Erika, would building a better wikidata UI help alleviate your concern? For example, it used to be that to add a link to the same article in another language, one had to edit raw wiki markup and add a weird language link. Now with wikidata it is by far more intuitive, with an edit button right next to the list, with an auto-complete and language selector. Could we try to build something similar for the infoboxes?
On Aug 3, 2016 2:31 PM, "Brill Lyle" wp.brilllyle@gmail.com wrote:
Saw this posted on Twitter.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module
This proposal is my greatest fear with Wikidata. Depreciate Infoboxes to Wikidata so casual Wikipedia editors can't edit on Wiki, are forced to use Wikidata (comparable to existing Authority Control depreciation). Huge barrier for Wikipedia end-users.
Before I voice my concerns on this Grant page, I wondered if the end-user issue has been discussed here -- and if this could be explained why it is such a good idea? And what user issues have been and could be addressed before the project is implemented.
I understand something like this is part of Russian Wikipedia. How did that community respond to this what I see as significant change?
- Erika
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