I have not maintained WDQ (http://wdq.wmflabs.org/) for many months. It just keeps "ticking away", with the occasional restart required. Its data is likely out of sync with Wikidata proper, and most of its functionality is better served by SPARQL (https://query.wikidata.org/).
So we (Tool Labs tech and I) want to shut it down over the next few months. I did some previous analysis (http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=410) and it looks like WDQ is pretty much obsolete. The one thing people seem to like about it is the simple syntax, but that doesn't alone seem to be a valid reason to keep it around, especially with a converter ( https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdq2sparql/w2s.php) in place.
If there are other reasons to keep WDQ alive, please let me know ASAP!
I want us to take this opportunity to thank Magnus for creating WDQ. WDQ was a excellent proof of concept which showed the potential of a querying service for Wikidata. This let the case be made for dedicated staff time, new scalable software, and dedicated hardware for the Wikidata Query Service. This is a fantastic model for how software development can work in our movement.
Thank you, Magnus. :-)
Dan
On 16 December 2016 at 03:50, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
I have not maintained WDQ (http://wdq.wmflabs.org/) for many months. It just keeps "ticking away", with the occasional restart required. Its data is likely out of sync with Wikidata proper, and most of its functionality is better served by SPARQL (https://query.wikidata.org/).
So we (Tool Labs tech and I) want to shut it down over the next few months. I did some previous analysis (http://magnusmanske.de/ wordpress/?p=410) and it looks like WDQ is pretty much obsolete. The one thing people seem to like about it is the simple syntax, but that doesn't alone seem to be a valid reason to keep it around, especially with a converter (https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdq2sparql/w2s.php) in place.
If there are other reasons to keep WDQ alive, please let me know ASAP!
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Just as Dan said :) thank you very much Magnus for your work!
This Phabricator task https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153439 lists the remaining uses of the tool to be sure that nothing won't break after the shutting down, if you have something to add, feel free to let a comment or create a sub-task.
On 16 December 2016 at 17:43, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
I want us to take this opportunity to thank Magnus for creating WDQ. WDQ was a excellent proof of concept which showed the potential of a querying service for Wikidata. This let the case be made for dedicated staff time, new scalable software, and dedicated hardware for the Wikidata Query Service. This is a fantastic model for how software development can work in our movement.
Thank you, Magnus. :-)
Dan
On 16 December 2016 at 03:50, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
I have not maintained WDQ (http://wdq.wmflabs.org/) for many months. It just keeps "ticking away", with the occasional restart required. Its data is likely out of sync with Wikidata proper, and most of its functionality is better served by SPARQL (https://query.wikidata.org/).
So we (Tool Labs tech and I) want to shut it down over the next few months. I did some previous analysis (http://magnusmanske.de/wordpr ess/?p=410) and it looks like WDQ is pretty much obsolete. The one thing people seem to like about it is the simple syntax, but that doesn't alone seem to be a valid reason to keep it around, especially with a converter ( https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdq2sparql/w2s.php) in place.
If there are other reasons to keep WDQ alive, please let me know ASAP!
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