On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Dario Taraborelli < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Using Quarry still relies on the end user’s ability to understand how to > turn a research question into a query. Having a curated query library is a > good step in that direction, but that still requires some basic knowledge > of SQL. > > I don't think it does, actually. Can't we just create a canned Quarry query that generates a list of all accounts created in the past 24 hours in an output format that is Wikimetrics-ready, and then direct people to the persistent URL? User pastes that verbatim into their own "New query" box, and download the resulting data. Bada-bing! - J > D > > On Oct 2, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Nuria Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dario: > > There are no technical blockers to be able to generate that data. Now, > product wise it does not seem like a fit as wikimetrics' purpose is to > produce data and run metrics. All wikimetrics computations are pre-canned. > > It seems to me the use cases you passed along are better fitted by a tool > being able to freely query the db like quarry. > > Thanks, > > Nuria > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Dario Taraborelli < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Abbey asked a question during today’s research group that I wanted to >> relay to the wikimetrics devs. >> >> Would it be possible to allow people to use Wikimetrics’ project-level >> reports to *generate *cohorts, in other words, obtain lists of user_ids >> or user_names matching specific criteria, for example: >> >> • registered users on a given date or period >> • newly active editors on a given date >> • unique editors on a given date or period >> >> UX research as well as LCA would die to have such a functionality (the >> fallback is to do this via Quarry or post a request to Research & Data or >> someone in Grantmaking). >> >> Dario >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimetrics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimetrics >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimetrics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimetrics > > > > _______________________________________________ > Research-Internal mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/research-internal > > -- Jonathan T. Morgan Learning Strategist Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> [email protected]
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