On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Lydia Pintscher <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Roger Hyam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > *If* I were to a work on an editor tool would it be feasible to think in
> terms of editing existing syntax for now and in version two adding a
> "migrate to wikidata" button? Would all the exiting infoboxes move over to
> wikidata in a 'big bang' approach?
>
> Potentially but I'd need to see the specific case you'd like to write
> a tool for. I don't think it'll be technically feasible to migrate
> everything with the click of a button.
> Infoboxes will move at the pace the editors migrate them
> (automatically or by hand).
>

I believe he's talking about these infoboxes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox
They are quite regular in their contents so are good candidates for
automated editing/migration support.

Tom
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