Nikola Smolenski, 03/06/2013 11:44:
What if this interface would exist? I believe it could be made really quickly and easily.
It's not about interface only, for instance the search backend is completely broken and useless for Wikidata, AFAICS. From what I understand, the interface for Wikidata data is provided by client sites such as Wikipedia. There are no plans for inclusion of Wikispecies as client site, but if/when Wikispecies' needs are implemented this doesn't imply Wikispecies would be useless, rather that it would have easier access to data and could focus on its scope i.e. presenting such data. Currently it tries to do both and IMHO fails at both.
Nemo
P.s.: There are also connected problems like sv.wiki becoming a Wikispecies/Wikidata on its own with a million species bot-entries, but it's another story.
I agree with Nemo. Please see my message written in January 2013 that demonstrates the problem (except it's worse because Wikidata is populated with more contents now than in January) http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikispecies-l/2013-January/000076.html
Andrew
"Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:01:14 +0200 From: nemowiki@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org CC: smolensk@eunet.rs; wikispecies-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikispecies-l] [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies
Nikola Smolenski, 03/06/2013 11:44:
What if this interface would exist? I believe it could be made really quickly and easily.
It's not about interface only, for instance the search backend is completely broken and useless for Wikidata, AFAICS. From what I understand, the interface for Wikidata data is provided by client sites such as Wikipedia. There are no plans for inclusion of Wikispecies as client site, but if/when Wikispecies' needs are implemented this doesn't imply Wikispecies would be useless, rather that it would have easier access to data and could focus on its scope i.e. presenting such data. Currently it tries to do both and IMHO fails at both.
Nemo
P.s.: There are also connected problems like sv.wiki becoming a Wikispecies/Wikidata on its own with a million species bot-entries, but it's another story.
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