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Computational Methods For Historical Research On Wikipedia’S Archives, Jonathan Cohen
Computational Methods For Historical Research On Wikipedia’S Archives, Jonathan Cohen
e-Research: A Journal of Undergraduate Work
This paper presents a novel study of geographic information implicit in the English Wikipedia archive. This project demonstrates a method to extract data from the archive with data mining, map the global distribution of Wikipedia editors through geocoding in GIS, and proceed with a spatial analysis of Wikipedia use in metropolitan cities.