I see the highest interest in statistical data that can be automatically updated from official sources.
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 16:51:27 +1000 > From: John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikidata > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: peter...@gmail.com, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List > <common...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktikq7kmy4d9hvkb3hia51zrs3hmvlrxumncna...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It looks like a solution to bug 4547 is on the horizon. > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4547 > > See also [Wikitech-l] Reasonably efficient interwiki transclusion > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/197322 > > This will be very useful for templates which Commons has developed, > especially language related templates, however I am concerned that > people are also planning on using Commons as a repo for Wikipedia > infoboxes, and including the *data* on Commons rather than just the > template code. e.g. > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Peter17/GSoc_2010#Interest > > This centralisation of data makes sense on many levels, however using > Commons as the host of this data will result in many edit wars moving > to the Commons project, involving people from many languages. Even > the infobox structure can be the cause of edit wars. > > I think it is undesirable to have these Wikipedia problems added to > Commons existing problems. ;-) > > Tying Wikipedia and Commons closer together is also problematic when > we consider the differing audience and scope of each project, > especially in light of the recent media problems. If the core > templates and data used by Wikipedia are hosted/modified on Commons, > it will be more difficult to justify why Commons accepts content which > isn't appropriate on Wikipedia. > > A centralised data wiki has been proposed previously, many times: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/historical > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_%282%29 > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDatabank > > Non-WMF projects, such as freebase, dbpedia, etc., have been exploring > this space. > > Isn't it time that we started a new project!? ;-) > > A wikidata project could use semantic mediawiki from the outset, and > be seeded with data from dbpedia. > > A lot of existing & proposed projects would benefit from a centralised > wikidata project. e.g. a genealogy wiki could use the relationships > stored on the wikidata project. wikisource and commons could use the > central data wiki for their Author and Creator details. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > ********************************************* > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l