Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia

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Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia
Authors
Abhay Prakash
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.

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Prakash, Abhay. (2015). "[[Mining Interesting Trivia for Entities from Wikipedia]]".

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