Can I have a statement about how much easier it would have been with Wikidata? :)
2013/6/13 Brent Hecht <bhe...@cs.umn.edu> > Hi all, > > In my (recently finished) thesis, I looked at a lot of different > properties (e.g. topic, centrality, popularity via pageviews) of "common" > and "unique" concepts across multilingual Wikipedia. > > It's all in Chapter 3: > http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~bhecht/publications/bhecht_thesis_final.pdf. > > A lot of these questions were addressed in the pre-Wikidata era :-) > > - Brent > > Brent Hecht, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > University of Minnesota > e: bhe...@cs.umn.edu > t: @bhecht > w: http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~bhecht/ > > On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "Klein,Max" <kle...@oclc.org> wrote: > > > That's an excellent recommendation. I will attempt to research the > common properties of the least unique Wikidata items. > > > > Maximilian Klein > > Wikipedian in Residence, OCLC > > +17074787023 > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: wikidata-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Paul A. Houle > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:57 AM > > To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. > > Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] Visualisations of The Most Unique > Wikipedias According to Wikidata > > > > I think Poland may do better than average because Polish people, out > of > > national pride, have made a special effort to be well documented in > English > > Wikipedia and represent a Polish point-of-view on topics like the city of > > Gdansk. > > > > One fascinating thing about Wikidata is that it provides access to all > of > > the wonderful concepts shared in the Wikiverse, so now sites like > Ookaboo > > can collect pictures of many beautiful places that don't exist in en > > Wikipedia. > > > > On the other hand I'm also interested in the other end of the curve, > > those elite concepts which are represented widely across the Wikipedias. > > Surely this is connected with subjective importance, with some flavor > > towards "global" appeal, whatever that would turn out to mean. Any > chance > > you could run a report on those? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mathieu Stumpf > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:51 AM > > To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] Visualisations of The Most Unique Wikipedias > > According to Wikidata > > > > Le 2013-06-12 22:22, Klein,Max a écrit : > >> Hello Wikidatians, > >> > >> I made a few visualizations of the distributions of language links > >> in Wikidata Items. You can also use these stats to see which Items > >> represent wikipedia articles which are unique to a language and > >> compare the uniquenesses of all languages. Also I investigate all the > >> items with just two language links, to look at Wikipedia "pairs" > >> > >> See the full analysis: > >> > http://notconfusing.com/the-most-unique-wikipedias-according-to-wikidata/ > >> [1] > > > > Interesting! Could you also create that kind of visualisations by > > topics : how much uniqueness come from biographies of local football > > people, compared with history events or abstract concepts ? > > > > Also, in a completly unrelated topic, you may explain me in private > > what you mean with "Create a communal house to live in" which is in your > > public todo list, it sounds interesting. :P > > > > > > -- > > Association Culture-Libre > > http://www.culture-libre.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikidata-l mailing list > > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikidata-l mailing list > > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikidata-l mailing list > > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > -- Project director Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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