If you change the datatype for identifiers from string and the other properties with string datatype are changed to monolingual then we won't have much need for the string datatype On 6 Apr 2015 15:09, "Lydia Pintscher" <lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Magnus Manske > <magnusman...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Quick hack: On your user common.js page, add: > > importScript( 'User:Magnus Manske/ext-props.js' ); > > > > This will "move" all statements for external IDs (to be exact, all > > properties with a "URL formatter" property) to the sidebar. > > The statements in the main body are just hidden; there is a toggle link > in > > the sidebar to make them visible again, qualifiers and all. > > > > This is, of course, just a demo to show what the main body would look > like > > without such statements. > > Magnus, as always you're a treasure ;-) I hadn't thought about the > toggle option yet. > > So let me summarize the options I see for identifiers: > 1) we give them their own section below statements > 2) we give them their own section in the right sidebar and have some > compact way of showing and editing references and qualifiers > 3) we do both of the above and have a way to toggle between the two > > I initially was set on 2 but am coming around to 2. 3 seems like the > easiest way out right now but it'll feel awkward to new users. > > > On the technical side I see the following options to identify which > statements to group into the identifiers section: > 1) we make them sitelinks > 2) we we give them a special datatype (We should be able to migrate > the existing ones in a one-time operation without changing their > property IDs) > 3) we rely on a statement on the property > 4) we have a list in the wiki configuration > > 1 seems bad because we'd lose references and qualifiers > 3 seems problematic from a performance point > 4 is ugly and not maintainable > So I am coming around to 2. > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > Product Manager for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >
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