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Wikuizzing The role of Wikipedia in Quizzing

Avishek Basu Mallick

IIM Ranchi


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Why Wiki lends itself to quizzing

The obvious Provides the resources of a

fantastic encyclopedia

Gold mine of information placed in an organized

structure

In site Free Documentation license which can

be exploited for applications beyond the

encyclopedia


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Why Wiki should be used in quizzing

Quizzing is a superb alternative use for

encyclopedic data

Mining Wiki would result in an array of

questions from geography, history, sports,

entertainment and science i.e. across all areas

of human endeavour and study across the

globe


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Application of Wiki in quizzing

On-stage: The actual use of Wiki content and

trivia in framing questions

Online: Through quiz blogs, online treasure

hunts and apps such as Quizipedia, Wikitrivia

and Wikiwords. Also for generation of content

for information based sites e.g. Brand History

section of Quizzing.in


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On-stage

Ease of access to specific information as

compared to older resources such as

newspapers and books

Self-updating and exhaustive

Generation of content for quizzes on very

specific topics

QM Rohit Nair (Quizworks, Quizzing.in) feels

that the diversity of questions in general

quizzes has increased post-Wikipedia


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Quiz blogs

Mushrooming of quiz blogs following the arrival

of Wikipedia

Ease of maintenance and content generation

Catering to a larger audience base and for a

greater timeframe (i.e. forever)

Domino effect in generating content for on-

stage quizzes


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Online treasure hunts

Kickstarted by the popularity of Notpron

A highly challenging form of the pursuit of

knowledge which requires an extensive amount

of trivia for its formulation

In the last decade or so, almost all major

engineering and management colleges across

the country have conducted an online treasurehunt of their own using content generated from

Wikipedia


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Quizipedia


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WikiTrivia


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WikiWords

A flash game which uses the Wikimedia API

A word or a phrase or a concept is shown on

the screen with various branches and the

objective of this game is to click away the non-related concept branches with time


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Generation of content Brand History

Brand History was started on Quizzing.in with

the aim of becoming the world's largest

repository on brands

The formulation and execution requiredextensive use of Wiki content

In 2 months, Brand History helped Quizzing.in

rise by around 200,000 rating points (accordingto Alexa data) and is still growing


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The road ahead

Quizzing is an easy and fun way of increasing

one's G.K. quotient A must in any post-

graduate education option today including

management and civil services Wiki can come out with self-sponsored quizzes

to promote the same and help the world

become a more knowledgeable place


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A round of thanks

Rohit Nair for his views

Jim Blackler for Quizipedia

Alex Ksikes and Philipp Lenssen for WikiTrivia Cheshire Puss and Brain Dump for Wiki Words

The audience present for listening me out


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Contact details

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