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phoebe ayers:
> River: Well, you say that part of the issue with the toolserver is money and
> time... and this person that I've been talking to is offering to throw money
> and time at the problem. So, what can they constructively do?
i think this is being discussed privately now...
> I see a difference in the type of information a researcher might want to pull
> (public data, large sets of related page information, full-text mining, ??)
> and the types of tools that the current toolserver mainly supports (editcount
> tools, catscan, etc).
so, what is missing from the current toolserver that prevents researchers from
working with large data sets?
> I also see a difference in how the two groups might be authenticated --
> there's a difference between being a trusted Wikipedian or trusted Wikimedia
> developer and being a trusted technically-competent researcher
i don't see why access to the toolserver would be restricted to Wikipedia
editors. in fact, i'd be happier giving access to a recognised academic expert
than some random guy on Wikipedia.
- river.
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