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phoebe ayers:
River: Well, you say that part of the issue with the toolserver is money and time... and this person that I've been talking to is offering to throw money and time at the problem. So, what can they constructively do?
i think this is being discussed privately now...
I see a difference in the type of information a researcher might want to pull (public data, large sets of related page information, full-text mining, ??) and the types of tools that the current toolserver mainly supports (editcount tools, catscan, etc).
so, what is missing from the current toolserver that prevents researchers from working with large data sets?
I also see a difference in how the two groups might be authenticated -- there's a difference between being a trusted Wikipedian or trusted Wikimedia developer and being a trusted technically-competent researcher
i don't see why access to the toolserver would be restricted to Wikipedia editors. in fact, i'd be happier giving access to a recognised academic expert than some random guy on Wikipedia.
- river.