Forum:Statistics Wiki

A wiki to collect all of the statistic on everything. There are many website that have statistics on various subjects, some harder to find than others. This would provide a single site to find a statistic on any subject.

I actually went as far as already starting this wiki, Wikitistics but need help getting is off the ground. My eventual goal once it has enough content would be to propose it to Wikipedia as it would seem to fall under their mandate of capturing all human knowledge. I think it could really revolutionize the whole world, please join in, help out and change the world.

What do you think? Jamesssss 18:28, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


 * What a surprise ! In the past few days, i was wondering where i could get some stats about the size and resolution of all the computers in the world. And why is that ? Because, i have a big screen (1440x900) and it sometimes seems like some wikia staff have largers screens than most normal people that browses the internet, because of their new skin desing and that some staff (or at least i think it's a staff) is posting pretty larges screen captures on the inside wikia.
 * This sort of things could have many uses. But then again, i know of a saying that goes "statistics dont mean anything by themselves and anybody can use the sames stats to arrive at diffrents conclusion". One of my History teacher back when i was at school also said this in others words : "anybody can make statitics say what they want them to say".
 * So, maybe Wikipedia could put links to the stats wikia sometimes but i doupt they would do more than this. You say it's wikipedia mandate to recense all human knowledge but they refuse so many articles and sometimes for "trivial" reasons. And that is why there is a "TruthWiki" that has been made. Note that i dont support that last one because theirs ways are not goods... Enough about this.
 * Where do you take the data for your stats ? Are you making polls among visitors ? Taking it from others sites ? Are stats copyrighted ? I'm always anxious about copyrights...
 * So good luck in your project. Me, i'm already contributing on 3 french wikia so i dont think i could do much. Maybe a monobook logo unsing the image on your main page... TulipVorlax 22:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


 * After some searching I found some statistics on monitor resolutions and added the statistic to the site. Having all the worlds' statistics in one place would have made search for this much easier. "anybody can make statistics say what they want them to say", I think this is why a wiki is the ideal platform to host the worlds statistics, it allow "anybody" to discuss the statistic, provide counter statistics, ensure the statistic is accurate and provide their own observations.  I'm not lawyer but according to  statistics cannot be copyrighted as they are not creative works (at least the good statistic are not "creative" :) ). Jamesssss 14:03, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I see your point. I think you're right. Wikis are a great way of collaborating and discussing. Maybe someone will "clone" your wiki in others languages some day (i primairly think about french, my first language ;-) ). Thanks for the findings, this confirm my thoughs. TulipVorlax 00:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)