Hi Benjamin, there is a similar task. I am not sure this fits here. Hungarian Wikipedia lists the redlist status of species of plants and animals (threatened, not threatened etc.). There is a request to update this by bot from http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Also biological property, also listed in templates and also originates from an external database. I told them to wait for Wikidata phase 2, which is now alive, but what next? Do you think these tasks are related?
2013/3/1 Benjamin Good <ben.mcgee.g...@gmail.com> > I am considering the task of converting the templates from the gene > articles in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Gene_Wiki) to > use/create wikidata assertions. This involves an extensive update of the > template structure as well as the code for the bot that keeps them in sync > with external public databases. (https://bitbucket.org/sulab/pygenewiki) > > More specifically I'm thinking about working with a Google Summer of Code > student on this project. > > Given a time frame of now through August, would it make sense for us to > pursue this objective directly in the context of wikidata (through the > public API). Or would it be better for us to install our own version of > the wikibase software (kept in sync with code updates) and develop the new > gene wiki bot code locally with the aim of switching to the public API > later? Or is it too early to consider this project? > > I want to get involved and support wikidata with this important data, but > I'm hesitant to ramp up development (especially with a student) in a moving > target situation. > > Any thoughts? > thanks! > -Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > -- Bináris
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