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'''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 | '''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 wF 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. | 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. | ||