It would just have to be ported to Commons once there's a native WIkiBase installation. If it will be ported at all.
Is it really worth the fuss, so we can tinker for a few months? (I would genuinely like to know!) On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Pierre-Selim <[email protected]> wrote: > 2014-06-18 16:58 GMT+02:00 Magnus Manske <[email protected]>: > > > The issue here seems to be "political/community" rather than technology. > I > > could probably set up a MediaWiki installation with WikiBase plugin on > Tool > > Labs within a day or so, then have a bot create/synchronize an item for > > each file on Commons. Community could start to create properties, and > bots > > could fill in basic statements. > > > > That said, I'm not doing that. First, no time. Second, ire of the WMF for > > making them scramble to re-create my stuff yet again ;-) > > > > And if we say "please" ? > > > > > Cheers, > > Magnus > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:32 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > At the current time, I have yet to see how the Wikidata theoretical > > > > use improves finding images on Commons today. After regularly getting > > > > emails over the past two years raising expectations of how these > > > > problems will be solved through Wikidata, I have yet to be involved > or > > > > invited to join any Commons based Wikidata project, despite being > > > > currently the most active unpaid volunteer uploader for Commons. > > > > > > > > > > There is; > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikidata > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikidata_for_media_info > > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimedia_Commons > > > > > > I formally invite you to take a look and join the discussions if you > feel > > > like :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One of my particular interests was sorting out the Geograph project > > > > where I added meaningful place categories to images (around a million > > > > images). Last year I deliberately deferred continuing improvements > and > > > > new uploads based on suggestions of how Wikidata was going to > > > > revolutionise the way this worked. As far as I am aware, there is > > > > still no published plan to help with identifying Commons categories > > > > with places using Wikidata; indeed for projects like our Avionics > > > > batch uploads (which rely on Airport categories and their locations) > I > > > > have been told the opposite, to no longer expect, nor wait, for this > > > > to be sorted out and I am likely to revise my Geograph work without > > > > any plans to incorporate Wikidata, or work with Wikidata. > > > > > > > > > > > You would need a lua template to do a bit of triangulation: > > > 1. From the linked Commons category to the Wikidata item you fetch the > > > statements > > > 2. One of those statements should be "category's main topic (P301)" > > > 3. From the linked item, you can extract the location data > > > > > > This should be possible once this bug is implemented > > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47930 > > > > > > I don't much about the Geograph project, but perhaps your work might be > > > compatible with a future deployment of "wikidata for media info"? > > > > > > Micru > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > undefined > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Pierre-Selim > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- undefined _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
