Saw this posted on Twitter.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module
This proposal is my greatest fear with Wikidata. Depreciate Infoboxes to Wikidata so
casual Wikipedia editors can't edit on Wiki, are forced to use Wikidata (comparable to
existing Authority Control depreciation). Huge barrier for Wikipedia end-users.
Before I voice my concerns on this Grant page, I wondered if the end-user issue has been
discussed here -- and if this could be explained why it is such a good idea? And what user
issues have been and could be addressed before the project is implemented.
I understand something like this is part of Russian Wikipedia. How did that community
respond to this what I see as significant change?
- Erika