Thanks, John, Erika, and Wikidatans, As an experiment with Android voice on my smartphone, I just said to the rectangular object in my hand: "Please add the languages of the United Kingdom Wikipedia page to the info box for the United Kingdom Wikipedia page" and at the top of the list on my smartphone arose this link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom - which is cool, but no further digital actions occurred after this.
I'm excited for the time when Wikipedia info boxes will do this with both voice and brain wave headsets, and wonder when this might occur (per this Stanford Engineering Tweet of Jeff Dean - https://twitter.com/StanfordEng/status/760571959402909697 - which I posted here - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch - also on August 2nd). Thank you. Scott http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/08/rafetus-yangtze-giant-euphrates.html On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Brill Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. Point taken John. Wow. Thank goodness I use syntax highlighting > #love... but still: Yikes. Here's the link to the page if anyone wants to > dig around the madness. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom > > I guess I see a difference between a casual editor wanting to update a > piece of data that can be Ctrl+F searched for among a mass of information > versus battling with P# Wikidata items amongst an endless sea of > chronological elements and curly brackets. But that's just me. > > re: this proposal > > I think Putnik has been very patient with my concerns and in trying to > answer questions. As have others. I really appreciate it. > > I am not satisfied, and the majority of my concerns will not be addressed. > There do not seem to be solutions here that will make me happy. I will be > interested to see how this proposal progresses. > > Best, > > - Erika > > > *Erika Herzog* > Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:12 PM, john cummings <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think its important to make a distinction between what is easiest and >> what people are used to. Perhaps thinking about what new users would find >> easiest might be helpful. >> >> Here is an example of a well developed infobox on English Wikipedia, I >> think that the knowledge needed to edit this is an unreasonable barrier for >> casual, new or even fairly experienced if less technical editors like >> myself. >> >> {{about|the country|its largest island|Great Britain|other uses|United >> Kingdom (disambiguation)|and|UK (disambiguation)}} >> {{pp-semi-indef}} >> {{pp-move-indef}} >> {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} >> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} >> {{Infobox country >> | name = >> {{collapsible list >> |titlestyle=background:transparent;font-size:9pt; >> |title={{resize|11.5pt|{{nowrap|United Kingdom of Great}} >> {{nowrap|Britain and Northern Ireland}}}} >> |{{Infobox |subbox=yes |bodystyle=font-size:9pt;font-weight:normal; >> |rowclass1=mergedrow |label1=[[Cornish language|Cornish]]: >> |data1={{lang|kw|Rywvaneth Unys Breten Veur ha Kledhbarth Iwerdhon}} >> |rowclass2 =mergedrow |label2=[[Irish language|Irish]]: >> |data2={{lang|ga|Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart >> Éireann}} >> |rowclass3=mergedrow |label3=[[Scots language|Scots]]: >> |data3={{lang|sco|Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland}} >> |rowclass4=mergedrow |label4=[[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster >> Scots]]:|data4={{lang|sco-UKN|Claught Kängrick o Docht Brätain an Norlin >> Airlann}} >> |rowclass5=mergedrow |label5=[[Scottish Gaelic]]: >> |data5={{lang|gd|Rìoghachd Aonaichte Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath}} >> |rowclass6=mergedrow |label6=[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: >> |data6={{lang|cy|Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon}} >> }} >> }} >> | common_name = United Kingdom >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) - World University and School - via PayPal, or credit card, here - - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - or send checks to - 415 480 4577 - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 - World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. World University and School is sending you this because of your interest in free, online, higher education. If you don't want to receive these, please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the body of the email, leaving the subject line intact. Thank you.
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