Re: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app

2015-02-24 Thread Jon Robson
Bad wikidata descriptions will hopefully lead to a bunch of edits from
people like myself who can't stand badly worded sentences. Do it. Create a
new editing path! :) it's easier to correct something in my opinion then to
write something new from scratch.
On 9 Feb 2015 13:52, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Sure, I won't deny that it would still need a lot of work, but I still see
 it as a logical next step.


 On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Max Semenik maxsem.w...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Eh, please don't - have you tried it for languages other than English?
 09 февр. 2015 г. 5:55 пользователь Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org
 написал:

 Awesome! I would love to see the output of AutoDesc be returned by the
 API, when a manual description is not available.
 I would also be a strong proponent of fully auto-generated descriptions
 for all articles. (The data is right there!)


 On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 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 --
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 Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app
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 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

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app

2015-02-24 Thread Dan Garry
On 24 February 2015 at 12:43, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bad wikidata descriptions will hopefully lead to a bunch of edits from
 people like myself who can't stand badly worded sentences. Do it. Create a
 new editing path! :) it's easier to correct something in my opinion then to
 write something new from scratch.

Exactly.

I'm 100% okay with showing users algorithmically generated descriptions
that are rough around the edges... as long as we can say to them ...so fix
it!. :-)

This is something I'm hoping the Apps Team can explore next quarter by
shifting focus from readership to contributions.

Dan

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app

2015-02-09 Thread Max Semenik
Eh, please don't - have you tried it for languages other than English?
09 февр. 2015 г. 5:55 пользователь Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org
написал:

 Awesome! I would love to see the output of AutoDesc be returned by the
 API, when a manual description is not available.
 I would also be a strong proponent of fully auto-generated descriptions
 for all articles. (The data is right there!)


 On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 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

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] descriptions in mobile app

2015-02-09 Thread Dmitry Brant
Awesome! I would love to see the output of AutoDesc be returned by the API,
when a manual description is not available.
I would also be a strong proponent of fully auto-generated descriptions for
all articles. (The data is right there!)


On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 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,
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