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'''wikiFactor''' ('''wF''') measures the impact of a [[wiki]] site, the wikiFactor, which is based on the popular [[Wikipedia:H-index]], used for research citations.  Details are given in the paper [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 "wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site"]. It is simple to calculate; first one goes to the [[Special:Popularpages]] page (for [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWikis]]), then the wikiFactor is the number of pages, wF, that has had more than 1000 wF visits.
'''wikiFactor''' ('''wF''') is the term used to describe the measurement of the impact of a [[wiki]] site.  The {{tag|wikiFactor}} is based on the popular [[:Category:Science|scientific]] '''Hirsch {{Wp|H-index|''h''-index}}''', as used for [[:Category:Research|research]] [[citation]]s.  Details are given in the paper presented by [[Carl McBride|Dr Carl McBride]]: ''[https://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site]''.<ref>[[Carl McBride|Dr Carl McBride, PhD]] (20 February 2009); '''[https://arXiv.org/pdf/0902.3439.pdf wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site.]''' (PDF); arXiv.org; ''Departamento de Química Física. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria 28040 [[:Category:Madrid|Madrid]], [[:Category:Spain|Spain]].''</ref>  It used to be very simple to calculate, as its raw data was included as a {{tag|Statistics|statistical}} output of the integral core of some of the most popular {{tag|Wiki engine|wiki engines}}.  As an example; for previous releases of the ubiquitous [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], first one would go to the <tt>Special:PopularPages</tt> page, and the wikiFactor value was determined as the number of pages – wF – that has had more than 1000&nbsp;wF visits.


For example, the wikiFactor of [[Welcome|WikiIndex]] is 12, ''i.e.'', page 12 in the list has had more than 12,000 visits, whereas page 13 has not yet reached 13,000 visits.
For example, the wikiFactor of [[WikiIndex]] (as reported by the final version of MediaWiki which included <tt>Special:PopularPages</tt>) is 20, ''i.e.'', page 20 in the list has had more than 20,000 visits, whereas page 21 has not yet reached 21,000 visits.


[[:Category:wikiFactor]] is used, and the value of wF be included in either the [[Template:Wiki|Wiki]] template or the  [[Template:Size|Size]] template. --[[User:Spud Gun | <b><FONT COLOR="#8B3A3A">Carl McBride</FONT></b>]] ([[User_talk:Spud_Gun |talk]]) 05:34, 4 March 2009 (EST)
For more detailed information, along with specific instructions for various wiki engines, see [[Template:Size#How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site|how to calculate the wikiFactor of a site]], as shown in [[template:Size]].
:I would like to see us include it in to [[Template:Wiki]] sometime.  [[MarkDilley]]
 
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*[[RationalWiki:Essay:wikiFactor|Essay: wikiFactor]] — on [[RationalWiki]]


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