This is would be very interesting but usefulness will be a bit limited
because people use Google to search instead of Wikipedia. Probably we will
get a list of read links clicked by readers they don’t know there is not an
article yet.
A complementary approach could be having a list of most viewed articles in
large wikipedias from IPs of geographic areas where the small language is
spoken. This could tell us what those people is searching for when Google
sends them to large wikipedias.
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:26:17 -0700
From: Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Creating articles in small wikipedias
based on user requirement
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+1. This would be a SUPER useful tool for all Wikis.
-m.
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Recently I had a discussion with one of my fellow
Malayalam wikipedian (
http://ml.wikipedia.org) about the creation of new articles in small
wikipedias like ours. He is one the few users who is keen on creating new
articles *based on the requirement of our readers*. (Of course we have
many
people who only reads our wiki)
During discussion he raised this interesting point:
Some feature is required in the MediaWiki software that enable us to see
a
list of keywords used most frequently by the
users to search for
non-exist
articles. If we get such a list then some users
like him can concentrate
on
creating articles using that key words.
Of course, I know that this feature may not be helpful for big wikis like
English. But for small wikis (especially small non-Latin language wikis),
this will be of great help. It is almost like* creating wiki articles
based
on user requirement*.
I would like to know your opinion regarding the same.
Shiju
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