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-wiki...
Thanks for the other suggestions,
- Andrew.
On 18 February 2013 15:10, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@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,
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk