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History Flow Shows How Wiki Articles Evolve

Posted by Zonk on from the shows-border-wars-between-wiki-thugs dept.

teslatug writes "IBM has released a preliminary alpha version of its History Flow Visualization Application that shows how collaboratively created documents evolve. The tool is written in Java and it's available for download along with plugins for MoinMoin and MediaWiki. They have some interesting screenshots of the Wikipedia articles on abortion, Brazil, and love."

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  1. I can now visualize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    the rapid spike in my documents before their deadline.

  2. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    The screen shots are so poor they look like some geological data.

    Can any tell if there is going to be an earthquake soon?

  3. They can see the past, but I can see the future! by RileyLewis · · Score: 0, Funny

    IBM may be able to trace the past of Wiki with their computers, but I can track it's future with my Wiji!

  4. Re:Heavy Metal Umlat by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Evil Flash! Hsssss

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  5. Troll metrics by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    One step closer to objectively identifying who the wiki trolls are :-) What color of lines do they use for trolls? Toad green?

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