Wikipedia Tools for Google Spreadsheets
Thomas Steiner[Google]
WWW 2016, April 12, 2016, Montreal, Canada
Introduction
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Spreadsheet applications
Wikipedia and Wikidata APIs
Extending Google Spreadsheets
Interacting with the Wikipedia API
Wikipedia Tools Custom Formulas
Functions all start with a WIKI* prefix and in true spreadsheets manner are all uppercase.
Internals of the custom functions
Wikipedia Tools Samples Sheet
Usage Scenarios
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Usage Scenario I: Ordered Category Panel
Source: https://goo.gl/Njvt1T
Usage Scenario II: Search Ads
Source: https://goo.gl/np1Is8
Usage Scenario III: Marketing Campaigns
Source: https://goo.gl/q1yhuV
Usage Scenario IV: Obligatory US Elections Example
Source: https://goo.gl/YW7VrO
Future Work and Conclusions
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Future Work and Conclusions
Resources