> > The only way is to help with the ongoing (and complex) differential >> privacy work <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307245> >> > > I have systems background but probably this could be outside my skills. > How could I help? >
Hm, it's some tricky programming work, I'm not 100% sure of the latest status or opportunities to get involved, but I'm cc-ing Hal Triedman to see if he has thoughts. (Hal see archive <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/analytics@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IKL3WOQ2UY7IMMCUTV7EYGT6PFVFLVCA/> ) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Page_view#Resulting_format >>> >> >> If you are indeed interested in pageviews, the definition you linked to >> talks about the data internally available. >> > > Oh! > > >> Can I ask you to elaborate a bit more on why you need per-country data? >> > > Well, First I've been looking for the most useful tools and sources > available (and found very interesting many of them[1]). Second, in this > precise case we are running a pilot project in which has been published > some academic project results as Wikivoyage itineraries (3 in EN and 3 in > ES). These are the articles we are interested in tracking now. > > About the rationale, one of the bigger drivers nowadays is the well known > link between heritage, tourism and sustainability (example: the Sustainable > Development Goals), so there is a trend to better analyze this context to > study and plan. Usually touristic destinations have very well defined > countries of origin. The best you know the origin, the best you can plan. > Also there should be another positive impact in Wikimedia: new incentives > for institutions to create or translate articles to the relevant languages. > Always restrited to the heritage domain. Here in Spain tourism is one of > the main economic sectors and anything providing intelligence would help > for better planning and conservation. > > Also, we have identified a new potential activity area about doing > intelligence analysis of trends in heritage (interest of the public, > changes in institutional focuses, new relevant practices, etc), not only > about the Spanish one but worldwide. This is also an scientific institution > and would find it very useful to collect the most precise traces available > (with absolute respect to the users privacy) to look for signals they could > use to refocus/prioritize their institutional goals. > > So, this is it. > > [1] https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/lists/277 > This is indeed a very interesting use case and a chance for this data to be very helpful. Unfortunately to my naive eyes, this granularity of data also carries a big privacy cost. The only way to get to it would be a research collaboration, but there are *lots* of requests for those and not enough researchers to help facilitate. I'm honestly not sure there's an easy way around this... but I'll keep thinking about it and I know it'll be useful for Hal to see this kind of request and add it to his back burner. Thanks for detailing!
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