techPresident - A Closer Look at Candidate Wikipedia Entries - Comments http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries Comments for "A Closer Look at Candidate Wikipedia Entries" en Thanks http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries#comment-151 <p>Thank you - I am also interested in finding about more about the editors, as it is clear they are playing an important role in constructing the candidate's digital identity. </p> <p>In the grand scheme of things, it is frankly amazing how much power these Wikipedia editors have.</p> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:32:45 -0500 Fred Stutzman comment 151 at http://www.techpresident.com Really interesting data http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries#comment-148 <p>It probably isn't possible but it'd be really interesting to know which of these pages is being maintained/monitored by supporters vs. campaign staff.</p> <p>I imagine once the field narrows a bit on both sides these entries will see more activity.</p> <p>Really interesting data, thanks for putting it together!</p> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:56:52 -0500 Raven Brooks comment 148 at http://www.techpresident.com A Closer Look at Candidate Wikipedia Entries http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries <p>Following up on my <a href="http://techpresident.com/node/95">previous post on Wikipedia's influence in candidate search results</a>, I thought I'd take a look at each candidate Wikipedia entry. What follows is a graph that explores how frequently the candidate's entry has been edited since 1/1/2007(1), how many times it has been reverted, claimed to be vandalized, and who is the entry's most frequent editor. Some interesting findings follow.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <strong>Candidate</strong> </td> <td> <strong>Edits Since 1/1</strong> (1) </td> <td> <strong>Reverts</strong> (2) </td> <td> <strong>Vandal</strong> (3) </td> <td> <strong>Top Editor</strong> (4) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td> <td> 1397 </td> <td> 191 </td> <td> 20 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HailFire">HailFire</a> (167) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></strong> </td> <td> 534 </td> <td> 63 </td> <td> 10 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wasted_Time_R">Wasted_Time_R</a> (91) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td> <td> 282 </td> <td> 13 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andyvphil">Andyvphil</a> (28) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards">John Edwards</a></strong> </td> <td> 248 </td> <td> 38 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jersyko">Jersyko</a> (18) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson">Bill Richardson</a> </td> <td> 204 </td> <td> 15 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Diluvial">Diluvial</a> (12) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> </td> <td> 188 </td> <td> 12 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amonk">Amonk</a> (20) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dodd">Christopher Dodd</a> </td> <td> 167 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Haus42">Haus42</a> (45) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> </td> <td> 119 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DavidYork71">DavidYork71</a> (35) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Dem. Averages </td> <td> 392.4 </td> <td> 42.3 </td> <td> 5.9 </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a> </td> <td> 583 </td> <td> 46 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wasted_Time_R">Wasted_Time_R</a> (125) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain">John McCain</a> </td> <td> 482 </td> <td> 62 </td> <td> 15 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:204.193.6.90">204.193.6.90</a> (17) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney">Mitt Romney</a> </td> <td> 413 </td> <td> 39 </td> <td> 14 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Yellowdesk">Yellowdesk</a> (37) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brownback">Sam Brownback</a> </td> <td> 363 </td> <td> 27 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Getaway">Getaway</a> (106) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul">Ron Paul</a> </td> <td> 215 </td> <td> 17 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SlamDiego">SlamDiego</a> (15) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a> </td> <td> 182 </td> <td> 18 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:A.J.A.">A.J.A.</a> (26) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tancredo">Tom Tancredo</a> </td> <td> 152 </td> <td> 12 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SirAndrew1">SirAndrew1</a> (36) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter">Duncan Hunter</a> </td> <td> 84 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Victoria2007">Victoria2007</a> (10) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Thompson">Tommy Thompson</a> </td> <td> 38 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ultimatecoolguy">Ultimatecoolguy</a> (7) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Rep. Averages </td> <td> 279.1 </td> <td> 25.2 </td> <td> 5.1 </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/119/a_closer_look_at_candidate_wikipedia_entries#comment Wikipedia Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:30:38 -0500 Fred Stutzman 119 at http://www.techpresident.com