Right... it's actually hard to infer anything from "traffic," as Sunir
was hinting.
Semantics aside, Alexa's "reach" chart (which I guess is supposed to
be the number of people out of a million random Internet users who
visit the site) is revealing a downward trend across a lot of major
sites in the past two weeks, which I think is an amusing bit of
information if it has anything to do with a major sporting event. :-)
andrea
On 6/20/06, Mathias Schindler <neubau(a)presroi.de> wrote:
>
> ----- original Nachricht --------
>
> Betreff: [Wiki-research-l] traffic suddenly down on Wikipedia?
> Gesendet: Tue, 20. Jun 2006
> Von: "Andrea Forte" <andrea.forte(a)gmail.com>
>
> > Does anyone know of an explanation for the sudden drop in traffic on
> > Wikipedia these past couple weeks? I just happened to notice because
> > I'm writing a paper and needed the lastest alexa ranking.
> >
> > See:
> > http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=&size=large&compare
> > _sites=&y=r&url=www.wikipedia.com
> >
>
> Alexa's data is made from undisclosed sources and they seem to update their algorithm and weighting factors seamingless in their graphs.
>
> Leon Weber has released the traffic stats on the Wikimedia Toolserver:
>
> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~leon/stats/trafstats/trafficstats-yearly.png
> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~leon/stats/reqstats/reqstats-yearly.png
>
> Mathias
>
> By the way: The alexa figure you were referring to has nothing to do with "traffic" per se.
>
Hello all,
appended, please find the WikiSym 2006 CfP.
Please note the focus and support of Wikipedia and WMF projects.
We'd appreciate if you are interested that you
register for the Wiki Symposium before the early
registration deadline has passed (June 19). This
will save you cost and help us with final planning significantly.
Turns out, you can register but don't have to pay
right away. So even if you are waiting for travel
permission from your boss, you can already
register and pay later (or cancel with no hassles).
Dirk
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
WIKISYM 2006: THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIKIS
August 21-23, 2006, Odense, Denmark
CO-LOCATED WITH ACM HYPERTEXT 2006
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
Archival - Peer Reviewed - ACM Sponsored
GENERAL INFORMATION
This year's Wiki Symposium brings together wiki
researchers and practitioners in the historic and
beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, on August
21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss,
and move forward the latest advances in wiki
contents, sociology, and technology. The
symposium program offers invited talks by Angela
Beesley ("How and Why Wikipedia Works"), Doug
Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim ("The Augmented
Wiki"), Mark Bernstein ("Intimate Information")
and Ward Cunningham ("Design Principles of
Wikis"). The research paper track presents and
discusses breaking wiki research, the panels let
you listen to and contribute to topics like
"Wikis in Education" and "The Future of Wikis",
and the workshops let you get active and
contribute to on-going research and practitioner
work with your peers. (Many workshops accept
walk-ins, so it is not too late!) What's more,
for the first time, we will have an on-going
openspace track (to replace BOFs) so you can get
active and involved in an organized fashion on
any wiki topic you like. We believe this is how
to get the most out of your experience at WikiSym 2006!
And, of course, if you can't wait, please join
our conversation on wiki research and practice on
the symposium wiki at http://ws2006.wikisym.org
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html
Keynotes and invited talks:
* Angela Beesley: How and Why Wikipedia Works
* Doug Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim: The Augmented Wiki
* Mark Bernstein: Intimate Information
* Ward Cunningham: Design Principles of Wiki
Panels on:
* Wikis in Education
* The Future of Wikis
Research papers and practitioner reports on:
* wiki technology
* wiki sociology and philosophy
* wiki uses, for example, in software, education, and politics
and many more, see http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html#Papers
Workshops on:
* wikis in education
* wikipedia research
* wiki markup standards
* wikis and the semantic web
And, of course: Demos! We have pre-set demos, but
please feel free to bring your own notebook! We
will provide space for you to demo on-the-spot in
our Monday night demo session, a favorite from WikiSym 2005.
SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS
Handled through the Hypertext 2006 website:
* Conference registration:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=76&menu=13
* Conference hotel:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=93&menu=13
* Travel information:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=91&menu=13
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany (Symposium Chair)
Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, U.S.A.
Kouichirou Eto, AIST, Japan (Publicity Co-Chair)
Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A.
Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern Switzerland (Workshop Chair)
Matthias L. Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany (Panel Chair)
Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Helmut Leitner, HLS Software, Austria (Publicity Co-Chair)
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Sebastien Paquet, Socialtext, U.S.A. (Demonstrations Chair)
Sunir Shah, University of Toronto, Canada (Publicity Co-Chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Alain Désilet, NRC, CNRC, Canada
Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany
Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Colleagues,
I'm wondering if anyone else might be interested in trying to ramp-up the
activity of the Research Network? More discussion of results, research
ideas, methodologies, log manipulation, collaborative work, script
sharing, visualization techniques, funding, etc?
I'm not sure exactly how to make this happen but thought that it might
make a good topic itself. I'm wondering who might be coming to Boston? I'd
be willing to buy the beer if we'd like to try to get together.
Kevin
Kevin J. Gamble. Ph.D.
Associate Director eXtension Initiative
North Carolina State University
Jabber/XMMP: kjgamble(a)chat.extension.org
Web: about.extension.org
Blog: it.extension.org/kevin
Hi,
one and a half month ago I started an online survey "Wikis in
Unternehmen" (Wikis in Enterprises) in German language. Until today more
than 200 people took the German survey but I was often asked to
translate it to English to open it up to an international audience.
I needed some time (my english is awfull...), but it is done now: the
English online survey "Wikis in Enterprises" can be found here:
http://wikipedistik.de/survey/
This survey is part of the study "Wikis in Enterprises" by the
Department of Personnel Economics and Human Resource Management of the
University of Cologne. I'm writing my diploma thesis about this subject.
The survey adresses enterprises of any size and also enterprises not
using a wiki. It is held short on purpose and answering it will take
only 5-10 minutes at most.
Aim of the survey "Wikis in Enterprises" is the examination of the
factors which work in favor or disfavor for the use of wikis in
enterprises. These factors can for example be the affiliation to a
business sector, the size of an enterprise, the listing or the
outsourcing of IT activities. Dependencies between these factors may
also lead to interesting conclusions.
Why should you participate?
* The survey is answered in only a few minutes.
* Only with a large group of participants a big data pool can be
generated which allows valid results and cognitions and recommendations.
* The participans get noticed about the results.
* You support "Wikimetrics"...
Thank you!
Feel free to blog it :-)
The German survey was named in two printed magazines, but most
participants came through the blogosphere.
Bye, Tim 'avatar' Bartel.
--
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Avatar
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
WIKISYM 2006: THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIKIS
August 21-23, 2006, Odense, Denmark
CO-LOCATED WITH ACM HYPERTEXT 2006
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
Archival - Peer Reviewed - ACM Sponsored
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING: June 19, 2006
GENERAL INFORMATION
This year's Wiki Symposium brings together wiki
researchers and practitioners in the historic and
beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, on August
21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss,
and move forward the latest advances in wiki
contents, sociology, and technology. The
symposium program offers invited talks by Angela
Beesley ("How and Why Wikipedia Works"), Doug
Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim ("The Augmented
Wiki"), Mark Bernstein ("Intimate Information")
and Ward Cunningham ("Design Principles of
Wikis"). The research paper track presents and
discusses breaking wiki research, the panels let
you listen to and contribute to topics like
"Wikis in Education" and "The Future of Wikis",
and the workshops let you get active and
contribute to on-going research and practitioner
work with your peers. (Many workshops accept
walk-ins, so it is not too late!) What's more,
for the first time, we will have an on-going
openspace track (to replace BOFs) so you can get
active and involved in an organized fashion on
any wiki topic you like. We believe this is how
to get the most out of your experience at WikiSym 2006!
And, of course, if you can't wait, please join
our conversation on wiki research and practice on
the symposium wiki at http://ws2006.wikisym.org
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html
Keynotes and invited talks:
* Angela Beesley: How and Why Wikipedia Works
* Doug Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim: The Augmented Wiki
* Mark Bernstein: Intimate Information
* Ward Cunningham: Design Principles of Wiki
Panels on:
* Wikis in Education
* The Future of Wikis
Research papers and practitioner reports on:
* wiki technology
* wiki sociology and philosophy
* wiki uses, for example, in software, education, and politics
and many more, see http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html#Papers
Workshops on:
* wikis in education
* wikipedia research
* wiki markup standards
* wikis and the semantic web
And, of course: Demos! We have pre-set demos, but
please feel free to bring your own notebook! We
will provide space for you to demo on-the-spot in
our Monday night demo session, a favorite from WikiSym 2005.
SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS
Handled through the Hypertext 2006 website:
* Conference registration:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=76&menu=13
* Conference hotel:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=93&menu=13
* Travel information:
http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=91&menu=13
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany (Symposium Chair)
Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, U.S.A.
Kouichirou Eto, AIST, Japan (Publicity Co-Chair)
Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A.
Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern Switzerland (Workshop Chair)
Matthias L. Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany (Panel Chair)
Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Helmut Leitner, HLS Software, Austria (Publicity Co-Chair)
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Sebastien Paquet, Socialtext, U.S.A. (Demonstrations Chair)
Sunir Shah, University of Toronto, Canada (Publicity Co-Chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Alain Désilet, NRC, CNRC, Canada
Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany
Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Hi,
In Germany the first scientific book about Wikipedia has been published:
Frost, Ingo: Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement in virtuellen
Gemeinschaften. Eine systemwissenschaftliche Analyse des
deutschsprachigen Wikipedia-Projektes. München: Herbert Utz Verlag,
2006. 152 S., € 29,00. ISBN 3-8316-0609-9
It's the diploma thesis of Ingo Frost, accesible at
http://www.cogsci.uos.de/~ifrost/
an english abstract is at
http://www-lehre.inf.uos.de/~ifrost/offiziell/engl_abstract.html
Wikimedia Germany has supported the printing.
More scientifc works of Wikipedia research can be found at
http://bibliography.wikimedia.de/
And it's getting more with Wikimania and WikiSym conferences in August.
According to his weblog Andrew Lih is writing a book about Wikipedia so
you will also get a book in English, but we were the first, afaik ;-)
Greetings,
Jakob
