On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Lydia Pintscher < lydia.pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Roger Hyam R.Hyam@rbge.ac.uk wrote:
*If* I were to a work on an editor tool would it be feasible to think in
terms of editing existing syntax for now and in version two adding a "migrate to wikidata" button? Would all the exiting infoboxes move over to wikidata in a 'big bang' approach?
Potentially but I'd need to see the specific case you'd like to write a tool for. I don't think it'll be technically feasible to migrate everything with the click of a button. Infoboxes will move at the pace the editors migrate them (automatically or by hand).
I believe he's talking about these infoboxes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox They are quite regular in their contents so are good candidates for automated editing/migration support.
Tom