On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: > On 29/05/14 21:04, Andrew Gray wrote: >> >> One other issue to bear in mind: it's *simple* to have properties as a >> separate thing. I have been following this discussion with some >> interest but... well, I don't think I'm particularly stupid, but most >> of it is completely above my head. >> >> Saying "here are items, here are a set of properties you can define >> relating to them, here's some notes on how to use properties" is going >> to get a lot more people able to contribute than if they need to start >> understanding theoretical aspects of semantic relationships... > > > Good point. The thread has really gone off in a rather philosophical > direction :-) As Jane said, examples (of places where a property should be > used *and* of places where it should not be used) are definitely much more > useful to help our editors on the ground. I usually use items I know as role > models or have a look for suitable showcase items.
Soon the entity suggester will help you here by simply suggesting a list of properties likely missing in the item. Currently blocked on some final code-review at the Foundation. /me goes and pokes again. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 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