>The thread from July[1] is interesting. >What I was hoping to look at is even simpler, more of a small task [2] >than a Large Project.
I agree, I think your query is more of a small task and does not justify a full project. Also, Leila was talking about research projects and collaborations, not projects that have to do with spinning new infrastructure. FYI that we have a task about compiling referral data, it is not scheduled to happen immediately but it is on our backlog: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112284 On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Lars Noodén <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/06/2016 08:23 PM, Leila Zia wrote: > > Hi Lars, > > > > This is Leila from WMF Research. Recently, we have been receiving a lot > of > > requests about search queries. Here is a response we've given to another > > researcher few days ago, FYI, and hopefully it will be helpful. > > > > Best, > > Leila > > Hi, Leila, > > Thanks for the background info. The thread from July[1] is interesting. > What I was hoping to look at is even simpler, more of a small task [2] > than a Large Project. But looking at the Wikimedia Foundation Annual > Plan for 2016-2017 [3] I could see that it could be made into a project > if dealt with as a more generic interface to do for search terms > (internal or external) what the Pageviews Analysis tool does for page > views that fits in two places in the plan: > > * The addition of such a utility would match "Technology" "Program 1: > Improve tools that help us understand user needs" in meeting "Objective > 1 – Improve tools for data display for the Foundation and community" In > particular it will help understanding of what is going on as far as how > visitors are discovering Wikibooks and their chapters. > > * It would also match "Product" in "Program 2: Maintain and improve > content discovery", specifically "Goal 3: Evolve content discovery and > interactive tools on Wikimedia projects". In particular it would show > how visitors are using search engines to find and use Wikibooks and > their chapters. > > I'm asking for this data for a specific Wikibook. However, expanding it > to be more generic for all Wikibooks would be fine for my needs as well. > The data I request is a subset of what is contained in two HTTP headers > and easily extractable in such a way as to completely protect the > privacy of the visitor, as only the destination chapter, the > corresponding search terms, and date are saved in the database after > being extracted from the raw stats. > > The basis for this is the idea that a great many visitors enter the > Wikibooks via search engine activity. > > Regards, > Lars > > > [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016- > July/084745.html > > [2] At least it was simple back in the late 90's when dealing with > Apache to extract and index a subset of the HTTP_REFERER header. > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ > Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final#Program_1:_Improve_tools_that_ > help_us_understand_user_needs > > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >
_______________________________________________ Analytics mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics
