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An Open Ranking of Wikipedia Pages

Posted by Soulskill on from the citation-needed dept.

vigna writes: The Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Università degli studi di Milano did it again: after creating the first open ranking of the World Wide Web they have put together the first entirely open ranking of Wikipedia, using Wikidata to categorize pages. The ranking is based on classic and easily explainable centrality measures or page views, and it is entirely open — all data (Wikipedia and Wikidata dumps) and all software used is publicly available. Just in case you wonder, the most important food is chocolate, the most important band are the Beatles and the most important idea is atheism.

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  1. Re:John was right by amicusNYCL · · Score: 4, Informative

    No they aren't. Among men only, only Obama, Napoleon, G.W. Bush, FDR, Reagan, Shakespeare, Hitler, Washington, Churchill, Lincoln, Aristotle, Columbus, Clinton, Theodore Roosevelt, and Einstein are more popular than Jesus. Bob Dylan (21) would be the most popular musician, beating out both Michael Jackson (27) and Elvis (29). None of the Beatles are individually in the top 100 for men.

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  2. Re:John was right by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, but the Beatles, much like Devastator or Voltron, are far greater and more powerful when combined than the sum of their individual parts.

  3. Re: hmmm... by monkeyzoo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I learned a new word...
    an apatheist is someone who considers the question of the existence of gods as neither meaningful nor relevant to their life.