what's this all about??

On Aug 31, 2017 12:45 PM, <xmldatadumps-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>    1. Collecting data on page revisions over time
>       (SEAN CHRISTOPHER BUCHANAN)
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> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:39:21 +0000
> From: SEAN CHRISTOPHER BUCHANAN <Sean.Buchanan2@umanitoba.ca>
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> Subject: [Xmldatadumps-l] Collecting data on page revisions over time
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> Hello,
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> Hello,
> My name is Sean Buchanan. I am a professor of Business Administration at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba.
> My colleagues and I are trying to collect a certain type of data from Wikipedia and would like some advice on the most efficient and user friendly way of collecting this data.
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> We are looking to collect data on the difference between revisions over the lifetime of a three Wikipedia pages (see attached screenshot)
> We haven't found a way to do that through the channels on the web page and were wondering if you have any ideas on how such data could be collected?
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> We are interested in the revision history for the following pages:
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> 1)      Capitalism
> 2)      Socialism
> 3)      Communism
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> > Thank you for your help! I look forward to hearing from you.
> > Sincerely,
> > Sean Buchanan
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