Thread by @conspirator0

Among the less-frequently mentioned venues for information warfare is Wikipedia. We pulled edit history since 1/1/2019 for each 2020 Democratic candidate's Wikipedia article; @TulsiGabbard's has seen the highest degree of activity, followed by @PeteButtigieg's.

cc: @ZellaQuixote

@TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg @ZellaQuixote Which 2020 Democratic candidate #Wikipedia articles most frequently experience edits that are later undone (vandalism, trolling, edit wars, etc)? The @JulianCastro, @JohnDelaney, @BillDeBlasio, and @BetoORourke articles appear to be the most contentious by this metric.

Next, we ran sentiment analysis on each revision of each candidate's article. Scores average between neutral and positive. The biggest changes in sentiment are @marwilliamson (decreased in August), @TulsiGabbard (increased in August), and @PeteButtigieg (increased in January.)

@marwilliamson @TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg Edit volume per week for each candidate's @Wikipedia article. Both @KamalaHarris and @TulsiGabbard's article had a lot of activity in Jan/Feb, with a surge in edits of @marwilliamson in March and @PeteButtigieg in April. Activity spiked across the board after the first 2 debates.

@marwilliamson @TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg @Wikipedia @KamalaHarris What attempted additions to candidate Wikipedia articles are getting reverted? To find out, we looked for words that usually aren't in an article (present in less than 10% of revised copies) but have repeatedly been added.

https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1173781519527268352?s=20

@marwilliamson @TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg @Wikipedia @KamalaHarris These wordclouds show terms that have been repeatedly added to/removed from candidate Wikipedia pages and are in no more than 10% of revised copies. Notable topics of contention:

Klobuchar: abusive
Sanders: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Warren: genome, genetics

@marwilliamson @TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg @Wikipedia @KamalaHarris More topics that have been repeatedly added to candidate @Wikipedia pages and failed to stick:

Harris: Cooper, Tupac, Snoop Dogg
Castro: cowpoop, libtard
Biden: centrist
Bennet: fratboy
Gabbard: bots, (Khan) Sheikhoun

@marwilliamson @TulsiGabbard @PeteButtigieg @Wikipedia @KamalaHarris Footnote: If you're of a mind to explore Wikipedia data yourself, instructions on how to obtain it are available here:
mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pa…