The Code Train » wikislurp http://thecodetrain.co.uk Where Neil Crosby talks about coding on the train... Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:15:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WikiSlurp: Slurping Data from Wikipedia for Fun and Profit http://thecodetrain.co.uk/2008/09/wikislurp-slurping-data-from-wikipedia-for-fun-and-profit/ http://thecodetrain.co.uk/2008/09/wikislurp-slurping-data-from-wikipedia-for-fun-and-profit/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:00:29 +0000 Neil Crosby http://thecodetrain.co.uk/?p=15 This last weekend I attended BarCamp London 5, where I talked about WikiSlurp, my technique for accessing the wealth of data held within Wikipedia. I currently use WikiSlurp on both Is Neil Annoyed By and The Ten Word Review as a way to pull in additional information about the things described on individual pages.

These are the slides I put together for my talk:

Mining Wikipedia For Awesome Data
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If you just want to download the Code, go right ahead. If you want to know more about the project, read the WikiSlurp Project page.

Neil Crosby also blogs at about t-shirts at I Wear Cotton, writes Ten Word Reviews, and uploads photos to flickr. You can follow a combined feed of posts at NeilCrosby.com.
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These are the slides I put together for my talk:

Mining Wikipedia For Awesome Data
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: wikislurp wikipedia)

If you just want to download the Code, go right ahead. If you want to know more about the project, read the WikiSlurp Project page.

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