Comments on: Demographics in Wikipedia http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2010/demographics-in-wikipedia/ because we can't think of anything wittier Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2010/demographics-in-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Andrew Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/?p=191#comment-91 Marvellous, thankyou! I was actually plotting out how to write a script to do this for me - doing it by hand was pretty tedious, as you can imagine - but discovering someone's done it for me is even better :-) I'll rerun the data this weekend, hopefully, and see if any new patterns emerge. Thanks again... Marvellous, thankyou!

I was actually plotting out how to write a script to do this for me – doing it by hand was pretty tedious, as you can imagine – but discovering someone’s done it for me is even better :-)

I’ll rerun the data this weekend, hopefully, and see if any new patterns emerge. Thanks again…

]]> By: Mormegil http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2010/demographics-in-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Mormegil Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:01:55 +0000 http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/?p=191#comment-90 If you are still interested in the data from other projects, you can try http://toolserver.org/~mormegil/natbirths/ It allows you to download a simple CSV file containing the numbers for more than 50 projects, including plwiki. (Go easy on the tool, large projects, or especially enwiki might take a few seconds…) If you are still interested in the data from other projects, you can try
http://toolserver.org/~mormegil/natbirths/
It allows you to download a simple CSV file containing the numbers for more than 50 projects, including plwiki. (Go easy on the tool, large projects, or especially enwiki might take a few seconds…)

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