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| + | | title = Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia | ||
| + | | date = 2015 | ||
| + | | authors = [[Abhay Prakash]] | ||
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| + | | plink = https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03025 | ||
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'''Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2015, written by [[Abhay Prakash]]. | '''Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2015, written by [[Abhay Prakash]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
Trivia is any fact about an entity, which is interesting due to any of the following characteristics - unusualness, uniqueness, unexpectedness or weirdness. Such interesting facts are provided in 'Did You Know?' section at many places. Although trivia are facts of little importance to be known, but authors have presented their usage in user engagement purpose. Such fun facts generally spark intrigue and draws user to engage more with the entity, thereby promoting repeated engagement. The thesis has cited some case studies, which show the significant impact of using trivia for increasing user engagement or for wide publicity of the product/service. | Trivia is any fact about an entity, which is interesting due to any of the following characteristics - unusualness, uniqueness, unexpectedness or weirdness. Such interesting facts are provided in 'Did You Know?' section at many places. Although trivia are facts of little importance to be known, but authors have presented their usage in user engagement purpose. Such fun facts generally spark intrigue and draws user to engage more with the entity, thereby promoting repeated engagement. The thesis has cited some case studies, which show the significant impact of using trivia for increasing user engagement or for wide publicity of the product/service. | ||
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Authors | Abhay Prakash |
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Publication date | 2015 |
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Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2015, written by Abhay Prakash.
Overview
Trivia is any fact about an entity, which is interesting due to any of the following characteristics - unusualness, uniqueness, unexpectedness or weirdness. Such interesting facts are provided in 'Did You Know?' section at many places. Although trivia are facts of little importance to be known, but authors have presented their usage in user engagement purpose. Such fun facts generally spark intrigue and draws user to engage more with the entity, thereby promoting repeated engagement. The thesis has cited some case studies, which show the significant impact of using trivia for increasing user engagement or for wide publicity of the product/service.
