Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+wikilist@...> writes:
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Daniel Schwen <lists@...> wrote:
So we have shown multiple times now that cat intersection is technically feasible. What we nee now is massive lobbying for atomic categorisation. THAT is the hurdle right now IMO. Not some SQL queries.
I'd say that what we need is someone to add proper support for this to the core software and get it enabled on Wikimedia sites, actually. A toolserver tool is just not the same as having the feature integrated into the software, in terms of usage levels. It might be that the implementations written so far are not efficient enough for enabling on Wikimedia, but nobody with commit access has even tried.
I'm with you - we've shown feasibility in large datasets with a lucene based approach, and I think we need to roll it out and test it with real users on real data. We need a new lucene index and a user interface (needs to be defined) suitable for average users to find useful. I'm thinking of a "browse related categories" type of function.
Best Regards, Aerik