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Huh. Some of that I think some people hoped would be available (for free) via things like WikiData. I guess nobody should wait for that. My somewhat concern is
by jrochkind1 4y ago
Huh. Some of that I think some people hoped would be available (for free) via things like WikiData. I guess nobody should wait for that.
My somewhat concern is that the wikipedia project has kind of put a flag in the ground to say that providing free access to wikipedia is no longer part of their mission if it's automated/bulk access.
- kemayo 4y agoFor what it's worth, WikiData is something different -- it's a knowledge graph, and so is mostly a way to get a list of facts about a specific item. Which is useful, and gets used as an input into a lot of things on Wikipedia, but is unrelated to this sort of firehose-API.
- M2Ys4U 4y ago>My somewhat concern is that the wikipedia project has kind of put a flag in the ground to say that providing free access to wikipedia is no longer part of their mission if it's automated/bulk access. I think this is more about paying for an SLA and support agreement which is less tenable as an open free-for-all