OK, this thread seems appropriate, so I just fixed up one of my scripts, it lets you *drag'n'drop references between statements *drag'n'drop URL references from Wikipedia (sidebar preview) onto statements *drag'n'drop Wikipedia links as new statements (asks for a property to use)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/dragref.js Maybe it helps, a little. On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 6:16 PM Magnus Manske <[email protected]> wrote: > The Visual editor has a whole UI team behind it, who've been working on it > for years. Yes, citations are only a small part of it, but there is nothing > equivalent in WMF or German chapter for Wikidata, AFAIK. The Wikidata UI is > improved constantly, but I don't think there is anyone, let alone a whole > team, developing massive new UI features. > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:14 PM Brill Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> These are great, important suggestions. But like with the library science >> resources, it seems like Wikidata is again trying to re-invent an existing >> wheel. Why are the existing tools in Wikipedia not being migrated and/or >> pathway'd into Wikidata? The stripping of Wikipedia citations to push it to >> Wikidata often / always (?) denudes the information of what is a very >> rigorous requirement on Wiki. >> >> I love the Citoid option, or whatever has been deployed for the Wiki >> Markup editor when you put an ISBN number, OCLC number, or NYTimes URL into >> the lookups there. There is no interchangeability with Wikidata though? >> >> #WikiCite :-) >> >> Agree on the {{citation needed}} button, Finn! ha! >> >> - Erika >> >> >> *Erika Herzog* >> Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Magnus Manske < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> While the proposal of all statements requiring citation is obviously >>> overshooting, I believe we all agree that more/better citations improve >>> Wikidata. >>> One component here would be a social one, namely that it first becomes >>> good practice, then the default, to cite statements. >>> For that, improved technology and new approaches are required. >>> Suggestions include: >>> * Open a blank reference box when adding a statement in the default >>> editor, thus subtly prompting a reference >>> * Show a "smart field" for reference adding, e.g. just paste a URL, and >>> it registers it's an URL, suggests a title from the page at the URL, adds >>> access date, suggests other data that can be inferred from the URL or the >>> linked page, shows likely other fields (e.g. "author" or such) for easy >>> fill-in >>> * Automatically add references for statements via external IDs. I have a >>> bot that does that to some degree, but it could use productizing >>> * Tools to "migrate" Wikipedia references to the actual sources. (Again, >>> I have some, but...) >>> * "Reference mode", to quickly add references to statements. (I have a >>> drag'n'drop script, but that breaks on every Wikidata UI update) >>> * A list of items/statements that are in "priority need" for >>> referencing. For example, death dates of the recently deceased should be >>> simple, while they are still in the news. >>> * Dedicated drives to complete a "set" (e.g. all women chemists), that >>> is, have all statements references in those items >>> * Special watchlist for new statements without reference, especially on >>> otherwise "completely referenced" items >>> >>> Magnus >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:56 PM Brill Lyle <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> *blanket, not blanked... >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >
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