<quote name="Denny Vrandečić" date="2014-03-20" time="16:06:46 +0000">
> I would very strongly recommend to use Semantic MediaWiki for this use
> case. It is more powerful, we use SMW in other WMF contexts already,

Only on wikitech.wikimedia.org, and only until Ryan Lane figures out how
to use Wikidata to manage the labs provisioning/etc :)

> and
> supporting the data inside Meta (instead of inside Wikidata and then
> transcluding it) allows us also to generate workflows in Meta involving
> local User-accounts, etc., and reduces complexity since the data is saved
> in one place, and you don't have to switch between Meta and Wikidata to
> update the data for an extension. It also frees Wikidata for having have to
> extend their policies to support this specific use case (would MediaWiki
> extension developers all get their own item per Notability, etc.). Also,
> SMW already right now supports the uses cases you are asking for right now.
> 
> I understand that SMW was already suggested in Bugzilla. I understand
> Wikidata looks more sexy right now, but I think it is not the most
> appropriate tool for this use case.

Very useful points though.

I have no horse in this race, but I do want the best tool for the job to
win.

Greg


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