If having the most elegant description extraction mechanism was the goal I would totally agree ;)
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > IMO, allowing the user to edit the description is a missed opportunity to > make the user edit the actual *data*, such that the description is > generated correctly. > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Monte Hurd <mh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> IMO, if the goal is quality, then human curated descriptions are superior >> until such time as the auto-generation script passes the Turing test ;) >> >> I see these empty descriptions as an amazing opportunity to give >> *everyone* an easy new way to edit. I whipped an app editing interface up >> at the Lyon hackathon: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VblyGhf_c8 >> >> I used it to add a couple hundred descriptions in a single day just by >> hitting "random" then adding descriptions for articles which didn't have >> them. >> >> I'd love to try a limited test of this in production to get a sense for >> how effective human curation can be if the interface is easy to use... >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Jan Ainali <jan.ain...@wikimedia.se> >> wrote: >> >>> Nice one! >>> >>> Does not appear to work on svwiki though. Does it have something to do >>> with that the wiki in question does not display that tagline? >>> >>> >>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >>> >>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> >>> 0729 - 67 29 48 >>> >>> >>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >>> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >>> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >>> >>> >>> 2015-08-18 17:23 GMT+02:00 Magnus Manske <magnusman...@googlemail.com>: >>> >>>> Show automatic description underneath "From Wikipedia...": >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/autodesc.js >>>> >>>> To use, add: >>>> importScript ( 'User:Magnus_Manske/autodesc.js' ) ; >>>> to your common.js >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:47 AM Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It would be even better if this (short: 3 field max) pipe-separated >>>>> list was available as a gadget to wikidatans on Wikipedia (like me). I >>>>> can't see if a page I am on has an "instance of" (though it should) and I >>>>> can see the description thanks to another gadget (sorry no idea which one >>>>> that is). Often I will update empty descriptions, but if I was served >>>>> basic >>>>> fields (so for a painting, the creator field), I would click through to >>>>> update that too. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) < >>>>> nemow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jane Darnell, 15/08/2015 08:53: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes but even if the descriptions were just the contents of fields >>>>>>> separated by a pipe it would be better than nothing. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> +1, item descriptions are mostly useless in my experience. >>>>>> >>>>>> As for "get into production on Wikipedia" I don't know what it means, >>>>>> I certainly don't like 1) mobile-specific features, 2) overriding >>>>>> existing >>>>>> manually curated content; but it's good to 3) fill gaps. Mobile folks >>>>>> often >>>>>> do (1) and (2), if they *instead* did (3) I'd be very happy. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Nemo >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > > -- > Dmitry Brant > Mobile Apps Team (Android) > Wikimedia Foundation > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering > >
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