Two-dimensional ranking of Wikipedia articles

Abstract. The Library of Babel, described by Jorge Luis Borges, stores an enormous amount of information. The Library exists ab aeterno. Wikipedia, a free online encyclopaedia, becomes a modern analogue of such a Library. Information retrieval and ranking of Wikipedia articles become the challenge of modern society. We analyze the properties of two-dimensional ranking of all Wikipedia English articles and show that it gives their reliable classification with rich and nontrivial features. Detailed studies are done for countries, universities, personalities, physicists, chess players, Dow-Jones companies and other categories. PACS. 89.75.Fb Structures and organization in complex systems

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CORR
• Authors: A. O. Zhirov, O. V. Zhirov, D. L. Shepelyansky
• Keywords: CORR 2010, Education, Free Online Encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia Articles