@Alex: that's really awesome. Thanks for providing a stats.grok.se alternative. Really looking forward to other languages as well, and maybe throw in Commons in the mix as well?
-- Hay On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Alex Druk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Magnus, > > Only en.wp for now. We will wait and see how popular it is before adding > other projects. > You cannot limit data range in csv now, but the size of the response is > usually < 10 KB. > > By the way, many thanks for your great work! > > Regards, > Alex > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Magnus Manske > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 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, where we study the social impact of media (primarily >>>> television and film). I'm currently building an interactive web app 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, and issue-related pages, e.g. 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 | twitter | facebook >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Analytics mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics
