Gerard: search for 'Castor' in 'Categories and Pages' in
Special:MediaSearch (or equally in Special:Search without the subpage
option) and you'll immediately be pointed towards the category for
'Beaver' (Castor is the Spanish name). Using Wikidata, we're already
using multilingual labels to improve these search terms - but the new
MediaSearch misses them when you're only looking for images.
Paulo: galleries vs categories is mostly solved already. What would
happen if you found a category like "Eiffel Tower taken from the west
corner of the Trocadero terrace" if you didn't know English - how would
you understand it? By linking it with Wikidata, we gain multilingual
information.
Thanks,
Mike
On 19/12/21 06:28:58, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
As long as we can not confidently search for pictures in any language I
really wonder what the point is of such an exercise. In my opinion we
should prioritise measurable effects for our users. Something like: "A
nine year old will find pictures in his or her language on all the
subjects of interest to them".
I have shown repeatedly that even a word like beaver will not get you
much of the furry animal, particularly when you search in other languages.
thanks,
GerardM
On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 at 00:10, Mike Peel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all,
Over the last few years, over 3.6 million Wikimedia Commons categories
have gained an infobox that displays information from Wikidata in the
reader's language. I would like to see this expanded so that all
Commons
categories have a multilingual infobox.
I've started an RfC about this at:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_new_Wikidata_items_for_all_Commons_categories
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_new_Wikidata_items_for_all_Commons_categories>
If you're interested in this topic, please comment there.
Thanks,
Mike
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