<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />New interactive visualization shows global distribution of [b]Wikipedia edits[/b]
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Wikimedia Data Analyst Erik Zachte recently unveiled a new interactive visualization showing the global distribution of edits for various language editions of Wikipedia. The animation shows a global map of edits made on May 10, ...



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How is Zachte obtaining the geolocation data of editors? Is he taking only the IP address editors' data, or is he probing into the privately-accessed IP data that underlies editor accounts?

"The data behind these graphics comes from our Squid logs"

I believe this would be raw IP data. This is obviously sensitive data. I don't know what is recorded in those logs. Logs typically exist that show every query or submission to a web site.

Squid logs?

Squid logs.

Looks more like Homer Simpson to me.