On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Nikola Smolenski <smole...@eunet.rs> wrote: > Robert Stojnic wrote: >> Magnus Manske wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Apoc 2400 <apoc2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Would it be possible to generate a log or statistics of searches on >>>> Wikipedia using the "Go" button that did not immediately reach an article? > > Also, searches made using either button that did not have any results. > There are smaller Wikipedias out there, you know :) > >>>> Properly anonymized of course. I think it would be useful for finding >>>> missing articles and redirects to create. There would be a lot of crap of >>>> course, but probably also very useful information on what people have >>>> trouble finding. >>>> >>> We used to have that. I don't remember why it was turned off - >>> probably too many results. >> >> We used to do it, and the plan was to make it public, however, there are >> privacy issues apparently and no-one knows if we can or cannot publish > > What would be privacy issues if only the statistics are displayed?
I guess people searching for their own name, or the like. Suggestion : * log search and SHA1 IP hash (anonymous!) * search queries are logged in a standardized fashion (for grouping), e.g. lowercase, single spaces, no leading/trailing spaces, special chars converted to spaces, etc. * display searches per week (?) that have been searched for at least 10 times from at least 5 different IP hashes (to avoid people searching their own name 100 times...) Magnus _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
