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Request for blogs, forums and wiki data
Written by Kevin Chai   
Saturday, 05 January 2008 05:13

I would like to make an open request to anyone for access to blog, forum and/or wiki (these can be classified as social software tools) data. All data provided will be subjected to privacy policies as enforced by Curtin University so you can be assured that your data will remain confidential.

However, I can use the data to aid my research to develop a user contribution measurement model for these social software tools. For example, if I am able to obtain sufficient wiki data then I will be able to develop a better model for determining how much each wiki user has contributed to the overall wiki community. Contributing users can then be identified and acknowledged by online community in addition to possibly being rewarded by wiki owners. I am planning on developing a generic model that will be applicable to single author blogs, blogging communities, forums and wikis.

Please feel free to e-mail me if you would be willing to offer me data to help my research or if you have any queries.

 
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Brian Kernighan

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