Hello there. I have been an active and vocal supporter of Wikidata since
almost the day it went live, and after giving Phase II a legitimate chance,
I have to say that in my opinion the decision to deploy Phase II with only
a small number of the expected features has been a massive mistake. Yes, I
Sven,
I see your point, since I also spent some time creating data items for
a while and then stopped. I disagree that this means that I lost
interest. I am still very interested, and I was also somewhat puzzled
by the new look. I disagree though that this release causes any more
confusion than
Hoi,
When Commons started, you could not use pictures from Commons on any Wiki.
There are advantages to provide functionality once it is available. It
allow for it to grow into its own being. When you provide functionality all
in one go, it will take much longer to get anything at all and there
Sven,
thank you for your honest opinion, and I know that you are not alone with
it - but I also heard a lot of people express excitement and joy about the
deployment, and based on the activity it seems that a lot of people like
it. We consider ourselves happy to be part of an intelligent and
