> On sv:wp we are several hundreds of competent and active contributers. > Many of these have limited technical competence, so it will only be > about a third of these able to enter iw links in wikidata and writing a > template. This still leaves a few hundreds who easily supports the other > 2/3rds with this competence > > But when in comes understand the other parts of Wikidata and how to get > that data into articles and templates, the number dwindles leaving only > about 50 understanding this. It is still enough to discuss and give > general broader support but it is starting to become a bottleneck in > implementing broader usage of Wikidata. Then we come to the fact that > for a successful implementation you need to develop Modules written i > Lua. And here it is needed full programming comptence, and on sv:wp > there will only be 5-10 having this level of competence. And this then > becomes a subcritical mass as these persons do not have the ambition to > develop Modules for others. Also two of these competent ones are > employed by WMSE, perhaps this is typical, if you have that level of > competence you will be very busy in your paid profession as sw developer. > > We are now in a discussions in WMSE and the community if it would be > acceptable that chapter resources help in writing Lua code in Modules > for people in the community in need but lacking that competence? It is > not a volume or cost issue as it is still no major effort, but more a > principle one if if can be Ok in this way to make the Chapter not only > support the community but also in this direct way creating thing for > Wikipedia. > > Are there experince from other communities or chapters on this dilemma? > > Anders
If I can do it by myself on Wikinfo, a few people fluent in Swedish and English can do it for the Swedish Wikipedia; all you need to do is copy the Wikipedia modules and suitably translate English language into Swedish where needed. Fred _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>