Those logs could have been cleaned up further and re-released, especially since the privacy issues had an impact only on "small percentage of queries ". Frankly, it's a pity that after the initial announcement they had to quickly retract.
Nonetheless Wikimedia could release them for research purposes, asking interested users to sign NDA or such. I would be very surprised to discover that in 2015 there are no means to properly anonymize datasets and release them to the public. best, Valerio On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Aaron Halfaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe someone managed to grab those logs before they took them offline. > > > If they did, I hope they won't share. They were taken offline due to > privacy issues. > > From the blog post: "We’ve temporarily taken down this data to make > additional improvements to the anonymization protocol related to the search > queries." > > -Aaron > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Valerio Schiavoni < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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