Hi Jérôme, Have you looked at python-mwreverts <https://github.com/mediawiki-utilities/python-mwreverts>? This library has been used by many researchers who are studying reverted edits, and it may be useful for your work as well.
All the best, --Nathan On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 11:15 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Sending this again from my current address. Left Gmail a long time ago -- > not sure the redirect still works... My apologies if this is hitting your > inbox twice! > > > > _ _ _ _ > > > > Dear Wikimedia research community, > > > > I'd have a question for the data savvy people on this list :) > > > > My goal is simple: for a sample of English Wikipedia editors, I'm trying > to identify their edits which were reverted. I can see two possible way of > doing this: > > > > 1. Identify the reverts using the SHA1 values. (A revert happens when the > edit exactly restores the page to its previous state.) > > > > 2. Identify the reverts using the "undo" button. > > > > As I see it, solution 2 is less "precise" (you'll miss some reverts, e.g., > those performed manually). However, it would also be less computationally > intensive, and I don't see that it would introduce any bias (results can be > compared across editors in a statistical model). > > > > However, I do not see the information about whether a revision was > reverted using the “undo” button in the enwiki database: > https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Database_layout/diagram&action=render > > > > I find this surprising. Am I missing something? (And if so, how do you > personally feel about strategy 1 vs. strategy 2?) > > > > Thank you so much for any insight you might be willing to provide! :D > > > > Sincerely, > > Jérôme > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences : Cornell University : Citizens and Technology Lab <https://citizensandtech.org> : social.coop/@natematias : blog <https://natematias.com/external-posts/> : daylight time photos <https://social.coop/@natematias/109423664679446879> _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
