We are approaching some interesting and project-specific topics. The natural language generation output is desired to be specifically encyclopedic, with that involving a number of established style guidelines. For instance, automatically-generated encyclopedia articles should be neutral [1] and devoid of sentiment.

 

My opinion is that WP:SYNTH [2] should not be an obstacle to projects exploring Wikidata reasoning [3]. My opinion is that guidelines intended for human contributors need not be interpreted as applicable to sound, administrator-approved, mechanical reasoning processes. My opinion is that natural language generation can generate encyclopedic articles from both sourced and soundly derived statements.

 

There is also a difference between: (a) reasoning processes occurring on Wikidata data to obtain soundly derived data, (b) processes of reasoning which appear in the rhetoric of articles.

 

All that said, I don’t know the current status of projects exploring automated reasoning with Wikidata [3].

 

Whether or not WP:SYNTH [2] applies to administrator-approved logical rules with which to generate Wikidata content from other Wikidata content… perhaps an interested group of participants could, at some point, create a wiki page for others to review and to make use of towards a determination.

 

Also, another use of automated reasoning for Wikidata is that a system could use automated reasoning to provide editors with candidate or potential statements for them to find sources which support or oppose the statements… man-machine collaboration.

 

 

Best regards,

Adam

 

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material

[3] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Reasoning