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WikipediaR (version 1.1)

R-Based Wikipedia Client

Description

Provides an interface to the Wikipedia web application programming interface (API), using internet connexion.Three functions provide details for a specific Wikipedia page : all links that are present, all pages that link to, all the contributions (revisions for main pages, and discussions for talk pages). Two functions provide details for a specific user : all contributions, and general information (as name, gender, rights or groups). It provides additional information compared to others packages, as WikipediR. It does not need login. The multiplex network that can be constructed from the results of the functions of WikipediaR can be modeled as Stochastic Block Model as in Barbillon P., Donnet, S., Lazega E., and Bar-Hen A. : Stochastic Block Models for Multiplex networks: an application to networks of researchers, ArXiv 1501.06444, http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06444.

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install.packages('WikipediaR')

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Version

1.1

License

GPL (> 2)

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Last Published

February 5th, 2016

Functions in WikipediaR (1.1)

print.userInfoClass

S3method print userInfo
WikipediaR-package

R-Based Wikipedia Client
userInfo

provides general information about a Wikipedia user
backLinks

lists pages that link to the Wikipedia page
print.linksClass

S3method print links
testWikiPage

internal function testWikiPage
print.backLinksClass

S3method print backLinks
print.userContribsClass

S3method print userContribs
links

lists links on a Wikipedia page
userContribs

lists contributions for a specific user
contribs

lists contributions of a specific wikipedia page
testWikiUser

internal function testWikiUser
print.contribsClass

S3method print contribs