There has been at least one attempt to release such data: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/19/what-are-readers-looking-for-wikipedia-search-data-now-available/
Maybe someone managed to grab those logs before they took them offline. Similar but older logs are available here: http://www.wikibench.eu/ best, valerio On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Oliver, > > Do we even record search logs? It might be a good idea if we didn't. > > Pine > On Apr 3, 2015 6:16 AM, "Simon Givoli" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Oliver, >> >> >> Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. >> My dissertation will involve consented participants. Their search logs >> will be recorded while searching Wikipedia. The search logs will then be >> analyzed in order to find recurrent search patterns across participants. >> Before beginning the experiment, I want to check that I can indeed find >> patterns in search logs, using several different algorithms. The idea is to >> check these algorithms on Wikipedia search logs already available. Hence my >> request. >> >> Simon >> Message: 5 >> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:37:33 +0300 >> From: Simon Givoli <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Wikipedia search logs needed >> Message-ID: >> <CAN= >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking for a dump or db of Wikipedia users search logs. I would like >> it to be with recent data, but it doesn't have to be extensive, even a >> small sample size would be sufficient. I aim to use this db to test a new >> research tool I'm developing for my dissertation. >> >> Can anyone point me to a relevant source? >> >> Thanks' >> Simon >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/attachments/20150403/e51fd17c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 02:47:54 -0400 >> From: Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> >> To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wikipedia search logs needed >> Message-ID: >> < >> caauqgdbd2n9kug6t-vjzxtxqygrrgi88egwhqcvhrttnt5k...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Simon, >> >> We really don't release search logs at the moment, very deliberately - >> they're incredibly difficult to sanitise well. Could you be more >> precise about what you're looking to investigate/study and what you'd >> need than "a new research tool"? >> >> On 3 April 2015 at 02:37, Simon Givoli <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm looking for a dump or db of Wikipedia users search logs. I would >> like it >> > to be with recent data, but it doesn't have to be extensive, even a >> small >> > sample size would be sufficient. I aim to use this db to test a new >> research >> > tool I'm developing for my dissertation. >> > >> > Can anyone point me to a relevant source? >> > >> > Thanks' >> > Simon >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wiki-research-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Oliver Keyes >> Research Analyst >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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