Wikidata:Requests for comment/How to define a data structure for Wikidata?

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

This RFC has generated no comment, and the proposer also did not receive a response to a similar query/suggestion on Project Chat (February archive). Clearly the community has had little response to the suggestion, which may have been viewed as outside the scope of Wikidata, and/or not technically feasible using Wikidata software and resources at this time. The proposer is encouraged to spend more time on Wikidata to develop a sense of the project's current priorities and what the software can actually achieve, as well as its inclusion criteria. Espeso (talk) 01:52, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm trying to launch a project under for v:Documenting crony capitalism. As described there, I hope to crowdsource the creation of articles identifying specific individuals and groups receiving favors from government with data on things like money spent year by year on lobbying, campaign contributions and advertising. (In the United States, the primary broadcast media are commercial enterprises obtaining virtually 100% of their revenue from advertising. This gives them a conflict of interest when it comes to discussing any questionable activities of a major advertiser.)

  1. What would you suggest I do to define this project in a way that these data items can be aggregated in a variety of ways? It looks to me like Wikidata could be part of the solution to this problem. However, I'm not sure.
  2. If Wikidata is appropriate for this, what do I need to do to (a) identify the appropriate data elements within Wikiversity so they can be compiled within Wikidata and (b) actually initiate the compilation process?
  3. Secondarily, is there some other table facility used within the Mediawiki software other than the standard described by w:Help:Table?

Thanks,DavidMCEddy (talk) 05:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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