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Has something like a "Wikidata" site under the Wikimedia umbrella been considered? It could be a central, cross-language repository of data like that which this WikiProject intends to deal with. Then all that is needed is some way of transcluding the data; from there, writing templates in native names to format the data should be relatively simple. -- Cybercobra (talk) 21:35, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
To prevent us from having a bunch of discussions in one thread, allow me to break it out. Should we decide on a naming scheme? What all categories of "metadata" can we think of? We probably need to determine this before we start a mass creation of metadata templates.↔ NMajdan• talk 00:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
{{Meta-Population-USCities}}
or should it be broken down by state/province/etc, like {{Meta-Population-AlabamaCities}}
?—
NMajdan•
talk
18:59, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
{{EWZ|IS|0000}}
returns the population of
Reykjavík in the notation 117.721 (Here's an example:
[1] where this template is used). It isn't difficult to write a template which instead returns the notation 117,721. --
Septembermorgen (
talk)
13:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
{{PopNum|BEL|BE}}
returns {{formatnum:{{Data Population BEL|BE }} }}. What do you think of renaming the project "WikiProject Data-templates" or "WikiProject Data"? --
Septembermorgen (
talk)
21:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
I think "metadata" is not the best way to describe the data the wikiproject is trying to organize; it seems weird to call the population of a country metadata rather than just data. I think "WikiProject Tabular Data" or "WikiProject Statistical Data" might be a better name (or even WikiProject Data?). Thoughts? -- Cybercobra (talk) 22:23, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Data don't differ between languages, therefore it might be very easy to transfer them from one Wiki to another (so update of data would be easy managable and less time consuming, than updating the templates in each Wiki by its own). However it would be necessary to allocate data to the same key (in each Wiki) and to have the same template layout. -- Septembermorgen ( talk) 14:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone!
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Has something like a "Wikidata" site under the Wikimedia umbrella been considered? It could be a central, cross-language repository of data like that which this WikiProject intends to deal with. Then all that is needed is some way of transcluding the data; from there, writing templates in native names to format the data should be relatively simple. -- Cybercobra (talk) 21:35, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
To prevent us from having a bunch of discussions in one thread, allow me to break it out. Should we decide on a naming scheme? What all categories of "metadata" can we think of? We probably need to determine this before we start a mass creation of metadata templates.↔ NMajdan• talk 00:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
{{Meta-Population-USCities}}
or should it be broken down by state/province/etc, like {{Meta-Population-AlabamaCities}}
?—
NMajdan•
talk
18:59, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
{{EWZ|IS|0000}}
returns the population of
Reykjavík in the notation 117.721 (Here's an example:
[1] where this template is used). It isn't difficult to write a template which instead returns the notation 117,721. --
Septembermorgen (
talk)
13:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
{{PopNum|BEL|BE}}
returns {{formatnum:{{Data Population BEL|BE }} }}. What do you think of renaming the project "WikiProject Data-templates" or "WikiProject Data"? --
Septembermorgen (
talk)
21:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
I think "metadata" is not the best way to describe the data the wikiproject is trying to organize; it seems weird to call the population of a country metadata rather than just data. I think "WikiProject Tabular Data" or "WikiProject Statistical Data" might be a better name (or even WikiProject Data?). Thoughts? -- Cybercobra (talk) 22:23, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Data don't differ between languages, therefore it might be very easy to transfer them from one Wiki to another (so update of data would be easy managable and less time consuming, than updating the templates in each Wiki by its own). However it would be necessary to allocate data to the same key (in each Wiki) and to have the same template layout. -- Septembermorgen ( talk) 14:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello everyone!
You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to Wikipedia:WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.