Agree. I will take it to the discussion page. Wanted to get more feedback and guidance here but this seems to be an ongoing issue that is probably not resolvable, at least not now.
- Erika *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Lydia Pintscher < lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The paper focuses, yet again on Visual Editor. And while I understand > that > > many editors prefer this, any implementation must service both the Visual > > Editor users as well as the Wiki Markup users. > > > > Again, major concerns. I guess unless I have more off-Wiki conversations > > about this topic, I will move my concerns to the proposal page. > > > > I believe in Wikidata and want to encourage usage -- and am trying to > use it > > more -- but unless you are running queries it's quite frankly a flipping > > nightmare. I love the idea. Usability, not so much. And I know it is > > improved and there are many smart people I admire involved in this > project. > > But the lack of buy-in by Wikipedia editors is happening for a reason. > > You are absolutely right that this is a big problem. However I believe > that this grant proposal will get us closer to a solution than farther > away. > > > 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 27/029/42207. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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