Wikidata:WikidataCon 2017/Notes/Main problems and challenges of Wikidata

Title: Main problems and challenges of Wikidata

Speaker(s)

Name or username: Josef Klamo

Contact (email, Twitter, etc.): jklamo@atlas.cz

Panelists: Lydia, Arthur, Sjoerd

Abstract

Wikidata are growing and expanding. So they are inevitable facing different problems and challenges. Aim of the discussion is at least to identify these problems and challenges. Main themes may be:

• scalability - both macro (database) and micro (item) level
• vandalism - as internal (incorrect data) and external problem (Wikidata credibility)
• multilinguality - fact or just a dream
• references - necessary evil or essential component

Collaborative notes of the session

Patrolling: large amout of edits, multiple languages