#623 closed defect (wontfix)
Zotero not reading COinS metadata in Wikipedia
| Reported by: | kkraus | Owned by: | simon |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ingester | Version: | 1.5 |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
Zotero doesn't seem to be detecting all the COinS metadata available to it on Wikipedia pages. For example, the Wikipedia article for Roy Rosenzweig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rosenzweig) contains references in WP citation style that were exported from Zotero. Zotero, however, can't in turn read these embedded citations (no Zotero icons appear in the browser location bar). In other words, Zotero can't automatically import the WP citations it originally exported.
It does, however, recognize COinS metadata on other Wikipedia pages, such as the Wikipedia citation page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CITET).
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by stakats
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by stakats
Omegatron has resolved the problem. Wikipedia COinS tags now parsing correctly.
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by omegatron
For the record, the COinS tags are generated by Wikipedia's Citation templates, which are editable by any of Wikipedia's hundreds of administrators. If a journal article's citation was malformed, for instance, you could leave a note on the Cite:Journal template's discussion page by clicking the "+" tab at the top of the page (you don't need to be logged in or anything).
But I've got a Trac login now, so don't hesitate to copy me on bugs like this in the future.
In the opposite direction, would it be possible for me to have the ability to enter new tickets when I see bugs in the Wikipedia export feature? Our referencing system really sucks, and the more Zotero can automate things and interact smoothly with it, the better.
Wikipedia's COinS tags are currently malformed. I have sent Omegatron an email documenting the problem.