User talk:Dexxor

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Nomen ad hoc (talk) 18:06, 12 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Hi Dexxor, Thanks for keeping at it at wikidata talk:living people. I just wanted to explain something that may not be obvious: I am one of those untouchable users who many around wikimedia projects shun. Some go as far as looking for reasons to block me. Since I have already been blocked on 3 wmf-wikis I must be supercareful not to make any mistakes outside my home-wiki for fear of being globally locked. I hope I am making sense and thanks again. Ottawahitech (talk) 17:14, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Games once listed on your main user page: Mindustry (Q57206016)[edit]

Mindustry (Q57206016) is a nice free and open-source software (Q506883) game! Recently I've fallen in love with Endless Sky (Q89181739)(also free and open-source software (Q506883)) cause I get the feel of freedom like this game Grand Theft Auto V (Q17452), or more specifically like Sid Meier's Pirates! (Q1272466) given the feeling of sailing on the "high seas" of space. Although instead of wreaking havoc on the streets of Los Santos I'm wreaking havoc in a galaxy, you can even capture planets! My recent interest is capturing ships, creating large fleets. I'm very new to the game but I read its based on Escape Velocity (Q1366809). On the topic of checksums, if you download the game that I've added a checksum (P4092) to and you get the same checksums as me, there's a certain probability (Q9492) that you'll get the same game as me(with the same version, if we got the same exact file), not a corrupted bunch of data or possibly a compromised version as cybercrime (Q29137) is not uncommon on the dangerous high seas of the internet, which could be anywhere by today's standards. Though if the "bad guys" won then both you and me have the compromised copy, then we might have captured a virus that we can study at Wikiversity (Q370). Again in regards to "the bad guys winning": Today I might be installing a game and tomorrow I might have to pay some cryptocurrency (Q13479982) to some "internet folks" in order to get my computer data back and cursing myself for not doing the practice of keeping backup (Q194274)-s. Hope you are well and hope this 'get to know each other' post also answers your question you had on my talk page regarding checksums. Oh wait, an extra thing: when developers provide neither PGP signature (Q105866519) data nor checksum data, end users have no way of verifying whether the file they got is the "right one" or a compromised(either by data corruption or by an active attack by an internet user on infrastructure that helps a user download a file from somewhere) one. They'll have absolutely no way of knowing and in that regard maybe religion is not that bad, they can pray to god(if they believe in that) to save them from "dangerous people online". Just don't use broken algorithms like MD5 (Q185235) and you'll be just fine! Maskingself (talk) 00:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maskingself: I know that you can use checksums to verify the integrity of downloaded files. But when I download software from my Linux distribution's repository, the package manager automatically checks whether the checksums match. I would never use Wikidata for that.

Back when I was new to Wikidata, I tried to come up with as many statements as possible I could add to Celeste and Hollow Knight. I now realized that Wikidata is a database and that its web interface is targeted at editors not readers, which means having many Wikidata items with only the basic standard properties is more useful than having few large items.

Thanks for telling me about Endless Sky, though! Dexxor (talk) 14:01, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Putting (checksum (P4092)) for Wikidata:Requests for comment?[edit]

Like Wikidata:Requests for comment/Frequency of YouTube follower count data can be up for comment what about putting up the checksum (P4092) case up for comment?

What checksum algorithms are to be used when doing checksums? This is to prevent this situation "everybody use their favorite checksum algorithm: EVERYBODY GO!"?
How often should the checksum property be used?
On what should the checksum property be used?
On what should the checksum property definitely not be used?

You know Wikidata:Requests for comment? Maskingself (talk) 13:25, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maskingself: You should start by discussing this on Wikidata talk:WikiProject Informatics/Software or Wikidata talk:WikiProject Video games. Quoting WD:RFC: You are more than welcome to open a new RFC process to get opinions over a topic, but that should be done after a long discussion via the other channels. Dexxor (talk) 14:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And your involvement? Maskingself (talk) 15:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What is your motivation for working on Wikidata?[edit]

Mine is linked open data (Q18692990), among other reasons. Your motivation for working on Wikidata? Maskingself (talk) 20:30, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maskingself: Thanks to Wikidata we can store data centrally so that each language edition of Wikipedia does not need to maintain its own copy of the data. This is especially useful for frequently-changing data such as software versions. In addition to that, Wikidata is used by search engines and other bots so it's important that someone makes sure the data is accurate. Dexxor (talk) 20:53, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Misplaced properties[edit]

Hello, I found model item (P5869) as well as applicable 'stated in' value (P9073) on web interface software (P10627), neither of which are supposed to be used for main values on a property. What information do you want to convey with them? We are reviewing model items to streamline their use. A model item statement is meant to be placed on a class item and point at one of its instances (or to instances of human (Q5) having said class as an occupation (P106)), but properties are neither classes nor occupations. --SM5POR (talk) 23:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SM5POR: Thanks for reaching out. I used model item (P5869) to mean: "look at this item for some examples on how to use this property". It should probably be replaced with Wikidata property example (P1855). The applicable 'stated in' value (P9073) statement was pretty meaningless; I removed it. Dexxor (talk) 05:38, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see; thanks for letting me know. I haven't used or depended on Wikidata property example (P1855) myself for anything, but it seems like a better choice than model item (P5869) in this case. Also, we are not in a hurry, as we just got started finding out how model item (P5869) is used today, so you can take the time you need to make the desired edits.

I could mention that I find the current structure of software-related items a bit non-systematic, and I'll probably bring this issue up in the Wikidata:WikiProject Informatics group. Therefore I don't want to give any recommendations for how to use model item (P5869) with respect to software items right now. --SM5POR (talk) 07:28, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Software company[edit]

Hi Dexxor,

I've noticed that you are active on free software projects and programmers. I'm quite sure that there once has been an item for Centricular Ltd. (employer of Tim-Philipp Müller (Q119844789) e.g.) but I see now practical way to find it in the deletion log.

Do you have any idea? Thanks in advance.-- Tadarrius Bean (talk) 11:56, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tadarrius Bean: You could look at Wikidata items that might be connected to Centricular and search through their history for deleted statements that point to the deleted item. Other than that, I have no idea. You could also just create a new item for Centricular (it will be notable per the structural need criterion). Dexxor (talk) 13:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]