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2021:Unconference/Wikivoyage meeting

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Link: Remo virtual building 6 (Floor 1)

Session Overview

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Title
Wikivoyage Meeting
Day & Time
Tuesday 15:30 UTC
Attendees (optional, self-reported)
Attendance
~15

Discussion, Q&A

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  • Wikivoyage is one of the heaviest user of Wikidata.
  • One cool script that is syncing with Wikidata is https://de.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:ListingEditor.js
  • Paulo / Darwin: "Wikivoyage in Portuguese is ATM very much a failed project, mainly due to technical reasons :( and there doesn't seem to be any way out of that. It's a mess of broken templates and bad translations"
  • Wikivoyage: You want travellers to know if you need to transfer to a bus from a train to get to the destination (What is the route number? How many stops?)


Improvement:

  • Accessibility listing (blank line in between bullet points)
  • Maps
    • Propose an on-demand plug-in that converts maps and illustrations into tactile