http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/27/harvesting-knowledge-for-wikipedia/ Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/27/harvesting-knowledge-for-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Daniel Tunkelang Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:18:14 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=920#comment-1046 Well, the spamming value is predicated on how the logs are used. It's the privacy concerns that surely hold back the Wikimedia Foundation from sharing this data. I am certain that the logs could be scrubbed in such a way that they'd provide useful information without disclosing any personally identifiable data. But I can see how the Wikimedia Foundation would be concerned about starting down a slippery slope. Well, the spamming value is predicated on how the logs are used. It’s the privacy concerns that surely hold back the Wikimedia Foundation from sharing this data. I am certain that the logs could be scrubbed in such a way that they’d provide useful information without disclosing any personally identifiable data. But I can see how the Wikimedia Foundation would be concerned about starting down a slippery slope.

]]> http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/27/harvesting-knowledge-for-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Brian Davson Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:08:46 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=920#comment-997 I've had similar discussions with colleagues. But we are interested in all queries, and similarly I'd love to see the web server logs for wikipedia (which I don't seem to find anywhere). Both provide some broad measures of the interests of (some fraction of) the websurfing public, which can be enlightening and empowering. Yes, I understand the potential for abuse (both for privacy and for spam), but I'd rather see them released in some form. I’ve had similar discussions with colleagues. But we are interested in all queries, and similarly I’d love to see the web server logs for wikipedia (which I don’t seem to find anywhere). Both provide some broad measures of the interests of (some fraction of) the websurfing public, which can be enlightening and empowering. Yes, I understand the potential for abuse (both for privacy and for spam), but I’d rather see them released in some form.

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