Delightfully, it turns out that someone had done exactly this months ago, and is now running a contest to pick the best:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/19/vote-most-exciting-research-about-wikipedia/ Thanks for the other suggestions, - Andrew. On 18 February 2013 15:10, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > A speculative question: what's the most novel, thought-provoking, or > otherwise interesting piece of research you've seen, either > > a) using information from Wikipedia (ie extracted text), or > b) looking at Wikipedia itself as a subject? > > I'm giving a talk next month which will cover research about/with WP > and other WM projects, and I'm curious to know what people think would > be most interesting as examples. I've a few, but the things I find > interesting are often unusual :-) > > Suggestions appreciated! > > Thanks, > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] -- - Andrew Gray [email protected] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
