re the birth anomalies, we have been running a process for several years now that looks for people alive according to certain wikipedias and dead according to up to 80 others. The format works well and has been broadened to various other anomalies such as being dead but not born.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Death_anomalies_table
The key thing to remember is that when Wikipedias differ you need reliable source to settle the difference.
Wikidata may or may not make this sort of thing easier, but my suspicion is that resolving anomalies will improve Wikidata as well as Wikipedia.
Regards
Jonathan (WereSpielChequers)
On 19 Aug 2014, at 22:05, wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:04:17 -0400 From: MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Compare person data Message-ID: D018C23A.422B5%z@mzmcbride.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
What is needed is a report that looks good enough for now and a public ie visible place to put it.
Neat idea!
There's https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports, of course. In my experience, users don't really care what the report is titled or how it looks; they're much more concerned with accurate and up-to-date (read: actionable) report data.
One of the benefits of using a wiki page is that wiki pages have pre-built notification structures (watchlists, RSS feeds, IRC feed, and e-mail).
To this end, depending on who the relevant audience is of this report, updating multiple pages on local wikis may be a lot more fruitful.
MZMcBride
Hoi, There is another benefit, when Wikidata is KNOWN to have good data as it is actively comparing its data with other sources, people will get more confidence in the quality of Wikidata. Thanks, Gerard
On 21 August 2014 16:26, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
re the birth anomalies, we have been running a process for several years now that looks for people alive according to certain wikipedias and dead according to up to 80 others. The format works well and has been broadened to various other anomalies such as being dead but not born.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Death_anomalies_table
The key thing to remember is that when Wikipedias differ you need reliable source to settle the difference.
Wikidata may or may not make this sort of thing easier, but my suspicion is that resolving anomalies will improve Wikidata as well as Wikipedia.
Regards
Jonathan (WereSpielChequers)
On 19 Aug 2014, at 22:05, wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:04:17 -0400 From: MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Compare person data Message-ID: D018C23A.422B5%z@mzmcbride.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
What is needed is a report that looks good enough for now and a public
ie
visible place to put it.
Neat idea!
There's https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports, of course. In my experience, users don't really care what the report is titled or how it looks; they're much more concerned with accurate and up-to-date (read: actionable) report data.
One of the benefits of using a wiki page is that wiki pages have
pre-built
notification structures (watchlists, RSS feeds, IRC feed, and e-mail).
To this end, depending on who the relevant audience is of this report, updating multiple pages on local wikis may be a lot more fruitful.
MZMcBride
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