On 11/13/2013 05:16 AM, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Matthew Flaschen <
[email protected]> wrote:
A significant problem with TurnItIn is that is proprietary, and can not be
customized by anyone in the movement. The fact that it is proprietary also
means it can never be port of the main infrastructure, nor run on Wikimedia
Labs.
Another significant issue is the "False Positive" factor that is created by
our overwhelming popularity. Frankly, we're mirrored all over the place.
And tools like Turnitin find the mirrors too. It's not an easy problem to
solve. I was on the team that looked at this a couple of years back - it's
just not simple, and there are complex challenges.
Yes, an intelligent solution would take into account when the mirror was
first indexed (or ideally first published), and when the Wikipedia
article was edited, to reduce false positives requiring manual intervention.
Matt Flaschen
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