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Interface, means, and cause classes

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Daask (talkcontribs)

I removed the claim that means (Q12774177)subclass of (P279)cause (Q2574811), which I acknowledge was rather reckless and left Wikidata's class hierarchy in an undesirable state. Frankly, I didn't know what the appropriate superclass was then, and I don't know now.

Let's consider some of means (Q12774177)'s current direct subclasses:

A means, such as a search strategy, is just one way of achieving a goal. It is not the agent selecting or pursuing the goal. It may or may not be necessary for the goal to be achieved or change the outcome. With no change in the outcome or the probability of an outcome, it doesn't seem to me that we have the quality of w:en:Causality. Thus, I'm uncomfortable with the claim means (Q12774177)subclass of (P279)cause (Q2574811).

Separately, regarding the claim: interface (Q110558466)subclass of (P279)means (Q12774177). means (Q12774177) has a quality of functionality or purpose, whereas interface (Q110558466) may just be a point where two systems interact, without necessarily being part of any larger system. It may or may not be functional for either of the two systems which are interacting, thus I think it lacks this quality.

Swpb (talkcontribs)

How about means (Q12774177)subclass of (P279)converter (Q35825432)? A converter (Q35825432) is something that doesn't necessarily cause, but can cause.

And for the latter claim, how about interface (Q110558466)subclass of (P279)object (Q488383)? It may be hard to get more specific than that.

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Invitation to participate in the WQT UI requirements elicitation online workshop

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Kholoudsaa (talkcontribs)

Dear Swpb,

I hope you are doing well,  

We are a group of researchers from King’s College London working on developing WQT (Wikidata Quality Toolkit), which will support a diverse set of editors in curating and validating Wikidata content.  

We are inviting you to participate in an online workshop aimed at understanding the requirements for designing effective and easy-to-use user interfaces (UI) for three tools within WQT that can support the daily activities of Wikidata editors: recommending items to edit based on their personal preferences, finding items that need better references, and generating entity schemas automatically for better item quality.

The main activity during this workshop will be UI mockup sketching. To facilitate this, we encourage you to attend the workshop using a tablet or laptop with PowerPoint installed or any other drawing tools you prefer. This will allow for a more interactive and productive session as we delve into the UI mockup sketching activities.

Participation is completely voluntary. You should only take part if you want to and choosing not to take part will not disadvantage you in any way. However, your cooperation will be valuable for the WQT design. Please note that all data and responses collected during the workshop will be used solely for the purpose of improving the WQT and understanding editor requirements. We will analyze the results in an anonymized form, ensuring your privacy is protected. Personal information will be kept confidential and will be deleted once it has served its purpose in this research.

The online workshop, which will be held on April 5th, should take no more than 3 hours.  

If you agree to participate in this workshop, please either contact me at kholoud.alghamdi@kcl.ac.uk or use this form to register your interest https://forms.office.com/e/9mrE8rXZVg

Then, I will contact you with all the instructions for the workshop.  

For more information about my project, please read this page:  

https://king-s-knowledge-graph-lab.github.io/WikidataQualityToolkit/


If you have further questions or require more information, don't hesitate to contact me at the email address mentioned above.

Thank you for considering taking part in this project.

Regards  

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Well someone needs to improve the Japanese label and description of "subclass of", because the current ones are leading to a lot of erroneous statements about Japanese items that should use P31 instead. Swpb (talk) 13:31, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Swpb (talkcontribs)

@Afaz:Since you are a native Japanese speaker, can you please do this? The description of P279 should at least mention that all instances of the subject item must be instances of the object item, and should ideally include examples to differentiate it from P31. I have seen an especially high rate of confusion between P31 and P279 on Japan-centric items, and the current Japanese descriptions of P279 and P31 seem nearly interchangeable.

Afaz (talkcontribs)

OK. I translated the description.

Swpb (talkcontribs)

Thanks!!

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