When might CC WUaS begin to use robustly this great tool, Magnus? Thank you! Scott
On Jul 13, 2016 3:08 PM, "Magnus Manske" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have tried to replicate the issue in FIrefox, Chrome, and Safari. It > appears to work for me, bowever, API calls occasionally took a signisicant > amount of time. This was the case for a few minutes, and then "fixed" > itself. So some of the described effect might be due to "Wikidata weather". > > If anyone else has issues with this gadget, please report them to me, > ideally with detailed "story" (action performed, browser, item, etc.) I > need to be able to reproduce the issue reliably to fix any problems that > may be in the code. > > Also, if you know JavaScript, please have a look and help improve the > gadget for more and better reference import. (You can also drag Commons > images, coodrinates, and Wikipedia links as new statements!). > > Cheers, > Magnus > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:14 PM Brill Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello -- >> >> There is a new *Drag'n'drop gadget* available in Wikidata > Preferences >> > Gadgets >> >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets >> >> * Drag'n'drop*: Add statements and references from Wikidata or >> Wikipedia by dragging and dropping them. >> >> Please note that there are issues with the gadget. >> >> I would like to evangelize this gadget but for my purposes it is not >> functioning >> ---> i.e., I drag the reference and get a shadow image of text and even >> after waiting 5 minutes the reference does not apply; refresh clears the >> attempted addition >> >> It might be a browser issue, but I have tried it on both Mac and PC, as >> well as on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and SeaMonkey with exactly the same >> unsuccessful results. I have talked with Magnus about this (he is not >> having the problems I have had). It might also be a Wikidata response >> issue, but I think that issue was resolved. >> >> Currently if you use Wiki Markup and want to use one of the four Cite >> templates via the RefToolbar these templates I don't think will transfer >> - Cite books: not configured. Will get error message >> - I have not tested Cite web, Cite journal, Cite news, but assume none of >> these are configured to be captured by this tool. >> >> Obviously to configure the tool to work with these RefToolbar citation >> templates would be significant amount of time & effort. >> >> But if this tool was fully functional and robust -- and was able to >> transfer ALL of the piped data -- it would allow for a great >> interoperability of citations between Wikipedia and Wikidata. >> >> I don't build citations without using templates, as my assumption is that >> templates are more machine readable and more useful -- and are more >> consistent -- but obviously others are using different approaches. I assume >> bare urls are probably the most transferrable. But those didn't work for me >> either, so..... >> >> I really appreciate the fact that this gadget is available and the hard >> work it took to create it. Magnus has been very patient and kind offlist >> trying to problem-solve the issues I have had. >> >> I just wanted to follow up and provide this information, as it seems an >> important tool for us citation-focused editors. >> >> Best, >> >> - Erika >> >> *Erika Herzog* >> Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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