On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk(a)eunet.rs> wrote:
Robert Stojnic wrote:
Magnus Manske wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Apoc 2400 <apoc2400(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Would it be possible to generate a log or statistics of searches on
>> Wikipedia using the "Go" button that did not immediately reach an
article?
Also, searches made using either button that did not have any results.
There are smaller Wikipedias out there, you know :)
Properly anonymized of course. I think it would be
useful for finding
missing articles and redirects to create. There would be a lot of crap of
course, but probably also very useful information on what people have
trouble finding.
We used to have that. I don't remember why it was turned off -
probably too many results.
We used to do it, and the plan was to make it public, however, there are
privacy issues apparently and no-one knows if we can or cannot publish
What would be privacy issues if only the statistics are displayed?
I guess people searching for their own name, or the like.
Suggestion :
* log search and SHA1 IP hash (anonymous!)
* search queries are logged in a standardized fashion (for grouping),
e.g. lowercase, single spaces, no leading/trailing spaces, special
chars converted to spaces, etc.
* display searches per week (?) that have been searched for at least
10 times from at least 5 different IP hashes (to avoid people
searching their own name 100 times...)
Magnus