(Note: I'm creating a new thread which references several old ones; in the
most recent, "Profile of Magnus Manske," the conversation has drifted back
to Wikidata, so that subject line is no longer applicable.)
Andreas Kolbe has argued in multiple threads that Wikidata is fundamentally
problematic,
Hoi,
Thanks for the FUD. You mention that the Wikimedia Foundation has plans.
Really.. There are plans that are published and there has been time for you
to consider them. They are the ones that the WMF has published, they are
the only ones that exist as far as I know and I follow Wikidata closely.
On Jan 26, 2016 3:22 AM, "Gerard Meijssen"
wrote:
> Thanks for the FUD.
"Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" are not the precise words I would choose,
but they fairly adequately describe how I feel about the WMF these days.
Of course, as a bit of jargon, FUD typically implies that somebody is
trying t
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM Pete Forsyth wrote:
> (Note: I'm creating a new thread which references several old ones; in the
> most recent, "Profile of Magnus Manske," the conversation has drifted back
> to Wikidata, so that subject line is no longer applicable.)
>
> Andreas Kolbe has argued
On Jan 26, 2016 5:24 AM, "Magnus Manske"
wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM Pete Forsyth
wrote:
>
> If you have even minimum indications of "evil" WMF plans for Wikidata,
> please share them! Saying "I know nothing about their plans, therefore
they
> must be evil" doesn't really cut it
Hoi,
You write about your fear, uncertainty and doubt .. Why have us waste time
on it? Do something useful.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 26 January 2016 at 11:33, Pete Forsyth wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2016 5:24 AM, "Magnus Manske"
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM Pete Forsyth
> wrote:
>
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> You write about your fear, uncertainty and doubt .. Why have us waste time
> on it? Do something useful.
> Thanks,
>
I, for one, think that the mail Pete sent (both in content and tone) is
perfectly fine and helpful.
I don't know if I s
Pete,
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:
> Andreas Kolbe has argued in multiple threads that Wikidata is fundamentally
> problematic, on the basis that it does not require citations. (Please
> correct me if I am mistaken about this core premise.) I've found these
> threads ill
On 26 January 2016 at 11:24, Magnus Manske
wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:33 AM Pete Forsyth
> wrote:
>
> > (Note: I'm creating a new thread which references several old ones; in
> the
> > most recent, "Profile of Magnus Manske," the conversation has drifted
> back
> > to Wikidata, so that s
People keep mentioning VIAF in the context. VIAF is a federated service,
using the content of its various repositories--and is therefore no more
accurate than they are. For example, a major component in VIAF is the
Library of Congress Authority File. That file has always used author or
publisher st
Hi Andreas,
2016-01-26 13:17 GMT+01:00 Andreas Kolbe :
> In my opinion, Wikidata's CC-0 licence undermines that, because it allows
> re-users to cut the chain between the end user and the data's original
> source.
If I understand, you are concerned about verifiability of information
in Wikidata.
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