Thanks Dario.
May I please add that whereas the deletion discussion is of course open to
everyone, a sudden influx of users who are not regular editors of the
English Wikipedia will be looked at extremely negatively. Please be
considerate.
Cheers
Yaroslav
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Dario Taraborelli <
dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I wanted to draw your attention to a deletion nomination discussion for an
> experimental template – {{Cite Q}}
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_Q> – pulling bibliographic
> data from Wikidata:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_
> discussion/Log/2017_September_15#Template:Cite_Q
>
> As you'll see, there is significant resistance against the broader usage
> of a template which exemplifies how structured bibliographic data in
> WIkidata could be reused across Wikimedia projects.
>
> I personally think many of the concerns brought up by editors who support
> the deletion request are legitimate. As the editor who nominated the
> template for deletion notes: "The existence of the template is one thing;
> the advocacy to use this systematically is another one altogether. Anybody
> seeking that kind of systematic, radical change in Wikipedia must get
> consensus for that in Wikipedia first. Being BOLD is fine but has its
> limits, and this kind of thing is one of them."
>
> I find myself in agreement with this statement, which I believe applies to
> much more than just bibliographic data from Wikidata: it's about virtually
> any kind of data and contents reused across projects governed by different
> policies and expectations. I think what's happening is that an experimental
> template – primarily meant to showcase how data reuse from Wikidata
> *might *work – is perceived as a norm for how references *will* or
> *should* work in the future.
>
> If you're involved in the WikiCite initiative, and are considering
> participating in the deletion discussion, I encourage you to keep a
> constructive tone and understand the perspective of people who are
> concerned about the use and misuse of this template.
>
> As one of the WikiCite organizers, I see the success of the initiative as
> coming from rich, highly curated data that other projects will want to
> reuse, and from technical and usability advances for all contributors, not
> from giving an impression that the goal is to use Wikidata to subvert how
> other Wikimedia communities do their job. I'll post a note explaining my
> perspective.
>
> Dario
>
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