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BibTeX citation key: herr.610
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Herr Bruce & Holloway Todd (2007). « An Emergent Mosaic of Wikipedian Activity ». In International Workshop and Conference on Network Science, 20-25 mai 2007.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2007-06-19 09:11:57
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Abstract
This visualization provides a macro view of activity across all of Wikipedia. This visualization was created by first computing the similarity of all pairs of Wikipedia articles using co-citation analysis. These similarities were then used to generate coordinates using the VxOrd layout algorithm. As a novel means of labeling this 'map', we divided the space into a grid. The nodes in each tile of the grid were ranked according to in-degree and the first image of the highest ranked page containing an image became the background of the tile. We then overlaid the laid-out network on top of the images (with transparency). Further, we size and color coded the network based on current editing behavior. The larger darker nodes represent articles that are being worked on furiously, while the smaller yellow nodes have much less edit activity. Edit history was pulled and parsed from dumps provided by the WikiMedia foundation.
This visualization provides a means for active Wikipedians and passive users to see activity going on in Wikipedia at a global scale. Wikipedians can see what is currently being worked on and either police them or join in. The mosaic itself serves to help everyone get a feel for what areas are covered in Wikipedia and to provide striking landmarks for quickly finding related articles.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi
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