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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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