maybe the most important question first: is it the goal that human editors extend / correct this data in wikidata, or is there a feed?
if it is really humans who should enter data: thanks for the hint magnus, i can see it now, hallelujah. i'd have never in my life the idea to change the GUI language in preferences to "de" to change the contents language. and, it takes 8 clicks on a smaller screen - enough so i would not do it more than one time every 5 years :) rupert On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Magnus Manske <magnusman...@googlemail.com> wrote: > You used German ("de") on the Terminator page. Have you switched your > Wikidata language to "de" accordingly? > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 1:35 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> i took one example and am lost already, pegasus, listed on top with 5 >> labels without description: >> >> http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-terminator/index.php?lang=de&term=Pegasus&doit=1 >> >> then i take one with a description "Sternbild knapp nördlich des >> Himmelsäquators": >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8864 >> >> and, i do not see this description, nor can i figure out where this >> description came from. where did i make the error? >> >> rupert >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Magnus Manske >> <magnusman...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > <toolspam> >> > The Terminator [1] can show you the most linked-to (~important) items >> > with >> > no label ("term", hence the name) in major languages. >> > </toolspam> >> > >> > [1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-terminator/index.php >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Lydia Pintscher >> > <lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Gerard Meijssen >> >> <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hoi, >> >> > >> >> > I do not know if you have seen the statistics compiled by Magnus [1]. >> >> > They >> >> > are up to date and useful. >> >> > >> >> > I blogged about it [2]. As far as I am concerned, the biggest >> >> > challenge >> >> > we >> >> > face is the lack of labels. Given that 280+ languages are represented >> >> > in >> >> > Wikidata it clearly demonstrates that Wikidata is useless as it is >> >> > for >> >> > most >> >> > languages. Please tell me that I am wrong and explain why. >> >> >> >> This is correct to a certain degree. However we have language >> >> fallbacks on the roadmap which will significantly help improve the >> >> situation. Liangent has put a lot of effort into this over the summer >> >> during Google Summer of Code. The other thing is that there is clearly >> >> a number of items which are more used than others. My theory is that >> >> they are also the ones that are more complete. If there is no label in >> >> a small language for a very obscure item than this is less bad as when >> >> there is none for a much-used item. Not all items are created equal. >> >> We should keep that in mind when interpreting statistics. >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Lydia >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> >> Product Manager for Wikidata >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >> >> Obentrautstr. 72 >> >> 10963 Berlin >> >> www.wikimedia.de >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. >> >> >> >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >> >> unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das >> >> Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > undefined >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikidata-l mailing list >> > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > > > -- > undefined > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l