Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-21 Thread Jane Darnell
Sorry Thad, I am just a control freak who felt overwhelmed when I took my first steps on Wikidata. My apologies for assuming that most Wikipedians are like me. On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Thad Guidry wrote: > Jane & all, > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Jane

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-21 Thread Thomas Douillard
First they ignore you, then they fight you ... :) and eventually evrebody wins ! 2015-11-21 13:56 GMT+01:00 Markus Krötzsch : > On 21.11.2015 12:21, Jane Darnell wrote: > >> +1 >> I think many Wikipedians are control freaks who like to think their >> articles are

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-21 Thread Thad Guidry
Jane & all, On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > +1 > I think many Wikipedians are control freaks > ​... > ​That probably is not the best wording to win some hearts and minds, while working towards mutual goals. ​ > ​ > who like to think their articles

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-21 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 21.11.2015 12:21, Jane Darnell wrote: +1 I think many Wikipedians are control freaks who like to think their articles are the endpoint in any internet search on their article subjects. We really need to suppress the idea that the data they have curated so painstakingly over the years is less

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-21 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 20.11.2015 09:18, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: Gerard Meijssen, 20/11/2015 08:18: At this moment there are already those at Wikidata that argue not to bother about Wikipedia quality because in their view, Wikipedians do not care about its own quality. And some wikipedians say the same of

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-20 Thread WereSpielChequers
My experience is that pretty much all Wikimedians care about quality, though some have different, even diametrically opposed views as to what quality means and which things are cosmetic or crucial. My experience of the sadly dormant death anomaly project

Re: [Wikidata] [Wiki-research-l] Quality issues

2015-11-20 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Yes. Data in Wikidata can be dated and the latest data can be indicated as current. As I understand LUA may be used to use the latest data from Wikidata. So yes, you can upload the census data to Wikidata and use templates in any Wikipedia to show the latest data for any and all Australian