[Wikimedia-l] Wikidata, templates, Modules Lua

[Anders Wennersten]

On sv:wp we are several hundreds of competent and active contributers. 
Many of these have limited technical competence, so it will only be 
about a third of these able to enter iw links in wikidata and writing a 
template. This still leaves a few hundreds who easily supports the other 
2/3rds with this competence

But when in comes understand the other parts of Wikidata and how to get 
that data into articles and templates, the number dwindles leaving only 
about 50 understanding this. It is still enough to discuss and give 
general broader support but it is starting to become a bottleneck in 
implementing broader usage of Wikidata. Then we come to the fact that 
for a successful implementation you need to develop Modules written i 
Lua. And here it is needed full programming comptence, and on sv:wp 
there will only be 5-10 having this level of competence. And this then 
becomes a subcritical mass as these persons  do not have the ambition to 
develop Modules for others. Also two of these competent ones are 
employed by WMSE, perhaps this is typical, if you have that level of 
competence you will be very busy in your paid profession as sw developer.

We are now in a discussions in WMSE and the community if it would be 
acceptable that chapter resources help in writing Lua code in Modules 
for people in the community in need but lacking that competence? It is 
not a volume or cost issue as it is still no major effort, but more a 
principle one  if if can be Ok in this way to make the Chapter not only 
support the community but also in this direct way creating thing for 
Wikipedia.

Are there experince from other communities or chapters on this dilemma?

Anders