Have you tried to use Api Sandbox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox
You can, by example, query the admins actions by setting up a query on "list=logevents" and then specify various parameters. It's an easy and powerful tool. *--* *Haitham* On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Jérémie Roquet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > 2013/10/10 Jérôme Hergueux <[email protected]>: > > Here is the question: for a each of 120 Wikipedia admins (for whom I have > > the usernames and unique numeric ids), I would like to reliably count the > > number of times they (i) deleted a page (ii) undeleted (i.e. restored) a > > page (iii) protected a page (iv) blocked a user and (v) unblocked a user. > > Those types of edits all correspond to a specific "action" in the > Wikipedia > > API documentation page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php): > action=delete, > > action=undelete, action=protect, action=block and action=unblock. > > I don't know, however, what would be the best strategy to go about > > collecting those edits. Does anyone have an idea about which data > collection > > strategy I should adopt in this case? Is there a way to query the > Wikipedia > > API directly, or should I look for some specific markers in the edit > > summaries? > > Not exactly what you're looking for, but have you had a look at > https://toolserver.org/~vvv/adminstats.php ? > > Best regards, > > -- > Jérémie > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >
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