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Reasonator is a better way to visualize info from Wikidata:

Data on Paul Graham:

- Freebase: http://www.freebase.com/m/017cm9

- Wikidata: https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=92650

Data on San Francisco:

- Freebase: http://www.freebase.com/m/0d6lp

- Wikidata: https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=62

Data on Python:

- Freebase: http://www.freebase.com/m/05z1_

- Wikidata: https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=28865

Data on APOE / Apolipoprotein E:

- Freebase: http://www.freebase.com/m/0byv2v

- Wikidata: https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=14890468 (APOE), https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=424728 (Apolipoprotein E)

So sad. Freebase is way ahead and more polished.

Wikidata originates from the German Wikipedia. The idea is good, but the implementation pales in comparison to Freebase (at the moment).

This is the real San Francisco Wikidata page (slow and ugly): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62

Reasonator takes ages to load and render the content.

There's a Wikidata UI Redesign in development [1] which should improve the default site's visual appeal.

That said, while the San Francisco Wikidata page may currently be uglier than its Freebase counterpart, it is not slower. webpagetest.org has the Wikidata page fully loaded at 8.8 s and the Freebase page 11.2 s [2, 3]. And while Reasonator is certainly dog slow (21.2 s to fully load! [4]), its San Francisco page is much more polished than the Freebase's.

[1] http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:UI_redesign_input

[2] http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141218_DR_9W4/

[3] http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141218_ZA_9WF/

[4] http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141218_6N_9WK/

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