On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:53 PM Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hoi,' > Markus when you read my reply on the original question you will see that > my approach is different. The first thing that I pointed out was that a > technical assumption has little to do with what people need. I indicated > that when this is the approach, the answer is fix it. The notion that a > large number of returns is outrageous is not of this time. > > My approach was one where I even offered a possible solution, a crutch. > > The approach Daniel took was to make me look ridiculous. His choice, not > mine. I stayed polite and told him that his answers are not my answers and > why. The point that I make is that Wikidata is a service. It will > increasingly be used for the most outrageous queries and people will expect > it to work because why else do we put all this data in there. Why else is > this the data hub for Wikipedia. Why else > > Do appreciate that the aim of the WMF is to share in the sum of all > available knowledge. When the current technology is what we have to make do > with, fine for now. Say so, but do not ridicule me for saying that it is > not good enough, it is not now and it will certainly not be in the future... > Thanks, > GerardM > Gerard, it all boils down to using the right tool for the job. Nothing more - nothing less. Let's get back to making Wikidata rock. 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 27/029/42207.
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