Wikimetrics

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Wikimetrics deals with measurement of Wikis. That includes specifying metrics and monitoring the frequency and consistency of their measurement, and their usefulness to users and researchers.

Contents 1 Metrics 1.1 Qualitative (Priorities, etc.) 1.2 Quantitative (Statistics, etc.) 2 References

[edit] Metrics

[edit] Qualitative (Priorities, etc.)

Priorities worth determining and measuring, via regular surveys, click-throughs, etc:

• What editors/contributors are interested in
• What non-contributor readers are interested in

[edit] Quantitative (Statistics, etc.)

• Hits (by page/subject, user, time)
• Edits (by page/subject, user, time, type, size)
  • New pages (by number, subject, user, time, title, type, size)

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[edit] References

• Statistics
• Wikimetrics Research Blog
• Voss, Jakob (2005): Measuring Wikipedia. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics[1]