Dec 08, 2022 07:00:00

Site 'Wikiwho' that summarizes Wikipedia editing history made from IP addresses such as government agencies and military

Wikipedia , an Internet encyclopedia, is jointly edited by volunteers, but when an unregistered user edits, IP addresses are recorded, so sometimes edits from IP addresses belonging to government agencies or specific organizations may occur. ' Wikiwho ' is a website that summarizes the editing history of Wikipedia made by IP addresses belonging to such a specific organization.

Wikipedia Analysis Tool
http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/

In Wikipedia, when an unregistered user edits an article, the IP address is saved in the edit history. Based on this edit history, Wikiwho can check the IP address of a specific government agency or organization, and check the edit history of a specific agency on the English version of Wikipedia.

An overview of Wikiwho is displayed on the top page of the official website.

By scrolling down, you can see 'Most active organizations' in ranking format. The top number of edits is 'Navy Network Information Center (NAIC / Naval Network Information Center)' with 41,888 cases, and the second place is '

Williams Air Force Base ' with 24,292 cases. pushing away. After that, ' Headquarters, USAAISC (United States Army Information Systems Command Headquarters) ' ' HQ US Army Medical Research and Development Command (United States Army Medical Research and Development Command Headquarters) ' ' US Department of State ' and so on names are listed.

In addition, ``Most edited pages'' is also displayed next to it in a ranking format, and the first place is ``

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball (Indiana State University Sycamore men's basketball team) ''. . 2nd place is ' List of ethnic slurs ', 3rd place is ' Wikipedia: Sandbox ' used for Wikipedia editing test, 4th place is ' Indiana State Sycamores football ' team) ”. Also, pages such as `` United States Air Force Security Forces '' and `` US Navy slang '' are also high.

Click on each organization to see more information about their Wikipedia edits.

The edited data of the Navy Network Information Center looks like this. The most edited page is 'US Navy slang', the second place is ' United States Marine Corps ', and the third place is ' Subic rape case ' of the rape incident by US Marines in the Philippines. Subic Rape Case) . You can also check the number of edits made each month with a bar graph. You can also check the editing history by organization by clicking on the article.

Edit histories are arranged in chronological order.

Click History to see what edits have been made.

Also, by clicking on a specific article from the top page, you can see detailed information for each article.

Looking at the editorial history of the Indiana State University Sycamore Men's Basketball Team, we can see that most of the edits were made by

the 7th Communications Group . Click on your organization name here.

Then you can see the history of edits your organization has made on the page.

From the 'SEARCH' form on the top page, it is also possible to display the government agencies you care about by typing in words and abbreviations.

From the 'Search for a specific Wikipedia page: (Search for a specific page of Wikipedia)' form, you can check the Wikipedia item you are interested in whether it has been edited.

In addition, the edit history that can be checked with Wikiwho is only English Wikipedia.