Ranking Your University Using PageRank on Wikipedia
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Ranking Your University Using PageRank on Wikipedia
Ranking Your University Using PageRank on Wikipedia
blog.argteam.com13points
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#1,202of 1,739 in 2013
Top 70%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting ranking approach
From 1 comment
Heh, this is pretty interesting -- with the caveat that this really only makes sense as a ranking for research institutions (which I think the author addresses quite nicely in…
jmduke on HN
Objections
Only meaningful for research institutions
From 1 comment
Heh, this is pretty interesting -- with the caveat that this really only makes sense as a ranking for research institutions (which I think the author addresses quite nicely in…
jmduke on HN
Requests
Compare with ranking by alumni who have Wikipedia articles
From 1 comment
It would be interesting to compare your ranking to that obtained by simply sorting by the number of alumni with their own wikipedia articles.
jamessb on HN
Questions
When will online course providers like Udacity and Coursera appear in college rankings
From 1 comment
Heh, this is pretty interesting -- with the caveat that this really only makes sense as a ranking for research institutions (which I think the author addresses quite nicely in…
jmduke on HN