Too much to input as individual statements on a single item each with a historical date qualifier, I would agree.
But there really ought to be a good way to store serial or tabular data on-wiki, with wiki-style version tracking, that could then eg be specified as source data for the new graph extension, or for inclusion into columns or tables, or accessible at the level of individual cells for incorporation into infoboxes.
Are there steps that people have taken in the direction of wikiesque storage of such serial or tabular data ?
(Sorry if this is a perennial question, but it's something I've been wondering for a while now -- all the better if there is a standard FAQ response that somebody could direct me to).
All best,
James.
On 06/08/2015 10:28, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Data of a national statistics organisation is by definition TOO much. My recommendation would be to give it initial focus on something basic, something like the number of inhabitants of municipalities. Another thing that a statistics bureau is good for is for using it as a source. When data in Wikidata can be sourced to a statistics organisation, it would be wonderful to be able to link to the source and compare and update.
When you start simple and focus on core functionality, it is easy to have it grow rapidly.
I am happy to talk with the people of the CBS ... <grin> it helps that I speak Dutch and double Dutch </grin> thanks, GerardM
On 6 August 2015 at 10:41, Arne Wossink wossink@wikimedia.nl wrote:
Dear list members,
Wikimedia Netherlands has been approached by the CBS / Statistics Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_Netherlands), the governmental bureau for statistics, about a possible cooperation to make data available on a (yet to be determined) Wikimedia project. Since this is in a very preliminary stage, we don't have any further details at the moment, but I would be interested to hear if there could be any use of their data on Wikidata, or if similar data from similar institutions elsewhere have already been used.
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