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...
>>>>
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