[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: The value of Wikipedia for the economy

[Lodewijk]

Thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't reply yet, because I didn't have had
time to read through it properly (hopefully next week)


2013/4/11 Plyd <wiki.vincent at amplyd.com>

> Hi,
> It looks like nobody received this email, so I try again!
> Vincent
>
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> From: Plyd <wiki.vincent at amplyd.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: The value of Wikipedia for the economy
> To: Plyd <wiki.vincent at amplyd.com>
> Cc: "lodewijk at effeietsanders.org" <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>, "
> wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>,
> Sébastien Beyou <seb35wikipedia at gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
> Le mardi 9 avril 2013, Plyd a écrit :
>
> Hello,
> > Thanks Seb35 for pointing me this email.
> >
> > I did a study last year about the value of Wikipedia, as a thesis for my
> > diploma in HEC Paris. Here is the link below. It is written in french
> and I
> > used French Wikipedia as an example, but the methods used are the same
> for
> > all languages.
> >
> > I was looking for indicators on "how to value the job of wikipedians" so
> > my prefered indicator was the increase of pageviews. For a glam giving
> its
> > material, saying how many views it generated is the best convincing
> > argument imho.
> >
> > But I searched for a lots of different valuations, with each their own
> > limits. As an example :
> > - advertisement value : more or less the market value if a private
> company
> > would like to make an offer to the foundation, best evaluation is with a
> > simple ratio of pageviews * average page view value.
> > $8 per 1000 pageviews => $1 600 000 000 per year for all wikipedia
> > with discounted cash flow method (with the internet growth prediction), I
> > get a $8 800 000 000 value. (2% of Apple Market Capitalisation)
> >   limitation : the value of wikipedia relays in its contributors and if
> it
> > was sold, no more contributors would keep writing (and a fork would be
> done)
> >   limitation : the pageview value given by the foundation includes
> bots...
> >
> > - "how much would it cost to write Wikipedia" ? I used the indicator of
> > freelance journalist paid at the "word" and I multiplied by the monthly
> > size increase of Wikipedia.
> >   limitation : of course the choice of journalist is discutable, it's not
> > the same job, but it is close enough to be compared.
> > I used 57,74€ for 1500 signs (a value found in france), which gave me €32
> > 000 000 per month value for french wikipedia, so with a €3000 monthly
> cost,
> > it gives 900 employees for french wikipedia.
> >
> > - I also calculated with a "time spent" indicator, calculated with
> > wikiscan.org (15 minutes max per contribution), which gaves me a more or
> > less same result : 900 full-time contributors on fr.wikipedia.org
> >
> > Thesis:
> >
> http://www.amplyd.com/these/Valorisation%20du%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volat%20sur%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20-%20FEB2012%20-%20Vincent%20Juhel.pdf
> >
> > Slides for a Wikimedia France presentation:
> >
> http://www.amplyd.com/these/Valorisation%20du%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volat%20sur%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20-%20AGWMFR%2027MAI2012.pdf
> >
> > Don't hesitate to ask questions !
> >
> > Plyd
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Seb35 <seb35wikipedia at gmail.com>
> > Date: 2013/4/8
> > Subject: Valeur de Wikipédia
> > To: Plyd <wiki.vincent at amplyd.com>
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Si tu veux parler de ton étude de la valeur de Wikipédia, il en est
> > question sur wikimedia-l (pas lu, juste vu le titre), ça intéressera
> > sûrement Lodewijk.
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/**pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-**
> > April/125050.html<
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-April/125050.html>
> >
> > Seb
> >
> >
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