Hi, It looks like nobody received this email, so I try again! Vincent ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Plyd <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:12 PM Subject: Re: The value of Wikipedia for the economy To: Plyd <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, Sébastien Beyou <[email protected]>
Le mardi 9 avril 2013, Plyd a écrit : Hello, > Thanks Seb35 for pointing me this email. > > I did a study last year about the value of Wikipedia, as a thesis for my > diploma in HEC Paris. Here is the link below. It is written in french and I > used French Wikipedia as an example, but the methods used are the same for > all languages. > > I was looking for indicators on "how to value the job of wikipedians" so > my prefered indicator was the increase of pageviews. For a glam giving its > material, saying how many views it generated is the best convincing > argument imho. > > But I searched for a lots of different valuations, with each their own > limits. As an example : > - advertisement value : more or less the market value if a private company > would like to make an offer to the foundation, best evaluation is with a > simple ratio of pageviews * average page view value. > $8 per 1000 pageviews => $1 600 000 000 per year for all wikipedia > with discounted cash flow method (with the internet growth prediction), I > get a $8 800 000 000 value. (2% of Apple Market Capitalisation) > limitation : the value of wikipedia relays in its contributors and if it > was sold, no more contributors would keep writing (and a fork would be done) > limitation : the pageview value given by the foundation includes bots... > > - "how much would it cost to write Wikipedia" ? I used the indicator of > freelance journalist paid at the "word" and I multiplied by the monthly > size increase of Wikipedia. > limitation : of course the choice of journalist is discutable, it's not > the same job, but it is close enough to be compared. > I used 57,74€ for 1500 signs (a value found in france), which gave me €32 > 000 000 per month value for french wikipedia, so with a €3000 monthly cost, > it gives 900 employees for french wikipedia. > > - I also calculated with a "time spent" indicator, calculated with > wikiscan.org (15 minutes max per contribution), which gaves me a more or > less same result : 900 full-time contributors on fr.wikipedia.org > > Thesis: > http://www.amplyd.com/these/Valorisation%20du%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volat%20sur%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20-%20FEB2012%20-%20Vincent%20Juhel.pdf > > Slides for a Wikimedia France presentation: > http://www.amplyd.com/these/Valorisation%20du%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volat%20sur%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20-%20AGWMFR%2027MAI2012.pdf > > Don't hesitate to ask questions ! > > Plyd > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Seb35 <[email protected]> > Date: 2013/4/8 > Subject: Valeur de Wikipédia > To: Plyd <[email protected]> > > > Hello, > > Si tu veux parler de ton étude de la valeur de Wikipédia, il en est > question sur wikimedia-l (pas lu, juste vu le titre), ça intéressera > sûrement Lodewijk. > http://lists.wikimedia.org/**pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-** > April/125050.html<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-April/125050.html> > > Seb > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
