The best thing it would do is ensure the lists are the same across all languages, I believe!
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 16 May 2015 at 16:29, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks interesting. What does this do that lists on individual > Wikipedias can't do? > > I work a fair amount on award lists, and some are in other countries > or have recipients with articles in other Wikipedias, but mostly they > are relatively obscure and will not have an article on any Wikipedia. > > Examples: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frink_Medal > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidy_Award > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer_Memorial_Prize > > There are huge numbers of awards articles out there, some waiting to > be created. Many of them are good resources for red-links of articles > that could be created. > > A better example (for more interwikis) is this article (in en, de, it and > pt): > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_von_Siemens_Ring > > How would wikidata handle that sort of data? > > Carcharoth > > On 5/14/15, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hoi, > > Magnus has produced new functionality that allows for lists that are > based > > on information in Wikidata. > > > > The great thing is that it is essentially possible to maintain the data > in > > Wikidata only and show the information on any and all Wikipedias. > > > > Examples are lists for award winners or lists that include data that > > changes often. > > > > I blogged about it and, I want to move the list for the N peace award and > > make it a proper article on the English Wikipedia. > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/05/wikipedia-farkhunda-iii.html > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
