A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident • Hacker News Board

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by jessriedel » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

hkmurakami wrote: post #17

So it's not "this is the person most wikipediaed in this city" but rather, "this is the person amongst those who are affiliated with this city, who is the most wikipediaed"

Your two version aren't in conflict, although the first is ambiguous. Are you just clarifying that that, in the first version, "in this city" is supposed to be a modifier of "person" rather than the "wikipediaed"?

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by reaperducer » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

That was surprisingly interesting; especially when you zoom in to the small towns.

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:50 PM UTC

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Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by greiskul » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

hkmurakami wrote: post #17

So it's not "this is the person most wikipediaed in this city" but rather, "this is the person amongst those who are affiliated with this city, who is the most wikipediaed"

Is this why San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Mountain View are all Steve Jobs?

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

rwcarlsen wrote: post #9

cure wrote: post #5

Curious. Why are they almost all men? And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!

Probably because many of these people are historical figures and - historical records exhibit significant bias toward info about men.

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Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by magissima » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

"Those connected to and victims of criminal acts" are supposed to be excluded, so Ted Bundy should probably be removed from Burlington and Salt Lake City.

edit: and while I'm looking at Lake Champlain, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are in Plattsburgh, NY, though the link doesn't work.

edit 2: Oops, I read "including" as "excluding" because that's what I expected, never mind!

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by busterarm » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

Doesn't seem to work in Firefox/Linux/Privacy mode.

(Ahh, WebGL)

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by genera1 » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

xvedejas wrote: post #7

I'm surprised that George R R Martin doesn't show up for Santa Fe. Surely he's more-googled / wikipediaed than Murray Gell-Mann?

Gell-Mann recently died, so it probably skews the results

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by jonfriese33 » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

magissima wrote: post #26

"Those connected to and victims of criminal acts" are supposed to be excluded, so Ted Bundy should probably be removed from Burlington and Salt Lake City. edit: and while I'm looking at Lake Champlain, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are in Plattsburgh, NY, though the link doesn't work. edit 2: Oops, I read "including" as "excluding" because that's what I expected, never mind!

Where do you see that?

I see this:

"Note: any person on Wikipedia is considered, including those connected to and victims of criminal acts. See more about our data and method."

Re: A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

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Post by bobthepanda » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

magissima wrote: post #26

"Those connected to and victims of criminal acts" are supposed to be excluded, so Ted Bundy should probably be removed from Burlington and Salt Lake City. edit: and while I'm looking at Lake Champlain, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are in Plattsburgh, NY, though the link doesn't work. edit 2: Oops, I read "including" as "excluding" because that's what I expected, never mind!

It says in the header that they include them. At least on mobile.