Really solid! This looks like the new go-to visualization for demonstrating the pace of changes on Wikipedia.
One feature you might consider adding to it would be the option to just see the stream from one language. Another thing that would be good, in my opinion, would be to replace the flags with something like color-coded language abbreviations: en, de, and so on. Thanks much for this. I've already added it to the Wikimedia Education Portal as a resource that teachers can use for getting students excited about Wikipedia when they are running Wikipedia assignments in class. -Sage Ross On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ed Summers <e...@pobox.com> wrote: > Wow, thanks Ward. You made my professional career :-) > > Major props to node.js, redis and socket.io. I really just put the > lego pieces together. It feels like the tools are getting better and > better some days. (he says as he tunes the TCP stack on his little > linode VPN to keep up with the traffic ...) > > //Ed > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Ward Cunningham <w...@c2.com> wrote: >> I've written this app several times using technology from text-to-speech to >> quartz-composer. I have to tip my hat to Ed for doing a better job than I >> ever did and doing it in a way that he makes look effortless. Kudos to Ed >> for sharing both the page and the software that produces it. You made my >> morning. -- Ward >> >> >> On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Ed Summers wrote: >> >>> Actually re-reading this again, I definitely can grab the number of >>> characters in the change from the IRC update ... something like this 3 >>> column display could work. >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Without changing the concept or algorithm much, I'd like to see a >>>> three column version, with the left-most column being for all edits -- >>>> with speed smoothed out over time (time delay 30 seconds, average it >>>> out); the middle one being edits changing over 100 chars that aren't >>>> immediately reverted (time-delayed 1 min?), and the left column being >>>> edits changing over 1,000 chars that aren't quickly reverted >>>> (time-delayed 2 minutes?), and aren't by bots or huggle. >>>> >>>> SJ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ed Summers <e...@pobox.com> wrote: >>>>> I've been looking to experiment with node.js lately and created a >>>>> little toy webapp that displays updates from the major language >>>>> wikipedias in real time: >>>>> >>>>> http://wikistream.inkdroid.org >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps like you, I've often tried to convey to folks in the GLAM >>>>> sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) just how much >>>>> Wikipedia is actively edited. GLAM institutions are increasingly >>>>> interested in "digital curation" and I've sometimes displayed the IRC >>>>> activity at workshops to demonstrate the sheer number of people (and >>>>> bots) that are actively engaged in improving the content there...with >>>>> the hopes of making the Wikipedia platform part of their curation >>>>> strategy. >>>>> >>>>> Anyhow, I'd be interested in any feedback you might have about wikistream. >>>>> >>>>> //Ed >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>>>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >>>> 4266 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
