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Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 32, No. 404. Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London Hosted by King's Digital Lab www.dhhumanist.org Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org [1] From: Bob KosovskySubject: New questions on Wikipedia (29) [2] From: Jim Rovira Subject: Re: [Humanist] 32.400: the question on Wikipedia (5) --[1]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2019-01-30 18:03:05+00:00 From: Bob Kosovsky Subject: New questions on Wikipedia When I saw the appearance of the previous thread, I was hoping to read subscribers' experience with using Wikipedia (or Wikidata) as a computational tool. I first became aware of Wikipedia as a tool from articles in the New York Times, specifically by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: The Geography of Fame, March 23, 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/the-geography-of-fame.html Talking Red State Blues, June 7, 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/talking-red-state-blues.html Now that the previous thread seems to be running its course, (and true to the topic of this email list), I hope subscribers can share their experiences with using Wikipedia as a datadump. For those who want to work with Wikipedia as a datadump, you might want to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | *Strengthening Our Communities * --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2019-01-30 13:58:06+00:00 From: Jim Rovira Subject: Re: [Humanist] 32.400: the question on Wikipedia Does anyone here believe that Steven Pruitt is qualified to meaningfully contribute to that many topics? Jim R _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted List posts to: humanist@dhhumanist.org List info and archives at at: http://dhhumanist.org Listmember interface at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted/ Subscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/membership_form.php
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