Hoi,
Great to hear about the collaboration between Wikipedias :)
I do not use those buttons imho it is not worth it It is quicker doing it
all from Wikidata for me.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 29 January 2015 at 12:49, Robin Owain <robin.owain(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Exactly, Fabian. We constantly adapt articles from Eng
as well as 'local'
wiki languages. For example the Gaudi article on cywiki is around 65% en;
30% ca and 5% external websites. Great work happening with the Content
Translation Tool; just wish cy could have piloted it!
The rich weave of languages on the loom of Wikipedia gives the tapestry
its beauty and strength.
I also agree that the wikidata button on WP needs simplifying!
Robin
On 29 January 2015 at 11:26, Fabian Tompsett <
fabian.tompsett(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
I for one would bet that the number of page
creators in any given
Wikipedia that know enough to even look at the left side of
the page is
quite small. In my experience, most page creators are unaware that
Wikipedia exists in any language but their own
mmm, an interesting perspective, but do we have any data? As we are in to
speculation here, I would hazard a guess that the smaller the Wikipedia the
more likely it is that page creators are aware that there are wikipedias in
other languages. So for example on Welsh Wicipedia
<https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafan> I would guess something close to
100% of page creators are aware of English Wikipedia.
<https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafan>
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On 29 January 2015 at 11:00, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
+1 on collecting the click data! I for one would
bet that the number of
page creators in any given Wikipedia that know enough to even look at the
left side of the page is quite small. In my experience, most page creators
are unaware that Wikipedia exists in any language but their own
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <
nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Daniel Kinzler, 29/01/2015 11:24:
> As far as I recall, there is some very silly technical reason that
this is not
> easy to change at all. We tried to do this right when we introduced
the other
> widget, of course.
>
> I don't recall what exactly the problem was though, and it might have
been fixed
> since. Worth another look...
I see. I said "should" (ought to?). :P Is there a phabricator ticket
for this?
Lydia Pintscher, 29/01/2015 11:31:
> The issue with doing this when there are several sitelinks is that
> people will unknowingly merge items this way that should not be
> merged. That'd be a huge pita. We'll need to put some good thinking
> into this still. I have no good solution right now.
>
This is a non-issue IMHO, as soon as my suggestion at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85776 /
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/transactions/detail/PHID-
XACT-TASK-zi2igyjlfqasknq/ is implemented.
> >This should be very easy to change. The dialog could then contain a
>> link to
>> >the Wikidata item for the case when one wants to edit or remove
>> links, until
>> >such a feature is added to the dialog itself.
>>
> Showing the dialog and requiring people to click would probably annoy
> people for having to click one additional time? Especially if their
> intention is clear.
>
There is already a generic Wikidata link in the sidebar which users can
click; having two of them is a waste. Also, the drawback is much lower than
the gain: if I'm forced to visit an entry in Wikidata to edit a sitelink, I
have to spend X seconds to load the entry, then find the "add" button etc,
spend additional N links; if I really want to go to the Wikidata entry,
having to click in a dialog is just one click more and a fraction of second
spent.
If you really think the "add one link" case is minoritary for those who
click the edit links button, I trust you, but we should have click tracking
data to back this. Personally, I'd bet 85 % of users clicking the button
just wants to add one link and expects to see the dialog they usually see
to add links (when there are none).
Nemo
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