don't hesitate if you have any question, I don't have it for english wikipedia, but it is easy to do!
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't reply yet, because I didn't have had > time to read through it properly (hopefully next week) > > > 2013/4/11 Plyd <[email protected]> > >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
