Yes, this is amazing, thanks for making it! It's great that it shows bot edits in a different color, as most people just tend to filter them out. This definitely will be my go-to visualization for presentations, both about Wikipedia generally and about bots.
Stuart Geiger On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Really solid! This looks like the new go-to visualization for demonstrating > the pace of changes on Wikipedia. > > One feature you might consider adding to it would be the option to > just see the stream from one language. > > Another thing that would be good, in my opinion, would be to replace > the flags with something like color-coded language abbreviations: en, > de, and so on. > > Thanks much for this. I've already added it to the Wikimedia Education > Portal as a resource that teachers can use for getting students > excited about Wikipedia when they are running Wikipedia assignments in > class. > > -Sage Ross > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow, thanks Ward. You made my professional career :-) >> >> Major props to node.js, redis and socket.io. I really just put the >> lego pieces together. It feels like the tools are getting better and >> better some days. (he says as he tunes the TCP stack on his little >> linode VPN to keep up with the traffic ...) >> >> //Ed >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Ward Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've written this app several times using technology from text-to-speech to >>> quartz-composer. I have to tip my hat to Ed for doing a better job than I >>> ever did and doing it in a way that he makes look effortless. Kudos to Ed >>> for sharing both the page and the software that produces it. You made my >>> morning. -- Ward >>> >>> >>> On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Ed Summers wrote: >>> >>>> Actually re-reading this again, I definitely can grab the number of >>>> characters in the change from the IRC update ... something like this 3 >>>> column display could work. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Without changing the concept or algorithm much, I'd like to see a >>>>> three column version, with the left-most column being for all edits -- >>>>> with speed smoothed out over time (time delay 30 seconds, average it >>>>> out); the middle one being edits changing over 100 chars that aren't >>>>> immediately reverted (time-delayed 1 min?), and the left column being >>>>> edits changing over 1,000 chars that aren't quickly reverted >>>>> (time-delayed 2 minutes?), and aren't by bots or huggle. >>>>> >>>>> SJ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I've been looking to experiment with node.js lately and created a >>>>>> little toy webapp that displays updates from the major language >>>>>> wikipedias in real time: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wikistream.inkdroid.org >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps like you, I've often tried to convey to folks in the GLAM >>>>>> sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) just how much >>>>>> Wikipedia is actively edited. GLAM institutions are increasingly >>>>>> interested in "digital curation" and I've sometimes displayed the IRC >>>>>> activity at workshops to demonstrate the sheer number of people (and >>>>>> bots) that are actively engaged in improving the content there...with >>>>>> the hopes of making the Wikipedia platform part of their curation >>>>>> strategy. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyhow, I'd be interested in any feedback you might have about >>>>>> wikistream. >>>>>> >>>>>> //Ed >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 >>>>> 529 4266 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
