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> Comparing page titles to page creators
MZMcBride
post Wed 10th March 2010, 12:25am
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I thought this was interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=348854665

The list was generated last month. It's looking at Levenshtein distances and ratios. The selected values for this specific list are rather arbitrary and there are some clear false positives. Still, interesting.
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post Wed 10th March 2010, 12:47pm
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Great list. Just goes to show you how many editors will need to buy my e-book, "Your Business and Wikipedia"!
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MZMcBride   Comparing page titles to page creators   Wed 10th March 2010, 12:25am
Killiondude   I thought this was interesting: http://en.wikiped...   Wed 10th March 2010, 7:29am
MZMcBride   What are you hoping to do with this list, out of ...   Wed 10th March 2010, 7:40am
Enric_Naval   [quote name='Killiondude' post='225465' date='Wed...   Wed 10th March 2010, 8:24am
taiwopanfob   It's also a mean to find articles that need to...   Wed 10th March 2010, 1:34pm
Enric_Naval   [...] So, Enric Naval, one down and one thousand...   Wed 10th March 2010, 2:56pm
carbuncle   I thought this was interesting: [url=http://en.wi...   Wed 10th March 2010, 2:29pm
MZMcBride   I thought this was interesting: [url=http://en.w...   Wed 10th March 2010, 4:01pm
One   This is a great list. Thank you for creating it. ...   Wed 10th March 2010, 6:05pm
thekohser   This is a great list. Thank you for creating it. ...   Thu 11th March 2010, 5:02am
tarantino   This list identifies a fraction of the biographies...   Thu 11th March 2010, 6:12am
Somey   Take for example [wpuser]Ash, who likes to create ...   Thu 11th March 2010, 9:19pm
thekohser   Take for example [wpuser]Ash, who likes to create...   Tue 29th November 2011, 9:24pm
Eppur si muove   This list identifies a fraction of the biographie...   Wed 30th November 2011, 1:09am
thekohser   By coincidence, Project Volterra, in the person ...   Wed 30th November 2011, 1:49am
Eppur si muove   [quote name='Eppur si muove' post='289818' date='...   Wed 30th November 2011, 2:19am
the fieryangel   Is this going into your codex, Greg? Oh the iro...   Wed 30th November 2011, 4:29am
Eppur si muove   Is this going into your codex, Greg? Oh the ir...   Wed 30th November 2011, 12:48pm
the fieryangel   [quote name='the fieryangel' post='289835' date='...   Wed 30th November 2011, 1:07pm
carbuncle   A COI doesn't necessarily have to involve pai...   Wed 30th November 2011, 1:17pm
Ottava   I tried to stay away from the Ottava rima page. It...   Fri 12th March 2010, 1:20am

 

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