Thanks, it looks like I have some reading to do. - P On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi James! Thanks for mailing out. > > On the subject of OG tags, we have a bunch of bugs around explicitly > using og tags ([1] for example) > This thread is very enlightening: [2] > > tldr: Essentially I think many of us, myself included, would like to > add 'og:image' tags but the Wikipedia community as a whole is not 100% > sure this is aligned with the mission. > > I wonder if adopting http://schema.org would be a less controversial > move and help you towards your goal. > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T32113 > [2] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/545421 > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Max Semenik <maxsem.w...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:35 AM, James Pearson <ja...@reddit.com> wrote: > > > >> While writing this, I recalled that the Wikipedia Android app displays > >> thumbnails in its search results. I think that's pulling from > OpenSearch > >> with the PageImages extension[2]? but I haven't really delved into that > >> yet. I'm curious how those images get pulled - if it's taking into > account > >> infoboxes or such, or just the first image on the page, or what. > >> > > > > It uses a scoring system that takes position on page, size and w:h ratio > > into account. > > > > > >> Would it be feasible to include an og:image tag on pages for which we > have > >> a reasonable guess as to the thumbnail? Open Graph[3] is supported by > what > >> seems anecdotally to me to be a wide range of services, so good hints > there > >> would improve thumbnails for links on not just reddit, but Facebook, > >> Twitter, various chat clients, I think several Wordpress plugins, etc. > >> > > > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T33338 > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > -- > Jon Robson > * http://jonrobson.me.uk > * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson > * @rakugojon > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
