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Tool testing report
Testing the tools for GLAM stats and metrics
Background
Many GLAM projects involve a large-scale upload of media files to Wikimedia Commons. It is thus important to be able to track the reuse of these files. As I am preparing for mass upload of files from Open Access sources, I have been taking a closer look at a subset of the tools that exist to track file usage and that were discussed and worked on at GLAMcamp Amsterdam. Examples are mostly taken from Open Access, which is covered in more detail in the Open Access report. The tool review will continue through February.
Overview
Table from Tools & Requests.
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnus Manske | BaGLAMa | tracking, pageviews, categories | A tool tracking pageviews of all articles containing images from a specific commons category. | A really great resource. Open Access (publishing). See also the dedicated section below.
Problem:
Feature requests:
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| Magnus Manske | GLAMorous | tracking, image usage, categories | A tool tracking usage of images that are in a Commons category. See British Museum example for how to use. | Good to get an overview. Open Access (publishing). Feature requests:
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| Prolineserver | GLAMorous | tracking, image usage, categories, page views | A tool tracking and summarizing the views of all the pages that are using images that are in a Commons category. See Bonnier example for how to use. This is a mashup of GLAMorous and Wikipedia article traffic statistics. | Greatly useful mashup (if it works). Examples: category mode (Images from PLoS ONE) and gallery mode (Commons:Open Access File of the Day).
Problems:
Feature requests:
Additional feature requests (as above for the original GLAMorous):
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| Magnus Manske | Widget | web resource, widget, third party | An embeddable Widget for 3rd party websites to display Wikipedia article built on the MediaWiki API. details|example| in use | Not sure yet what the intended use case are, but it looks fine in the default example and also worked reasonably well for Open Access Week. Some more examples. |
| Prolineserver | GLAMorous cats | interwiki tracking, traffic, page views, Wikipedia, QR codes | Provides a list of interwiki links for a Wikipedia category, page view statistics, and QRpedia usage, if applicable. example | Example: Open access. See also the dedicated section below. Problem: did not work for Biology (just stated the number of articles under Biology - around 365k). Feature request:
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BaGLAMa
The table below gives an overview of the BaGLAMa statistics for commons:Category:Open access (publishing) for November and December 2011, compiled on December 4, 2011, and on January 23, 2012, respectively. Files from that category had thus been in use on over 15000 pages across 140 wikis, gathering on the order of 20 million monthly page hits. While the number of pagehits on pages with OA files decreased from November to December for most wikis (mainly due to the holiday season at the end of the year), the number of pages containing files from OA sources remained equal for most wikis and rose in all others, except in Pashto, where an OA image was removed in a rewrite. Further interesting anomalies are noted in the comments.
| Wiki | Page hits | Pages | Page hits | Pages | Page hits | Pages | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | December | December-November | |||||
| afwiki | 3945 | 9 | 2871 | 10 | -1074 | 1 | |
| alswiki | 1026 | 4 | 1118 | 4 | 92 | 0 | |
| anwiki | 144 | 4 | 155 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
| arwiki | 55507 | 66 | 85350 | 68 | 29843 | 2 | |
| arzwiki | 287 | 4 | 213 | 4 | -74 | 0 | |
| astwiki | 310 | 2 | 185 | 2 | -125 | 0 | |
| avwiki | 66 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| azwiki | 1448 | 18 | 1557 | 20 | 109 | 2 | |
| bewiki | 178 | 5 | 175 | 8 | -3 | 3 | |
| bgwiki | 12456 | 21 | 261110 | 25 | 248654 | 4 | bg:Paedophryne amauensis featured on the main page, with image (which was uploaded only on January 12, 2012), when the bot ran on January 23, 2012 |
| bjnwiki | 47 | 2 | 38 | 2 | -9 | 0 | |
| bnwiki | 55 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 44 | 2 | |
| bowiki | 87 | 1 | 102 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| brwiki | 688 | 17 | 774 | 18 | 86 | 1 | |
| bswiki | 1716 | 3 | 1674 | 3 | -42 | 0 | |
| bxrwiki | 87 | 2 | 122 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |
| cawiki | 23284 | 202 | 17068 | 210 | -6216 | 8 | |
| chrwiki | 99 | 1 | 85 | 1 | -14 | 0 | |
| cowiki | 41 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| cswiki | 60988 | 90 | 52895 | 94 | -8093 | 4 | |
| cywiki | 57 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| dawiki | 5119 | 20 | 4547 | 20 | -572 | 0 | |
| dewiki | 1697521 | 356 | 1294204 | 377 | -403317 | 21 | |
| diqwiki | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 35 | 2 | First article with OA image: diq:Espıce |
| dsbwiki | 54 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| elwiki | 7572 | 12 | 6548 | 13 | -1024 | 1 | |
| emlwiki | 185 | 2 | 144 | 2 | -41 | 0 | |
| enwiki | 12911855 | 6681 | 10391972 | 9321 | -2519883 | 2640 | images added to a number of stub templates |
| eowiki | 1799 | 28 | 1973 | 28 | 174 | 0 | |
| eswiki | 2551117 | 262 | 1276518 | 277 | -1274599 | 15 | |
| etwiki | 2051 | 18 | 1838 | 20 | -213 | 2 | |
| euwiki | 1319 | 23 | 1131 | 29 | -188 | 6 | |
| fawiki | 13679 | 37 | 11767 | 38 | -1912 | 1 | |
| fiwiki | 26121 | 59 | 19964 | 66 | -6157 | 7 | |
| fjwiki | 92 | 1 | 84 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| fowiki | 70 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| frrwiki | 71 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| frwiki | 614134 | 254 | 492196 | 277 | -121938 | 23 | |
| fywiki | 336 | 7 | 326 | 7 | -10 | 0 | |
| gawiki | 113 | 2 | 132 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |
| glwiki | 2875 | 25 | 1858 | 27 | -1017 | 2 | |
| gnwiki | 75 | 1 | 56 | 1 | -19 | 0 | |
| guwiki | 310 | 4 | 281 | 4 | -29 | 0 | |
| gvwiki | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 46 | 2 | First article with OA image: gv:Arrishaght Vates |
| hakwiki | 57 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| hawiki | 100 | 1 | 104 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| hewiki | 30025 | 55 | 27081 | 55 | -2944 | 0 | |
| hifwiki | 299 | 3 | 282 | 3 | -17 | 0 | |
| hiwiki | 2811 | 14 | 2278 | 14 | -533 | 0 | |
| hrwiki | 9405 | 25 | 7721 | 27 | -1684 | 2 | |
| hsbwiki | 180 | 1 | 120 | 1 | -60 | 0 | |
| huwiki | 25703 | 76 | 20567 | 80 | -5136 | 4 | |
| hywiki | 900 | 4 | 733 | 5 | -167 | 1 | |
| iawiki | 463 | 1 | 349 | 1 | -114 | 0 | |
| idwiki | 107410 | 40 | 73996 | 42 | -33414 | 2 | |
| iowiki | 423 | 5 | 407 | 5 | -16 | 0 | |
| iswiki | 339 | 6 | 311 | 6 | -28 | 0 | |
| itwiki | 243982 | 179 | 225168 | 192 | -18814 | 13 | |
| jawiki | 370783 | 101 | 321078 | 117 | -49705 | 16 | |
| jbowiki | 514 | 2 | 537 | 2 | 23 | 0 | |
| jvwiki | 242 | 6 | 270 | 6 | 28 | 0 | |
| kawiki | 1630 | 9 | 1462 | 10 | -168 | 1 | |
| kbdwiki | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| kkwiki | 3825 | 36 | 3135 | 38 | -690 | 2 | |
| knwiki | 1092 | 12 | 907 | 12 | -185 | 0 | |
| kowiki | 14550 | 44 | 13712 | 52 | -838 | 8 | |
| krcwiki | 56 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| kuwiki | 73 | 3 | 68 | 3 | -5 | 0 | |
| kvwiki | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| ladwiki | 89 | 1 | 66 | 1 | -23 | 0 | |
| lawiki | 1291 | 22 | 1116 | 23 | -175 | 1 | |
| lbewiki | 92 | 3 | 110 | 3 | 18 | 0 | |
| lbwiki | 154 | 2 | 129 | 2 | -25 | 0 | |
| liwiki | 372 | 3 | 313 | 3 | -59 | 0 | |
| lmowiki | 120 | 2 | 118 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
| lnwiki | 12 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| ltwiki | 5095 | 21 | 4388 | 21 | -707 | 0 | |
| lvwiki | 1178 | 9 | 946 | 10 | -232 | 1 | |
| miwiki | 53 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| mkwiki | 2569 | 17 | 1743 | 18 | -826 | 1 | |
| mlwiki | 414 | 12 | 337 | 13 | -77 | 1 | |
| mnwiki | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| mrwiki | 154 | 1 | 135 | 1 | -19 | 0 | |
| mswiki | 2960 | 13 | 2332 | 13 | -628 | 0 | |
| mywiki | 105 | 2 | 114 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
| mznwiki | 64 | 1 | 63 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| nahwiki | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | First article with OA image: nah:Papalomoyotl |
| ndswiki | 90 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| newiki | 480 | 5 | 494 | 5 | 14 | 0 | |
| nlwiki | 154592 | 210 | 119281 | 229 | -35311 | 19 | |
| nnwiki | 986 | 13 | 815 | 15 | -171 | 2 | |
| nowiki | 13909 | 86 | 9617 | 88 | -4292 | 2 | |
| nvwiki | 233 | 5 | 296 | 6 | 63 | 1 | |
| ocwiki | 429 | 6 | 429 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| papwiki | 79 | 1 | 66 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |
| plwiki | 363006 | 251 | 294816 | 259 | -68190 | 8 | |
| pmswiki | 73 | 4 | 54 | 4 | -19 | 0 | |
| pnbwiki | 210 | 6 | 247 | 6 | 37 | 0 | |
| pswiki | 176 | 2 | 21 | 1 | -155 | -1 | ملاريا restarted from scratch, overwriting English dummy text containing ps:دوتنه:Malaria.jpg |
| ptwiki | 317530 | 134 | 181232 | 143 | -136298 | 9 | |
| quwiki | 423 | 6 | 391 | 6 | -32 | 0 | |
| rnwiki | 51 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| rowiki | 11659 | 16 | 10834 | 19 | -825 | 3 | |
| ruwiki | 336961 | 281 | 24984457 | 305 | 24647496 | 24 | ru:Paedophryne amauensis featured on the main page, with image (which was uploaded only on January 12, 2012), when the bot ran on January 23, 2012 |
| sahwiki | 84 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
| sawiki | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | First article with OA image: sa:Francis Crick |
| scnwiki | 171 | 3 | 170 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |
| shwiki | 2611 | 17 | 4094 | 18 | 1483 | 1 | |
| simplewiki | 13087 | 39 | 8863 | 46 | -4224 | 7 | |
| siwiki | 387 | 7 | 475 | 8 | 88 | 1 | |
| skwiki | 4978 | 33 | 4293 | 36 | -685 | 3 | |
| slwiki | 8375 | 39 | 6508 | 45 | -1867 | 6 | |
| specieswiki | 612 | 310 | 583 | 351 | -29 | 41 | Collaboration with ZooKeys and PhytoKeys |
| sqwiki | 129 | 2 | 150 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |
| srwiki | 3888 | 28 | 4602 | 29 | 714 | 1 | |
| stqwiki | 349 | 5 | 449 | 6 | 100 | 1 | |
| suwiki | 126 | 2 | 140 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| svwiki | 51043 | 64 | 43172 | 68 | -7871 | 4 | |
| swwiki | 3082 | 10 | 2120 | 12 | -962 | 2 | |
| tawiki | 3260 | 32 | 3253 | 35 | -7 | 3 | |
| testwiki | 275 | 1 | 67 | 1 | -208 | 0 | |
| tewiki | 667 | 9 | 581 | 9 | -86 | 0 | |
| thwiki | 27506 | 27 | 464461 | 33 | 436955 | 6 | th:Paedophryne amauensis featured on the main page, with image (which was uploaded only on January 12, 2012), when the bot ran on January 23, 2012 |
| tlwiki | 4674 | 6 | 2664 | 7 | -2010 | 1 | |
| tnwiki | 54 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |
| trwiki | 78429 | 45 | 93901 | 46 | 15472 | 1 | |
| ttwiki | 67 | 1 | 63 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| udmwiki | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| ugwiki | 135 | 1 | 102 | 1 | -33 | 0 | |
| ukwiki | 52483 | 69 | 52861 | 71 | 378 | 2 | |
| urwiki | 180 | 4 | 161 | 4 | -19 | 0 | |
| vecwiki | 142 | 1 | 129 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |
| viwiki | 34641 | 4084 | 29282 | 4087 | -5359 | 3 | viwiki uses large numbers of stub templates, typically imported from enwiki, many of which contain images |
| vlswiki | 67 | 1 | 87 | 2 | 20 | 1 | |
| warwiki | 63 | 2 | 58 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |
| wawiki | 13 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| yiwiki | 67 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| yowiki | 39 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 26 | 0 | |
| zeawiki | 21 | 1 | 12 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |
| zhwiki | 85907 | 131 | 76430 | 137 | -9477 | 6 | |
| total | 20407121 | 15004 | 41047381 | 17965 | 20640260 | 2961 | see Russian |
Documentation of DYKs and other temporarily featured content
There are various mechanisms by which featured content is categorized (e.g. featured images, featured articles), but what is the best way to document temporary featuring, such as the appearance on a wiki's Main Page as part of DYK or similar sections?
Access statistics
In the following, some manually gathered traffic stats are provided for those Wikipedias that featured File:Paratype of Paedophryne amauensis (LSUMZ 95004).png (originally published in PLoS ONE on January 11) on their main pages at some point during January 2012. The "dates" column gives the approximate period of the image being featured, unless the dates are linked.
Tool request: It would be good to have some tools that could construct such a table automatically for any given file or article, i.e. that would track whatever is linked from the main pages of any project, and provide stats and timelines related to that until the link or file are not on the main page any more.
| Language | Main page section | Main page views | Article views | Image views | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thai | เรื่องจากข่าว (News) | 441470 | 1038 | 749 | Jan 12-29 |
| Bulgarian | Знаете ли... (Did you know) | 374493 | 1803 | 533 | Jan 12-31 |
| German | In den Nachrichten (News) | 43115481 | 33973 | 14547 | Jan 12-14 |
| English | In the News | 141068696 | 152103 | 60666 | Jan 12-17 |
| French | Actualités et évènements (News) | 20127018 | 8726 | 2047 | Jan 12-15 |
| Chinese | 新闻动态 (News) | 5673557 | 8767 | 1009 | Jan 13-18 |
| Finnish | Uutisissa (News) | 2517924 | 2943 | 871 | Jan 14-21 |
| Norwegian | Aktuelt (News) | 1532215 | 1271 | 90 | Jan 14-23 |
| Russian | Знаете ли вы? (Did you know?) | 29567667 | 20507 | 1541 | Jan 22-24 |
Gallery
What is the best way to document instances of featured content beyond access statistics? Can we automate that in some ways?
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en:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "In the news" section of the Main page of the English Wikipedia -
th:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "In the news" section of the Main page of the Thai Wikipedia -
bg:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "Did you know" section of the Main page of the Bulgarian Wikipedia -
de:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "In the news" section of the Main page of the German Wikipedia -
en:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "In the news" section of the Main page of the English Wikipedia, now with image -
vls:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "New articles" section of the Main page of the West Flemish Wikipedia -
fr:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "News" section of the Main page of the French Wikipedia -
zh:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "News" section of the Main page of the Chinese Wikipedia -
no:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "News" section of the Main page of the Norwegian Wikipedia -
fi:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "News" section of the Main page of the Finnish Wikipedia -
ru:Paedophryne amauensis featured in the "Did you know" section of the Main page of the Russian Wikipedia -
Paedophryne amauensis featured at the homepage of PLoS ONE -
QRpedia code for Paedophryne amauensis, now available in more than 20 languages -
en:Research Works Act featured in the "Did you know" section of the Main page of the English Wikipedia
GLAMourous cats
Open access (publishing) has 505 articles (including subcategories). Here again, timelines would be a great add-on.
Total number of page hits in 201111: 248983
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