Yes, but for the purpose of creating a creating a game that may not be an
issue. Michael asked how to get a list of recognisable topics to build a
game with, not how to list all 3.7 million article names in order of
recognisability.
WereSpielChequers
On 30 September 2011 11:11, Scott MacDonald <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com>wrote;wrote:
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To: Michael Katz; English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] finding the "most recognizable" page names
I'd suggest using metrics of page views per article, and if you want a
specifically US product screen out articles that don't use American
English
spelling. Better still would be to get page views from the USA, or at
least
page views ignoring the 6 hours when the US is most likely to be asleep.
WereSpielChequers
Removing non-US spellings would also distort. You would dismiss "Tony
Blair", while keeping "Tony Boselli" and also remove articles like
"Scotland" "Queen Elizabeth II" and "George III of the United
Kingdom" -
all
of which might conceivably have some recognition in the US.
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