@Gerard, @Magnus: please help me out here.
I agree that automatic descriptions are very useful. I also think that in *some* cases, manual descriptions are more useful, and maybe even needed.
I definitely think that 3rd party consumers of wikidata should not have to think about whether descriptions have been written manually or were created automatically. This should be completely transparent.
So, if you want to help with making automated description a reality, please make suggestions that take into account the above points, and also consider the mechanisms for language fallback.
The only thing that I can think of right away is simply inserting automated descriptions by bot. This isn't ideal, but I can't think of a better solution that wouldn't be hugely complicated (and would thus not be implemented any time soon). Maybe you have ideas?
-- daniel
Am 09.02.2015 um 11:41 schrieb Magnus Manske:
Manual descriptions are, in the vast majority of cases, a waste of volunteer time. Alternative: http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=265
On Sun Feb 08 2015 at 17:37:42 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, How does that help ? The point is exactly that there is no point to descriptions. Why iterate on a dog it will still be a mutt. Thanks, GerardM On 8 February 2015 at 14:07, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il>> wrote: I'd rather see it not as something terribly disappointing, but as an opportunity to find a way to fill item descriptions more efficiently. Basically, to find some cycles to resolve https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64695 בתאריך 8 בפבר 2015 10:33, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com <mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com>> כתב: Hoi, I understand that item descriptions are going to be used in a mobile app. In my opinion that is seriously disappointing because it is not realistic to expect enough coverage in any language. Particularly in the small languages it will not be really useful. My question is: we have had automated descriptions for a long time. What is it that they makes that they are not used.? Thanks, GerardM _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _________________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/__mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l>
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