See https://tools.wmflabs.org/autodesc for the new API described in the post. Interesting at least as a fallback to human-written descriptions...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Magnus Manske <magnusman...@googlemail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:41 AM Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." < wikidat...@lists.wikimedia.org> Manual descriptions are, in the vast majority of cases, a waste of volunteer time. Alternative: http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=265 On Sun Feb 08 2015 at 17:37:42 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > How does that help ? The point is exactly that there is no point to > descriptions. Why iterate on a dog it will still be a mutt. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 8 February 2015 at 14:07, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il > > wrote: > >> I'd rather see it not as something terribly disappointing, but as an >> opportunity to find a way to fill item descriptions more efficiently. >> >> Basically, to find some cycles to resolve >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64695 >> בתאריך 8 בפבר 2015 10:33, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> >> כתב: >> >>> Hoi, >>> I understand that item descriptions are going to be used in a mobile >>> app. In my opinion that is seriously disappointing because it is not >>> realistic to expect enough coverage in any language. Particularly in the >>> small languages it will not be really useful. >>> >>> My question is: we have had automated descriptions for a long time. What >>> is it that they makes that they are not used.? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> GerardM >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> wikidat...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> wikidat...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > wikidat...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list wikidat...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l -- Erik Möller VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
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