Re: [Wikidata-l] How are queries doing?

2014-01-08 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Jan Kučera kozuc...@gmail.com wrote: Hm, nice to read all the reasoning why queries are yet still not possible, but I think we live in 2014 not and not 1914 actually... seems like the problem is too small budget or bad management... can not really think of

Re: [Wikidata-l] How are queries doing?

2014-01-08 Thread Dan Brickley
On 7 January 2014 22:08, Jan Kučera kozuc...@gmail.com wrote: nice to read all the reasoning why queries are yet still not possible, but I think we live in 2014 not and not 1914 actually... seems like the problem is too small budget or bad management... can not really think of another reason.

Re: [Wikidata-l] How are queries doing?

2014-01-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I agree that the integration of Wikidata in all the different Wikipedias, Wikivoyages, Wikisources, Wiktionaries and Commons is the most important objective. It is so important because this ensures that the data will be actually used. We are doing fine I think. However, not all the quirks of

Re: [Wikidata-l] How are queries doing?

2014-01-08 Thread Markus Krötzsch
Hi, On a related note, there is also an upcoming project, Wikidata Toolkit [1], that will look into implementing query functionality over Wikidata content, not to replace the Wikidata query features but to provide functionality that is not a top priority for the core development. The first

[Wikidata-l] ontology Wikidata API, managing ontology structure and evolutions

2014-01-08 Thread Denny Vrandecic
I am afraid that keeping versions is something the current architecture will be terrible at supporting, especially because we need to keep snapshots over a multitude of pages. MediaWiki is not terribly good at that. If something like the memento extension would really work at scale, maybe...

[Wikidata-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

2014-01-08 Thread Katie Chan
Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February. Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014. Only

Re: [Wikidata-l] Welcome Adrian!

2014-01-08 Thread Thomas PT
Welcome Adrian! Le 8 janv. 2014 20:40, Denny Vrandecic vrande...@gmail.com a écrit : Congratulations to Adrian and congratulations to the team! On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:53:03 AM, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hey everyone :) I'm happy to announce that earlier

Re: [Wikidata-l] Welcome Adrian!

2014-01-08 Thread Alolita Sharma
Welcome Adrian! The Wikidata team is awesome to work with :-) Best, Alolita On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Thomas PT thoma...@hotmail.fr wrote: Welcome Adrian! Le 8 janv. 2014 20:40, Denny Vrandecic vrande...@gmail.com a écrit : Congratulations to Adrian and congratulations to the team!

Re: [Wikidata-l] Welcome Adrian!

2014-01-08 Thread Luca Martinelli
Cheers for Adrian! :) Welcome in the club! :) L. Il 08/gen/2014 20:40 Denny Vrandecic vrande...@gmail.com ha scritto: Congratulations to Adrian and congratulations to the team! On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:53:03 AM, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hey everyone :)