The database it not down, and will be there until somebody does cleanup.
But the erfgoedbot itself is stopped because there were changes needed for the changes
implemented in the API. Until now it was more or less maintenance free, now it needs a
rewrite, hence this discussion.
And yes, my mail was to think about the other tools, only building a database without the
tools to use it makes no sense.
Regards,
André
On 26 jul. 2015, at 21:28, Nicolas VIGNERON <vigneron.nicolas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2015-07-26 21:04 GMT+02:00 Andre Koopal <andre(a)molens.org>rg>:
Hi,
I see a lot of discussion about how to get the data into wikidata. That is good and needs
to be done, but erfgoedbot did a lot more.
Beside the harvesting (getting the list into the database), there were scripts using the
data. At least for the dutch competition, people who uploaded a picture only specified the
ID. Scripts used that id to find the data of that monument and add categories like
“rijksmonument in <city>” instead of just “rijksmonument”. Also if it was known from
the monument database it was a windmill (for example) it would be categorised as such.
Another important one is making lists of id’s where in the lists there is no picture but
there is a picture uploaded. Volunteers would then look at that list and add a picture to
the list. This worked quite well for the motivation, because people made a picture,
uploaded it, and a couple of days later the picture showed up in the list.
If we think about the future, we will need to think about this side as well. The first
one is needed to make the pictures being able to be found and not just a bunch of
pictures. The first one is doable I guess, but I fear a bit about the second one. Because
the lists are not regularly imported, you don’t know if there is a picture, so we need a
way to detect this. I believe there are properties to document a picture, so the storing
isn’t the problem I guess.
Regards,
André
Since the erfgoed database is going down, I guess erfgoedbotis will no longer be here
anymore. Or maybe could it work with Wikidata ? Since Maarten don't want invest time
anymore, I guess a new bot is needed.
Same thing goes for a lot of other tools like
tools.wmflabs.org/wlm-maps
Meanwhile, there is Wikidata tools that can be esaly use for similar purposes (onsite
there is the constraints reports and Autolist can generate list too).
Cdlt, ~nicolas
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