Quick question: Does this have en.wp data only, or can I query (as in CSV) other wikipedias/projects? And, can I limit the data range (not really necessary, but less data to transmit)?
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Alex Druk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Burton, > > We just opened a new site www.wikipediatrends.com that show Wikipedia > page view data. Our site is very similar to existing > http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/ and http://stats.grok.se/, but > use slightly different approach to calculating and presenting data as well > as allow comparison of different articles. > > I hope it will serve your purpose. I am ready to discuss integration out > of the list. > > Alex Druk > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Burton DeWilde < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Toby, >> >> I recently saw your comment on a blog >> post<http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=173>by Magnus Manske regarding the >> lack of Wikipedia page view data besides the >> oft-overloaded http://stats.grok.se/. I was wondering if there's been >> any progress at WMF on building a more stable, central, and complete source >> for this data? >> >> I ask because I'm a data scientist at a small research non-profit called >> Harmony >> Institute <http://harmony-institute.org/>, where we study the social >> impact of media (primarily television and film). I'm currently building an >> interactive web app <http://harmony-institute.org/work/impactspace/>that >> visualizes social impact on a variety of issues by many documentary >> films. One indicator of interest is "information-seeking behavior," i.e. >> are audiences seeking out information about a film or issue. Besides Google >> search trends, an excellent proxy for this is Wikipedia page views for both >> film pages, e.g. Escape >> Fire<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_Fire:_The_Fight_to_Rescue_American_Healthcare>, >> and issue-related pages, e.g. Health care >> reform<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_reform> >> . >> >> I'm currently trying to use stats.grok.se to grab raw data in JSON form; >> unfortunately, the site almost always responds with "Server overloaded, >> please throttle your requests," and no amount of throttling seems to >> suffice. I'm aware that there are many TBs of raw data for the downloading, >> but I don't have the resources to handle that much data, nor do I need more >> than the tiniest fraction of it. >> >> I would *love* to show Wikipedia page view statistics for film pages in >> our app. If you have any updates on progress or suggestions on how I might >> do this, I would be very appreciative. >> >> Thanks very much for your and all of WMF's hard work — I'm a proud donor >> to the cause. :) >> >> Best, >> Burton DeWilde >> >> -- >> Burton DeWilde >> >> Data Scientist >> Harmony Institute >> harmony-institute.org >> blog <http://harmony-institute.org/therippleeffect/> | >> twitter<https://twitter.com/hinstitute>| >> facebook <https://www.facebook.com/harmonyinstitute> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> >> > > > -- > Thank you. > > Alex Druk > [email protected] > (775) 237-8550 Google voice > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > -- undefined
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