I am still working on it but yes, there wil be a tag on the top of the page reminding the reader that it's a placeholder page. There is a button to create an article already and we plan to have a button on the page to translate an article, too!
2016-01-20 18:20 GMT+01:00 Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com>: > Would it be possible to have a tag somewhere on the placeholder page that > says it's just a placeholder and that includes a prompt to create the > article or translate it from another language-pedia if it already exists in > another language? I think this could be used in lists where otherwise > redlinks are not allowed. > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Lucie Kaffee <lucie.kaf...@wikimedia.de> > wrote: > >> Hey Jane, >> >> First of all: Thanks :) >> Yes, it works for any item, so for paintings, too. We would have to look >> into limiting it to certain items though if we want to enable it purely to >> paintings or we just don't add it to the search and make it only >> discoverable on the special page and in links? So there are certainly >> possibilities! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Lucie >> >> 2016-01-20 16:46 GMT+01:00 Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Lucie, that looks great! Will it work for paintings? If so I would be >>> interested in using it for both the English Wikipedia and on Commons for >>> use with catalogs of paintings. On English Wikipedia I provide a link to >>> the Wikidata item for the painting, but I think directing the user to the >>> article placeholder would be more user friendly. >>> See for example here (with item numbers): >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Rembrandt >>> and here (without item numbers) >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Adriaen_Coorte >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Lucie Kaffee <lucie.kaf...@wikimedia.de >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> As part of my Bachelor’s thesis I worked on an extension called >>>> “ArticlePlaceholder” >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ArticlePlaceholder over the >>>> last months. >>>> >>>> One of the biggest barriers for accessing the knowledge Wikipedia >>>> provides is language. >>>> >>>> There are many topics that are only covered in few, big Wikipedias. >>>> People who don’t speak any of these languages don’t have access to all the >>>> information available potentially vital to them. >>>> >>>> The Article Placeholder extensions aims at smaller Wikipedias to >>>> support them in increasing access to data available on Wikidata. Article >>>> Placeholders are automatically generated content pages in Wikipedia or >>>> other mediawiki projects displaying data from Wikidata. They are clearly >>>> not actual articles but an overview of data on a topic which does not have >>>> an article yet. The design of the page and its content is under the control >>>> of the local community via Lua and templates but we will provide defaults >>>> so smaller Wikipedias can work with them without having to worry about the >>>> technical side of it. >>>> >>>> I have a test setup on Labs with an example for Ada Lovelace >>>> http://articleplaceholder.wmflabs.org/mediawiki/index.php/Special:AboutTopic/Q3 >>>> >>>> The reader can find these pages by searching for a topic and gets >>>> results if there is an Item on Wikidata with the respective label and/or >>>> alias. >>>> >>>> The reader would benefit a lot since even if there is no article on a >>>> topic yet, they will still have basic information provided in their >>>> language. But it also might increase the numbers of editors due to >>>> increased usefulness of that Wikipedia. >>>> >>>> We are now looking for the first Wikipedias to support the extension by >>>> deploying it and giving their input. I am still developing the extension >>>> and the first Wikipedias to try it will naturally have a larger say in how >>>> it evolves. >>>> >>>> If your Wikipedia would like to give it a try please let me know. We >>>> would start it as a beta feature. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Lucie (Frimelle) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lucie-Aimée Kaffee >>>> Working Student Software Development >>>> >>>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >>>> Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de >>>> >>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the >>>> sum of all knowledge. >>>> That‘s our commitment. >>>> >>>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. 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