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Problem: One of the key metrics for both internal impact, and partner reporting is the number of external links to a partner’s resource, added in a given month This works as a good proxy for number of citations to a particular database or partner resource, but doesn’t actually demonstrate the impact of the donation, or the per-editor contribution, and it is very labor intensive (all of the current tools don’t reliably do this: Hay’s External link tool (http://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/ )requires manual review of the metrics, and Linkypedia (http://linkypedia.inkdroid.org/) is overtaxed with considerable bottlenecks and reliability questions. Our goals is to create a tool that actually tracks the level of usage of external materials, especially as they are available in references, and do so while tracking, automatically, per-editor and per-url historical changes overtime. Potential implementation strategies: - provide external app that can capitalize on the Special:LinkSearch functionality, to compare historical addition of links (see for example, Hay’s external link tool: tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/index.php ), creating regular reports on select links - Extend Wikimetrics to look at the addition of external links added by a cohort and/or help discover possible members of a cohort by external link additions using string searches - Write a new tool, that digs directly out of the API, via @halfak recommendation on strategies for building such a tool - Ride on the backs of new project by WikiProject X: reference indexing Wikibase instance: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111066 Major non-TWL use cases: - GLAM-Wiki projects: both identify link usage change over time, and attaching that information to users helps identify potential new contributors to the project, and reward participation and association with the GLAM institution - Citoid development and support- historical knowledge of what needs to be supported, as most common citations, will allow for greater accuracy of citoid scrappers - Anti-Spam - currently changes in addition of links, is large dependent on semi-manual discovery of individuals and/or other mechanisms which are responsive to recent changes. With a more direct mapping of changes in links, we might be able to identify other trends.

Problem: One of the key metrics for both internal impact, and partner reporting is the number of external links to a partner’s resource, added in a given month This works as a good proxy for number of citations to a particular database or partner resource, but doesn’t actually demonstrate the impact of the donation, or the per-editor contribution, and it is very labor intensive (all of the current tools don’t reliably do this: Hay’s External link tool (http://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/ )requires manual review of the metrics, and Linkypedia (http://linkypedia.inkdroid.org/) is overtaxed with considerable bottlenecks and reliability questions. Our goals is to create a tool that actually tracks the level of usage of external materials, especially as they are available in references, and do so while tracking, automatically, per-editor and per-url historical changes overtime. Potential implementation strategies: - provide external app that can capitalize on the Special:LinkSearch functionality, to compare historical addition of links (see for example, Hay’s external link tool: tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/index.php ), creating regular reports on select links - Extend Wikimetrics to look at the addition of external links added by a cohort and/or help discover possible members of a cohort by external link additions using string searches - Write a new tool, that digs directly out of the API, via @halfak recommendation on strategies for building such a tool - Ride on the backs of new project by WikiProject X: reference indexing Wikibase instance: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111066 Major non-TWL use cases: - GLAM-Wiki projects: both identify link usage change over time, and attaching that information to users helps identify potential new contributors to the project, and reward participation and association with the GLAM institution - Citoid development and support- historical knowledge of what needs to be supported, as most common citations, will allow for greater accuracy of citoid scrappers - Anti-Spam - currently changes in addition of links, is large dependent on semi-manual discovery of individuals and/or other mechanisms which are responsive to recent changes. With a more direct mapping of changes in links, we might be able to identify other trends. * Primary mentor: //(Phabricator username)// * Co-mentor: //(Phabricator username)// * Other mentors: //(optional, Phabricator username)// * Skills: //(Phabricator tags are welcome)// * Estimated project time for a senior contributor: //(must be 2-3 weeks)// * Microtasks: //(links to Phabricator tasks that must be completed in order to become a strong candidate)//

Problem: One of the key metrics for both internal impact, and partner reporting is the number of external links to a partner’s resource, added in a given month This works as a good proxy for number of citations to a particular database or partner resource, but doesn’t actually demonstrate the impact of the donation, or the per-editor contribution, and it is very labor intensive (all of the current tools don’t reliably do this: Hay’s External link tool (http://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/ )requires manual review of the metrics, and Linkypedia (http://linkypedia.inkdroid.org/) is overtaxed with considerable bottlenecks and reliability questions. Our goals is to create a tool that actually tracks the level of usage of external materials, especially as they are available in references, and do so while tracking, automatically, per-editor and per-url historical changes overtime. Potential implementation strategies: - provide external app that can capitalize on the Special:LinkSearch functionality, to compare historical addition of links (see for example, Hay’s external link tool: tools.wmflabs.org/hay/exturl/index.php ), creating regular reports on select links - Extend Wikimetrics to look at the addition of external links added by a cohort and/or help discover possible members of a cohort by external link additions using string searches - Write a new tool, that digs directly out of the API, via @halfak recommendation on strategies for building such a tool - Ride on the backs of new project by WikiProject X: reference indexing Wikibase instance: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111066 Major non-TWL use cases: - GLAM-Wiki projects: both identify link usage change over time, and attaching that information to users helps identify potential new contributors to the project, and reward participation and association with the GLAM institution - Citoid development and support- historical knowledge of what needs to be supported, as most common citations, will allow for greater accuracy of citoid scrappers - Anti-Spam - currently changes in addition of links, is large dependent on semi-manual discovery of individuals and/or other mechanisms which are responsive to recent changes. With a more direct mapping of changes in links, we might be able to identify other trends. * Primary mentor: //(Phabricator username)// * Co-mentor: //(Phabricator username)// * Other mentors: //(optional, Phabricator username)// * Skills: //(Phabricator tags are welcome)// * Estimated project time for a senior contributor: //(must be 2-3 weeks)// * Microtasks: //(links to Phabricator tasks that must be completed in order to become a strong candidate)//