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The documentation doesn't quite match the ambition of the project which may complicate the onboarding of new contributions Some suggestions for immediate quest

The documentation doesn't quite match the ambition of the project which may complicate the onboarding of new contributions Some suggestions for immediate questions that people might want to see on a landing page: * How does the function collection relate to existing function libraries in various programming languages * What are the target domain and range of the function set, i.e., what is the overall scope of the project. Even if its open ended it needs some meaningful and self-explanaory scheme to categorize and group them * What are some gee-wow uses. Why should one be involved. How can this be used outside wikipedia etc

mormegil 3y ago
Yes, I think a pointer to somewhere like https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia or around (possibly under https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abstract_Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abstract_Wikipedia) should be here. Also I'd say one of the more important pages here is actually https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:What_Wikifunctions_is_not https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:What_Wikifu...
- starkparker 3y ago
  Also, from the well-buried FAQ:[1] > In the future: > * It will be possible to call Wikifunctions functions from other Wikimedia projects, and integrate their results in the output of the page. > * It will be possible to use data from Wikidata in functions. > * It will be possible to call data sets from Commons Data namespace. Everything right now is just transparency about the project's immaturity and publicly alpha-testing actual use cases.[2][3][4] 1: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:FAQ/en https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:FAQ/en 2: All open tickets on Wikilambda, the stack behind Wikifunctions: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?project=PHID-PROJ-iswqgn24zcpq6fxwlobo&statuses=open()&group=none&order=newest#R https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?project=PHID-PR... 3: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/abstract-wikipedia@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IEFSAI3L4P3C5VZVORKAXNLPE3A4PAEI/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/abstract-wikiped... — "We encountered a number of issues while deploying, and it was fascinating to fix these live while the community was watching. There are still a number of high-priority bugs, and we need to fix those before we get to the next step. The current plan is to open the wiki for editing on Tuesday, August 1st 2023, and we’ll update you if that changes." 4: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2022-08-05 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2...
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starkparker 3y ago
There are no reasons for public users to contribute; editing is locked to trusted, hand-selected users given temporary permissions.[1] The lack of documentation and purpose are arguably intentional because they're targeting internal uses. A large-scale, alpha-quality solution still looking for any non-Wikimedia Foundation problem to solve, made public mostly because Wikimedia prefers to be and enjoys being messy in public. 1: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Apply_for_editing https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Apply_for_e...

mormegil 3y ago

Yes, I think a pointer to somewhere like https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia or around (possibly under https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abstract_Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abstract_Wikipedia) should be here. Also I'd say one of the more important pages here is actually https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:What_Wikifunctions_is_not https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:What_Wikifu...

starkparker 3y ago
Also, from the well-buried FAQ:[1] > In the future: > * It will be possible to call Wikifunctions functions from other Wikimedia projects, and integrate their results in the output of the page. > * It will be possible to use data from Wikidata in functions. > * It will be possible to call data sets from Commons Data namespace. Everything right now is just transparency about the project's immaturity and publicly alpha-testing actual use cases.[2][3][4] 1: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:FAQ/en https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:FAQ/en 2: All open tickets on Wikilambda, the stack behind Wikifunctions: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?project=PHID-PROJ-iswqgn24zcpq6fxwlobo&statuses=open()&group=none&order=newest#R https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?project=PHID-PR... 3: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/abstract-wikipedia@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IEFSAI3L4P3C5VZVORKAXNLPE3A4PAEI/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/abstract-wikiped... — "We encountered a number of issues while deploying, and it was fascinating to fix these live while the community was watching. There are still a number of high-priority bugs, and we need to fix those before we get to the next step. The current plan is to open the wiki for editing on Tuesday, August 1st 2023, and we’ll update you if that changes." 4: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2022-08-05 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2...

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starkparker 3y ago

There are no reasons for public users to contribute; editing is locked to trusted, hand-selected users given temporary permissions.[1] The lack of documentation and purpose are arguably intentional because they're targeting internal uses. A large-scale, alpha-quality solution still looking for any non-Wikimedia Foundation problem to solve, made public mostly because Wikimedia prefers to be and enjoys being messy in public. 1: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Apply_for_editing https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Apply_for_e...