Hi everyone,
Summary: We have released two COVID-19 related data-sets. If you just need
the information about the datasets, please read the section titled "Data
release details" below. The rest of this email provides background as well
as thanks and credits information.
==Background==
On March 26, 2020, only a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of
Wikimedia volunteer researchers and editors as well as a subset of the
Wikimedia Foundation staff interested in the community, data and research
aspect of our work came together to brainstorm COVID-19 related data and
research. One of the themes that emerged from that conversation was that
the Wikimedia Foundation considers releasing more granular COVID-19 related
data.
==Data release details==
Today we’re happy to share with you that we have publicly released two
Wikipedia readership COVID-19 related data-sets. The first dataset is
COVID-19 article page views by country, the second dataset is one hop
navigation where one of the two pages are COVID-19 related. You can find
both data-sets at
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/COVID-19_Pandemic_Wikipedia_Readershi…
==Thanks and credits==
This release would not have been possible without contributions from the
following people: Joseph Allemandou (Data Engineering), Marcel Ruiz Forns
(Data Engineering), Fabian Kaelin (Research), Isaac Johnson (Research),
Nuria Ruiz (Data Engineering), Leila Zia (Research). We also want to thank
those who participated in the original brainstorming meeting and offered us
their expertise and time [1].
[1] In alphabetical order:
Dan Andreescu, Data Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation
Asaf Bartov, Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities,
Wikimedia Foundation
Carlos Castillo, Distinguished Research Professor, UPF (User:ChaTo)
Ciro Cattuto, Professor, University of Torino & Research co-Director, ISI
Foundation
Meeyoung Cha, Associate Professor, KAIST
Djellel Difallah, NYU Abu Dhabi (then: Research Scientist, Wikimedia
Foundation)
Martin Gerlach, Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
James Heilman (Doc James), English Wikipedia medical editor
Benjamin Mako Hill, Assistant Professor, University of Washington,
(User:Benjamin Mako Hill)
David Lazer, Professor, Northeastern University
J. Nathan Matias, Assistant Professor, Cornell Communication
Jason Moore, English Wikipedia, WikiProject COVID-19, (User:Another
Believer)
Jonathan Morgan, Senior Design Researcher at CrowdStrike (then: Senior
Design Researcher, Wikimedia Foundation)
Margeigh Novotny, Sr. Dir Product Design & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
Sam Patton, Sr. Online Fundraising Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Miriam Redi, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
Diego Sáez-Trumper, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
Jodi Schneider, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, UIUC,
(User:Jodi.a.schneider)
Joseph Seddon, Senior Community Relations Specialist, (User:Seddon)
Markus Strohmaier, Professor, RWTH Aachen University and Sci. Coordinator,
GESIS
Bob West, Assistant Professor, EPFL
Leila Zia, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
Best,
Leila
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Leila Zia
Head of Research
Wikimedia Foundation