Forwarding from Otavio, who I don't think is on this list (yet)... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Otavio Louvem <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] PT-WP page view spike To: Maryana Pinchuk <[email protected]> Cc: Research into Wikimedia content and communities < [email protected]>, Fabio Azevedo <[email protected]>
Maryana, April Campaign was in 2011. We didn't change sitnotice[1], mainpage[2] and despite editnotice was changed right before those view's annomaly, we didn't put any new link[3]. Regards, Otavio [1] https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&action=history [2] https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_principal&action=history [3] http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Editnotice-0&action=history 2012/8/6, Maryana Pinchuk <[email protected]>: > This was before the April > campaign,< http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_editor_engagement_projects#Portuguese_Wikipedia > > right? > Given that these were three new user help related pages, I agree with > Haitham that it was probably a brief main page link or template change > (most likely to the default welcome or warning message). I'd also check the > history of the mediawiki message inserted into the edit window on the main > page -- that could also explain it. > > Was someone running a secret experiment? :) > > M > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Haitham Shammaa > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is a sort of a frequently occurring phenomena. >> >> One recent examples from the english Wikipedia : >> http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Help:Contents/Resources_and_lists >> http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Help:Contents/Resources_and_lists >> http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Help:Contents/Communication >> http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Help:Contents/Browsing_Wikipedia >> >> If we excluded the possibility of failure during data acquisition or data >> processing, it is very hard to predict the exact reasons, specially on >> large Wikimedia projects due to the high complexity of the site >> structure, >> and the continues changes taking place on it. >> >> One of the general reasons for this could be adding a link at a highly >> accessed page (e.g. main page, welcome template, mediawiki page .. etc) >> or >> making the existing links more visible or emphasized, and then reverting >> these change after a few days. >> >> Wish this was helpful. >> >> -- >> Haitham Shammaa >> Contribution Research Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jessie Wild <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello researchers near and far - >>> >>> I was notified by some people from the Portuguese Wikipedia community >>> about an anomaly in the page view statistics between May 30-June 15 for >>> several of their help pages: >>> >>> - >>> Ajuda:Página_principal< http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Ajuda:P%C3%A1gina_principal> >>> (Help:Contents)[1] >>> - >>> Wikipédia:Página_de_testes< http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_de_testes >(Wikipedia:Sandbox)[2] >>> - >>> Wikipédia:Boas-vindas< http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Boas-vindas> >>> (Wikipedia:Welcoming >>> Committee/Welcome to Wikipedia)[3] >>> >>> There is not a matching increase in number of page views of the main >>> page[4], nor is there a similar spike in other language projects. >>> >>> They are wondering if anyone has any thoughts on why this could be, or >>> suggestions on ways they could answer some further questions. Has anyone >>> seen something like this previously? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for the help! >>> Jessie >>> >>> >>> >>> [1] http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Ajuda:P%C3%A1gina_principal >>> [2] >>> http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_de_testes >>> [3] http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Boas-vindas >>> [4] >>> http://stats.grok.se/pt/latest90/Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_principal >>> >>> -- >>> *Jessie Wild >>> Global Development, Manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation* >>> * >>> * >>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >>> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >>> Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Maryana Pinchuk > Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation > wikimediafoundation.org > -- Abs, Otavio -- Maryana Pinchuk Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
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