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== How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site == | == How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site == | ||
The wikiFactor is a measure of the 'popularity' of a wiki-site. It is based on the Hirsch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index h-index] which is commonly used to measure the impact a scientist has had in the literature. The wikiFactor complements the number of pages and total number of visits information. | The '''wikiFactor''' is a measure of the 'popularity' of a wiki-site. It is based on the Hirsch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index h-index] which is commonly used to measure the impact a scientist has had in the literature. The wikiFactor complements the number of pages and total number of visits information. | ||
More details can be found in the preprint [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 "wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site"]. | More details can be found in the preprint [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 "wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site"]. | ||
The wikiFactor is simply the number of pages in the wiki (''wF'') that have had more than 1000 times ''wF'' visits. | |||
The wikiFactor is | |||
==== Example ==== | ==== Example ==== | ||
A wikiFactor of, say, 12 means that page number 12 in the ranking of pages visited has received 12,000 or more visits, whereas | |||
page 13 has not yet reached 13,000 visits. | |||
Here is a worked example (here for [[Special:Popularpages | WikiIndex]]): | Here is a worked example (here for [[Special:Popularpages | WikiIndex]]): | ||
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#[[:Category:Twiki|Twiki]]: | #[[:Category:Twiki|Twiki]]: | ||
#[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]]: | #[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]]: | ||
#[[:Category:Wikispaces|Wikispaces]]: | #[[:Category:Wikispaces|Wikispaces]]: go to the ''stats/page?orderBy=total&orderDir=desc'' page | ||
#wikia: go to ''Special:Mostvisitedpages'' | |||
[[Category:Templates]] | [[Category:Templates]] | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||