Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 10 October 2016 at 14:05, Brill Lyle wrote: > Andy: Did it occur to you that maybe there were no objections because there > was no visibility to the request? Yes; but given the number of well-watched pages on which it was discussed, I don't think that's a plausible

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-10 Thread Brill Lyle
Andy: Did it occur to you that maybe there were no objections because there was no visibility to the request? Quite frankly, I am amenable to these changes and support pushing granulated data like this and Authority Control to Wikidata. I am. I recognize the value of these efforts, and how great

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 October 2016 at 12:34, Brill Lyle wrote: > So I have been noticing that Twitter links often found in the External link > section is starting to move to Wikidata on English Wikipedia. {{Twitter}} > template is used much like with {{Authority control}} > > Was there

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
I found the bot and the editors who are doing the change. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JJMC89_bot I still think Wikidata needs to be part of this discussion, especially if more of these items push to Wikidata. ___ Wikidata mailing list

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
Thanks Yaroslav. I can see a brief discussion that seems to have happened month ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Twitter But the BLP that I edit have only started to be changed in the last couple of weeks. I still think this is very disingenuous to expect no responsibility or

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On 09.10.2016 19:46, Brill Lyle wrote: So if this is not the place to discuss these issues, should I be going to the Wikipedia-l with them? Issues that directly relate to Wikidata? I would really appreciate some clarification on this. Hi Erika, I guess the starting point would be to contact

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
So if this is not the place to discuss these issues, should I be going to the Wikipedia-l with them? Issues that directly relate to Wikidata? I would really appreciate some clarification on this. It seems that there are a lot of assumptions here that I don't understand or know about. I know

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
I guess we disagree. I don't see this issue as being particularly political or social. That seems like a very odd distinction to make. Because in that approach, how would I have the technical information to know, if I was editing Wikipedia, how to add or update this information? I don't get this

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
This made me laugh. Thank you. It is a rainy Sunday and this brightened it up a bit. How on EARTH could this be the wrong place to talk about this? I am still laughing. Anyway, I would be happy to generate something for Wikipedia editors like I did for Authority Control. I suspect there

Re: [Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Thomas Douillard
Hi, I'm afraid this is the wrong place to talk about this. We're incompetent on this list to talk about this as it's wikipedias and their community matter to discuss on how Wikidata datas are used. There is documentation indeed on how to modify Wikidata for contributors :

[Wikidata] External link Twitter --> Wikidata

2016-10-09 Thread Brill Lyle
So I have been noticing that Twitter links often found in the External link section is starting to move to Wikidata on English Wikipedia. {{Twitter}} template is used much like with {{Authority control}} Was there consensus or discussion about this before it's implementation? I am hoping there