• Extracting data from Wikipedia using curl, grep, cut and other bash commands http://loige.co/extracting-data-from-wikipedia-using-curl-grep-cut-and-other-bash-commands/ 4 comments 15/8/2016 programming , unix
• Wikipedia as the data source: taming the irregular, pt.1 https://zverok.github.io/blog/2021-11-30-irregular1.html 5 comments 30/11/2021 compsci , python

• We need a Wikipedia for data http://bret.appspot.com/entry/we-need-a-wikipedia-for-data 87 comments 9/4/2008 reddit.com
• Copying Wikipedia Data from Table into Dictionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens#Visa_requirements 3 comments 22/2/2021 learnprogramming
• Extracting data from Wikipedia using curl, grep, cut and other bash commands http://loige.co/extracting-data-from-wikipedia-using-curl-grep-cut-and-other-bash-commands/ 4 comments 15/8/2016 bash
• Mystery Aristotle peaks in noisy Wikipedia data http://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/50482 15 comments 27/8/2013 programming
• As of today there will be no data charge for accessing Wikipedia online from a smartphone in Asia! https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/wikipedia_zero 62 comments 27/5/2012 technology
• Data Scraping Wikipedia with Google Spreadsheets http://ouseful.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/data-scraping-wikipedia-with-google-spreadsheets/ 7 comments 15/10/2008 programming
• Entire history on a zoomable timeline. Data can be added by anybody (just like on Wikipedia). https://timeline.oldera.org/timeline/ 3 comments 6/7/2022 internetisbeautiful
• Wikipedia as the data source: taming the irregular, pt.1 https://zverok.github.io/blog/2021-11-30-irregular1.html 3 comments 30/11/2021 programming
• Apple might soon have to pay up for the Wikipedia data it uses - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/16/apple-might-soon-have-to-pay-up-for-the-wikipedia-data-it-uses/ 53 comments 16/3/2021 apple
• Wikipedia Zero, Which Provided Over 800 Million Users in 72 Countries With Access to Wikipedia at No Data Cost, is Being Discontinued https://medium.com/@refsrc/wikipedia-zero-which-provided-over-800-million-users-in-72-countries-with-access-to-wikipedia-at-ff3014a122e6 255 comments 18/2/2018 worldnews
• Wikipedia Zero, Which Provided Over 800 Million Users in 72 Countries With Access to Wikipedia at No Data Cost, is Being Discontinued https://medium.com/@refsrc/wikipedia-zero-which-provided-over-800-million-users-in-72-countries-with-access-to-wikipedia-at-ff3014a122e6 12 comments 18/2/2018 technology
• Microsoft's maps lost a city because it used bad Wikipedia data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/23/microsoft_lost_a_city_because_it_used_bad_wikipedia_data/ 13 comments 23/8/2016 nottheonion
• Wikipedia Zero arrives in India, dropping mobile data charges for 60m Aircel subscribers http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/07/25/wikipedia-zero-arrives-in-india-dropping-mobile-data-charges-for-60m-aircel-subscribers/ 12 comments 26/7/2013 india
• Economic Survey sources data from Wikipedia, other private entities https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/economic-survey-sources-data-from-wikipedia-other-private-entities-6244930/?2336433 7 comments 31/1/2020 india
• Lithuanian side sign Angolan player based on false Wikipedia data https://en.as.com/en/2018/02/03/football/1517644494_972095.html 5 comments 3/2/2018 soccer
• MWC 2017: Wikipedia goes data-free in Iraq - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39101877 3 comments 28/2/2017 technology
• Microsoft's maps lost Melbourne because it used bad Wikipedia data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/23/microsoft_lost_a_city_because_it_used_bad_wikipedia_data/ 2 comments 28/8/2016 microsoft
• Banning data encryption is “moronic”: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales http://factor-tech.com/connected-world/20089-banning-data-encryption-is-moronic-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales/ 234 comments 7/10/2015 technology
• Data mining Wikipedia (it would make more sense if you read from the beginning (bottom of page)) http://wikiminer.blogspot.com/ 9 comments 1/9/2008 programming
• Economic Survey cites Wikipedia as source of data. WhatsApp next, asks Internet https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/economic-survey-cites-wikipedia-as-source-of-data-whatsapp-next-asks-internet-1642281-2020-02-01 2 comments 12/2/2020 nottheonion
• Orange to waive data charges for users in Middle East and Africa to access Wikipedia on mobile devices http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/24/orange-wikipedia-mobile-devices-free 8 comments 24/1/2012 worldnews
• Heritage Foundation plans to use facial recognition and login data scraped from previous data leaks to doxx Wikipedia editors they don't like, hiding behind the guise of "fighting anti-semetism" to undermine Wikipedia's credibility as a whole. https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/ 56 comments 8/1/2025 privacy
• Analysis of the Successful and Bankrupt Digital Currency Exchanges Based on Open Data: models on prediction of the successful and bankrupt digital currency exchanges were proposed based on financial data and measures collected from Wikipedia and Wikidata. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-66761-9_19 2 comments 5/9/2024 science
• Just a website I have created, it allows you to check if you would make any money investing in stocks based on alternative data such as Google Trends, Reddit Sentiment, Github commits to crypto projects, Wikipedia views, and many more. https://app.inegy.io/ 13 comments 9/11/2022 internetisbeautiful
• Wikipedia founder's Facebook rival passes 200,000 users | "WikiTribune wants to be different. We will never sell your data. Our platform survives on the generosity of individual donors to ensure privacy is protected" https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikitribune-wikipedia-facebook-wt-social-media-a9209066.html 7 comments 21/11/2019 privacy
• Wikipedia founder's Facebook rival passes 200,000 users | "WikiTribune wants to be different. We will never sell your data. Our platform survives on the generosity of individual donors to ensure privacy is protected" https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikitribune-wikipedia-facebook-wt-social-media-a9209066.html 53 comments 21/11/2019 technology
• Wikipedia founder calls for social media strike - People are being urged to stop using social media for up to 48 hours later this week in an effort to pressure the networks into restoring control of personal data to users. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48825410 175 comments 1/7/2019 technology
• [quora] Why does Wikipedia use MySQL as a data store rather than a NoSQL database since it scales and will be economic? http://qr.ae/tut9p6 165 comments 22/5/2018 programming
• Popularity of the terms "Data Science", "Data Mining", and "Machine Learning" over time measured by the number of daily views of their Wikipedia articles https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?amp%3Bagent=user&amp%3Bend=2016-12-29&amp%3Bpages=Machine_learning%7CData_mining%7CData_science&amp%3Bplatform=all-access&amp%3Bstart=2015-07-01&project=en.wikipedia.org 4 comments 30/12/2016 datascience
• After Australian ISP offers free data day to make up for widespread outage, customers use 2686 terabytes of data. This includes a single user downloading nearly a terabyte of data in 24 hours, including all of wikipedia, 24 seasons of the simpsons, 14 seasons of mythbusters, and backing it up. https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/31269708/telstra-free-data-day-downloads-sydney-man-makes-nearly-one-terabyte-of-downloads/ 656 comments 7/4/2016 worldnews
• Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Brands PM Cameron’s Planned Data Encryption Ban ‘Moronic’ | Services that encrypt their data, such as WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned under new govt surveillance laws that would theoretically enable the govt to spy on any private communications at any time https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-brands-121431396.html 30 comments 13/10/2015 technology
• Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Brands PM Cameron’s Planned Data Encryption Ban ‘Moronic’ | Services that encrypt their data, such as WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned under new govt surveillance laws that would theoretically enable the govt to spy on any private communications at any time https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-brands-121431396.html 3 comments 13/10/2015 worldnews
• Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Brands PM Cameron’s Planned Data Encryption Ban ‘Moronic’ | Services that encrypt their data, such as WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned under new govt surveillance laws that would theoretically enable the govt to spy on any private communications at any time https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-brands-121431396.html 18 comments 13/10/2015 europe
• Ever thought about data mining Wikipedia? I created a tool for parsing Wikipedia article database into convenient XML and plain text (free) https://dizzylogic.com/wikiparser 17 comments 3/1/2015 programming
• Historical figures ranked by Internet traffic: "We have developed computational methods to measure historical significance through analysis of Wikipedia and other data sources." http://www.whoisbigger.com/ 11 comments 17/12/2013 history
• Government Aims to Build a 'Data Eye in the Sky':"The automated data collection system is to focus on patterns of communication, consumption and movement of populations. It will use publicly accessible data, including Web search queries, blog entries...traffic webcams...changes in Wikipedia entries" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/science/11predict.html?pagewanted=all 4 comments 10/10/2011 politics
• Not sure if there are any statistics gurus out there who can make heads or tails from this but I compiled all the worldwide data from Wikipedia for Murder rates, tax rates and per capita GDP just to see what would happen. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvzN3lHhIhWUdERkdlpfWE1JcVRoMUdpSlpTRjZiTkE&hl=en_US#gid=0 5 comments 30/8/2011 reddit.com
• This site is like Wikipedia, but for DATA. They just launched today. This is not spam, I'm just happy this shit exists finally. http://www.factual.com/ 42 comments 13/10/2009 reddit.com