Hello, Apologies for this being a repeat; I was just informed that the original ended up being read as part of an existing thread. I'd like to make a request to obtain access to anonymized apache logs for wikipedia user data. I am creating a browsing interface for wikipedia that requires clustered user data (in that sense it is akin to finding articles using the amazon recommendation system or the earlier movielens recommendation system). For this I need access to user page requests over time- preferably stored in a database. I can provide a script that will translate users' ip addresses to a unique signature so that the users themselves remain anonymous, stuff the data into a reasonably size efficient mysql table, etc. I was told that I might need to talk to Kate about the feasibility of doing this. Are there any existing objections to retaining anonymized apache log data for research purposes?

Tony Pryor