Charlie wrote her thesis on how you could integrate Wikidata in Wikipedia, specifically on Infoboxes, so that might be worth a look when it comes to this topic, too. So there is research from the UX perspective and how it'd be able to edit etc available. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facilitating_the_use_of_Wikidata_in_Wikimedia_projects_with_a_user-centered_design_approach.pdf
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Yuri Astrakhan <yastrak...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Erika, would building a better wikidata UI help alleviate your concern? > For example, it used to be that to add a link to the same article in > another language, one had to edit raw wiki markup and add a weird language > link. Now with wikidata it is by far more intuitive, with an edit button > right next to the list, with an auto-complete and language selector. Could > we try to build something similar for the infoboxes? > > On Aug 3, 2016 2:31 PM, "Brill Lyle" <wp.brilll...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Saw this posted on Twitter. >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module >> >> This proposal is my greatest fear with Wikidata. Depreciate Infoboxes to >> Wikidata so casual Wikipedia editors can't edit on Wiki, are forced to use >> Wikidata (comparable to existing Authority Control depreciation). Huge >> barrier for Wikipedia end-users. >> >> Before I voice my concerns on this Grant page, I wondered if the end-user >> issue has been discussed here -- and if this could be explained why it is >> such a good idea? And what user issues have been and could be addressed >> before the project is implemented. >> >> I understand something like this is part of Russian Wikipedia. How did >> that community respond to this what I see as significant change? >> >> - Erika >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > -- Lucie-Aimée Kaffee Working Student Software Development Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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