a solution. I think WMDE is going to have to lead the way here. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97566 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: kaldari Cc: StudiesWorld, Smalyshev, Ricordisamoa, Wwes, jeremyb, thiemowmde, MGChecker, aude, JKatzWMF, Thryduulf, Moushira, Yair_rand, Tbayer, Filceolaire, Jdforrester-WMF, Pigsonthewing, Tfinc, Deskana, Mhurd, Lydia_Pintscher, Aklapper, kaldari, Wikidata-bugs, Mbch331 _______________________________________________ Wikidata-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-bugs
