On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:56 PM Marco Fossati <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Magnus, > > >> >I was aware of the Sourcerer tool: I'm concerned with those references > >> >coming from Wikipedia articles though, since they stem from inside a > >> >Wikimedia project, and I want to make sure that everything comes from > >> >the outside. > >> > > > The Sourcerer references do NOT come from Wikipedia! I am using > third-party > > sites for which we already have IDs (e.g. GND) to auto-validate values, > and > > add the appropriate reference if identical. Basically, what you want to > do, > > on the cheap;-) > Whoops, sorry, I was probably confused by: > 1. the Sourcerer **user script** [1], which claims to "get a list of all > external links from all language editions of Wikipedia for an item"; > 2. the **Sourcery** tool [2], which claims to load "all URLs in all > associated Wikipedia pages". > > So, third-party references indeed, but still curated by Wikipedians, right? > That's what I meant, I should have been more specific in my concern. > > Is it correct that the Sourcerer **bot** is a different thing, or am I > getting this completely wrong? > Ah yes, I did re-use that name... The https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SourcererBot uses the GND etc. IDs of the item to verify other statements. It is more similar to your project, and has likely caused more edits than script and tool together. > > Cheers, > > Marco > > [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/User_scripts#Sourcerer > [2] https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/sourcery.html > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
_______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
