[Wikimedia-l] Interesting research?

[Andrew Gray]

Delightfully, it turns out that someone had done exactly this months
ago, and is now running a contest to pick the best:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/19/vote-most-exciting-research-about-wikipedia/

Thanks for the other suggestions,

- Andrew.

On 18 February 2013 15:10, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A speculative question: what's the most novel, thought-provoking, or
> otherwise interesting piece of research you've seen, either
>
> a) using information from Wikipedia (ie extracted text), or
> b) looking at Wikipedia itself as a subject?
>
> I'm giving a talk next month which will cover research about/with WP
> and other WM projects, and I'm curious to know what people think would
> be most interesting as examples. I've a few, but the things I find
> interesting are often unusual :-)
>
> Suggestions appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk



-- 
- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk