David_Gerard comments on Cheat codes - Less Wrong

36 Post author: sketerpot 01 December 2010 09:19PM

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Comment author: Jordan 02 December 2010 08:17:53PM 0 points [-]

Because WP is unstructured natural language, this is impossible to automate completely.

I agree. What I intended was a markup language that editors could use. Then somebody could surf Wikipedia with some plugin installed so that marked facts would be highlighted in some way. Clicking on the fact would then bring up a box showing the relevant note card (or multiple variants), and you could select to add it to your database.

I think all the commercial providers of flashcards for SM have failed. Apparently it isn't that valuable.

Links? I'm more keen on the collaborative idea personally, but I haven't totally ruled out a commercial (curated) angle. I'm pretty stingy myself, but I would definitely pay for a high quality SR deck. Maybe I'm unusual though.

Comment author: David_Gerard 02 December 2010 08:56:41PM -1 points [-]

There are various plans to finally implement some sort of Wikidata - think "infoboxes on steroids" as an absolute minimum, and then unknown possibilities we haven't even thought of yet. Erik Moller's been asking around the Wikimedia Commons and technical lists for ideas of what we actually want in terms of a specification.

Comment author: Jordan 02 December 2010 11:25:22PM 0 points [-]

That sounds like a great step in the right direction! I'd love to hear more about this as it evolves.