It's something that I think they'll be interested in sharing, although right now I imagine they're pretty strapped resource-wise implementing the features, but we should certainly ask if they can stay open-minded to that idea.
jay On Apr 22, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Will we learn the traffic data from Facebook? Will we be able to do the kind > of data analysis that we do on our own traffic data ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 19 April 2010 21:50, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <kwad...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I just wanted to let you know about new features Facebook is planning on >> launching later today that involve articles from Wikipedia. Facebook is >> going to begin integrating Wikipedia’s free knowledge into a new part of >> the Facebook.com site experience to help users be more connected and >> informed about the topics and activities that interest them. They're >> calling this service Facebook Community Pages, portal pages which will >> be owned and managed by the Facebook community. >> >> Wikipedia articles on Facebook will further increase the reach of free >> knowledge on the internet. Facebook has hundreds of millions of users, >> and now more than 70% of their traffic is coming from outside of the US. >> Our hope is that many Facebook users (if they are not already) will also >> be inclined to join the large community of Wikipedia contributors. >> Facebook will follow the free licenses (CC-BY-SA) and help us find more >> ways people can share knowledge. Furthermore, we will be looking at >> other ways that both parties can cooperate in the future. >> >> Initially it looks like this service will be focussed on English >> Wikipedia, but considering Facebook's multi-lingual community it seems >> likely that other languages will be brought in quickly. Because Facebook >> members build the Community Pages, they will be able to suggest or add >> more Wikipedia articles (as well as other relevant content from the >> web). They will also have a built-in feedback system in case the >> article provided is not correct or has any display problems. >> >> It's going to be a learning situation for both us and them so we'll see >> how this goes. >> >> --Kul >> >> -- >> Kul Takanao Wadhwa >> Head of Business Development >> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. >> k...@wikimedia.org >> (415) 839-6885 ext. 603 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l