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Some day, some way, in some far away place, Knowledge (XXG) will finally acknowledge the debt it owes to the countless tool creators it takes for granted. But it won't be today, so until then I offer this in thanks for all you have done, and hope that, in some glorious, fluffy future time, you will
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I'd like to thank you for going to great lengths to secure funding for tutorials for the general public, carefully guiding the grant process, being willing to extend help non-stop to those who request it (particularly myself in my recent statistic request), and your recent work as a new
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from 2017), and I want to say thank you to everyone who has worked on these reports this year. It's amazing you guys do this all year round and then so particularly well at the end of the year to boot. The annual report is a particular example of proper teamwork.
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I realize that the vast majority of messages you get must be complaints about STiki; so here' something to let you know your mighty contributions to this project are much appreciated, no matter how much criticism you may see on a daily basis. Regards,
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Hey Andrew! A Big Congratulations on your recent successful adminship! I knew you will be an admin someday and now, here it is and you're an admin now. Congrats again Andrew! ;)
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on the most popular Knowledge (XXG) articles, which gathered a staggering 5877 views on the day it was published, please accept this token of my gratitude.
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while working on the topic of wiki and open collaboration security, writing over a dozen academic papers relevant to Knowledge (XXG)'s operations (see his
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Untitled – Using graph-based learning, metadata, and NLP towards category suggestions for articles (and possible HotCat integration?)
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administrator. Congratulations, and thank you, again! I hope that the dissertation is going well!
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A data collector/analyst for wiki projects (primarily en.wp); producing reports on:
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The vast quantity of barnstars which I have been awarded are in the context of my
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Of particular interest to Knowledge (XXG), Dr. West has developed several tools:
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Now, all participation is done on a purely volunteer/unaffiliated basis.
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statistics - Cross-language analysis of medical page view statistics (w/
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One-off statistical reports I don't want to beautify often end up on my
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there. However, I have also been individually recognized:
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inactive) -- informing article/redirect/disambig creation
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Keep up the good work. I am a Knowledge (XXG) tester.
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Several other projects are ongoing or in development:
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Andrew G. West
Verisign
Washington D.C.
University of Pennsylvania
C.V.
website
STiki
WikiAudit
WP:MED
User:Doc James
our paper in JMIR
raw data
Turnitin Collaboration
Popular articles
WP:TOP25
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Popular medical articles
2014-MED
Popular redlinks
Pastebin profile
Signpost article
corresponding WMF pilot project
want funding?

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