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====Why we care about wiki metrics====
====How will this affect you====
- **wiki developers**, will be able to assess the adoption of their product and the market share of specific versions
- **wiki researchers**, will be able to use the data made available by this service to perform large-scale studies on the evolution of wiki-based comunities
WikiTracer pulls statistics from registered wikis at regular intervals and processes this data generating analytics and comparative reports for wiki users. Before a public beta of this service is released, we need to hear from you about the WT plugin [[WTPluginDraft specifications]].
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====Why care about wiki metrics====
====How will this affect me====
- **wiki developers**, will be able to assess the adoption of their product and the popularity of specific versions
- **wiki researchers**, will be able to use data produced by this service to perform large-scale studies on the evolution of wiki-based comunities
Before a public beta of this service is released, we need to hear from you about the WT plugin [[WTPluginDraft specifications]].
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //15,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups. Since its launch, it has been [[http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=dev.nitens.org&s=siz adopted]] by a large number of group administrators from the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2007/01/track-popularity-of-flickr-groups/ ResearchBuzz]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups. Since its launch, it has been [[http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=dev.nitens.org&s=siz adopted]] by a large number of group administrators from the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2007/01/track-popularity-of-flickr-groups/ ResearchBuzz]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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>>===Growth trend charts===
Example of growth trend (in percentage) for two wikis over 4 months:
~-population (blue solid)
~-pages (purple dashed)
~-edits (yellow dotted)
""<img src="/docs/uploads/Plots/wt_combined.jpg" alt="Growth comparison charts" width="300" class="center" />""
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""<img src="/docs/uploads/Plots/wt_combined.jpg" alt="Growth comparison charts" width="300" class="center" />""
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""<img src="../uploads/Plots/wt_combined.jpg" alt="Growth comparison charts" width="300" class="center" />""
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>>===Growth trend charts===
Example of growth trend (in percentage) for two wikis over 4 months:
~-population (blue solid)
~-pages (purple dashed)
~-edits (yellow dotted)
""<img src="../uploads/Plots/wt_combined.jpg" alt="Growth comparison charts" width="300" class="center" />""
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''(bear with us, this page is still under construction!)''
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups. Since its launch, it has been [[http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=dev.nitens.org&s=siz adopted]] by a large number of group administrators from the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2007/01/track-popularity-of-flickr-groups/ ResearchBuzz]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups. Since its launch, it has been [[http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=dev.nitens.org&s=siz adopted]] by a large number of group administrators from the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups. Since its launch, it has been [[http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=dev.nitens.org&s=siz adopted]] by a large number of group administrators from the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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====About====
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====What is it====
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WikiTracer is a service aiming at providing //platform-independent analytics and comparative statistics for wikis//. By tracking the evolution in content, population and structure of wikis over time, this service aims to provide measurable indicators of the overall performance of individual wikis as well as visual representations of the growth of the wikisphere as a whole.
{{image url="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/trk.jpg" alt="screenshots" class="right" link="http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php" title="Flickr Group Trackr"}} WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
Extracting statistics from **wikis** is more complicated than Flickr groups just because different wikis run on different platforms: there is no such a thing as a global API for wikis. WikiTracer aims at providing a unified framework to track wiki evolution in a //platform-independent// way.
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WikiTracer is a service aiming at providing //platform-independent analytics and comparative statistics for wikis//. By tracking the evolution in content, population and structure of wikis over time, this service will provide measurable indicators of the overall performance of a wiki as well as visual analytics on the growth of the wikisphere as a whole.
WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trckr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
Extracting statistics from **wikis** is more complicated than Flickr groups just because different wikis run on different platforms. WikiTracer aims at providing a unified framework to track wiki evolution in a //platform-independent// way.
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====Why care about wiki metrics====
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====Why care about wiki statistics====
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WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trckr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //14,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
At [[http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/ WikiSym 2008]] we presented a first [[http://nitens.org/docs/wikidyn.pdf case study]] showing a number of empirical predictions that can be made on the evolution of wikis by analyzing their structure and growth over time. By tracking data extracted from ""MediaWiki""-based wikis, we were able to identify general patterns (such as //access control//, //administrator density// etc.) that boost or hinder the growth of a wiki. More accurate analyses are only possible if //more fine-grained metrics// are available from a //variety of wiki engines//: this is the gap WikiTracer aims to fill.
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WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trckr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //10,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
At [[http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/ WikiSym 2008]] we presented a first [[http://nitens.org/docs/wikidyn.pdf case study]] showing a number of empirical predictions that can be made on the evolution of wikis by analyzing their structure and growth over time. By tracking data extracted from ""MediaWiki""-based wikis, we were able to identify general patterns (such as //access control//, //administrator density// etc.) that boost or hinder the growth of a wiki. More accurate analyses are only possible if //more fine-grained indicators// are available from a //variety of wiki engines//: this is the gap WikiTracer aims to fill.
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''(bear with us, this page is still under construction!)''
At [[http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/ WikiSym 2008]] we presented a first [[http://nitens.org/docs/wikidyn.pdf case study]] showing a number of empirical predictions that can be made on the evolution of wikis by analyzing their structure and growth over time. By tracking data extracted from ""MediaWiki""-based wikis, we were able to identify general patterns (such as //access control//, //administrator density// etc.) that boost or hinder the growth of a wiki. More accurate analyses are only possible if //more fine-grained indicators// are available from a //variety of wiki engines//: this is the gap WikiTracer aims to fill.
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At [[http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/ WikiSym 2008]] we presented a first [[http://nitens.org/docs/wikidyn.pdf case study]] showing the rich empirical predictions that can be made on the evolution of wikis by analyzing their growth over time. By relying on data extracted from ""MediaWiki""-based wikis, we were able to identify general patterns (such as //access control//, //administrator density// etc.) that boost or hinder the growth of a wiki. More accurate analyses can only be made if //more fine-grained indicators// are available from a //variety of wiki engines//: this is the gap WikiTracer aims to fill.
''(Bear with us, this section is still under construction)''
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Extracting statistics from **wikis** is more complicated than Flickr groups just because different wikis run on different platforms. WikiTracer aims at providing a unified framework to track wiki evolution in a //platform-independent// way.
====Why care about wiki statistics====
At [[http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/ WikiSym 2008]] we presented a first [[http://nitens.org/docs/wikidyn.pdf case study]] showing the rich empirical predictions that can be made on the evolution of wikis by analyzing their growth over time. By relying on data extracted from ""MediaWiki""-based wikis, we were able to identify general patterns (such as //access control//, //administrator density// etc.) that boost or hinder the growth of a wiki. More accurate analyses can only be made if //more fine-grained indicators// are available from a //variety of wiki engines//: this is the gap WikiTracer aims to fill.
''(Bear with us, this section is still under construction)''
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''//(This section is under construction)//''
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====What is it====
====Background====
''//(This section is under construction)//''
Before a public beta of this service is released, we need to hear from you about the WT plugin [[WTPluginDraft specifications]].
4) Detailed analytics and comparative reports will be made available on the basis of the history of each wiki. WikiTracer data will be available under an open license in the form of //widgets//, //feeds//, //data dumps// as well as via a dedicated API.
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====What is it?====
====Adoption====
4) Detailed analytics and comparative reports will be made available on the basis of the history of each wiki. WikiTracer data will be available under a CC license in the form of //widgets//, //feeds//, //data dumps// as well as via a dedicated API.
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- **wiki owners**, will be able to understand more about their wiki by monitoring its growth and potential problems
- **wiki practitioners**, will be able to obtain valuable insights into the performance of a wiki and to build best practices to spread wiki adoption against quantitative analyses
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- **wiki practitioners**, will be able to obtain valuable insights into the performance of their wiki and to build best practices against quantitative analyses
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WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trckr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //10,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Flickr Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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WikiTracer builds on the successful example of **[[http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trckr.php Flickr Group Trackr]]**, a service tracking and analyzing //10,000+// public Flickr groups since Jan 2007, offering statistics on the evolution of each of these groups and largely adopted by the Flickr user community. Group Trackr has been featured by //[[http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/29/best-new-mashups-nyc-parties-and-pics/ ProgrammableWeb]]// ("best new mashup"), //[[http://gallery.yahoo.com/apps/7329/ Yahoo! Gallery]]// ("editor picks"), //[[http://lifehacker.com/software/flickr/track-your-favorite-flickr-groups-with-group-trackr-231939.php LifeHacker]]//, //[[http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/2007/03/20/flickr-stats-group-trackr/ Code & Form]]// among others.
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- **wiki practitioners**, will be able to obtain valuable insights into the performance of their wiki and to build best practices against quantitative analyses
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- **wiki practitioners**, will be able to obtain valuable insights into the performance of their wiki and to build best practices against quantitative data
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