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Predicting Harris' VP nominee based on who's scrubbing their Wikipedia page most

16 points by davidbarker 2y ago

DerekL 2y ago
Gavin Newsom won't be picked. If both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are from the same state, then the electors from that state can't vote for them.
ggm 2y ago
Link goes to a reddit "whats going on here" intermediary not the actual data. I think you need to test this a bit more. -it may be bound into what client, cookies &c
rfarley04 2y ago
Give me a better link so I can devour this delishious idea immediately.
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notamy 2y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc_mic_veepstakes_part_2_predicting_harris_vp/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc... https://archive.is/eFHnt https://archive.is/eFHnt
- davidbarker 2y ago
  Thanks. I used the Reddit share link but I guess they use that as a way to try and get people to register. Unfortunately I can't change the original link. Perhaps dang can.
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    Email such suggestions/requests to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com
jarenstein 2y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/
potsandpans 2y ago
This appears to be the correct link https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc_mic_veepstakes_part_2_predicting_harris_vp/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc...
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bjelkeman-again 2y ago
A bit click baity. From Reddit > ExternalTangents > “Scrub” seems like poor phrasing, since the graph is just showing edits rather than deletions. This doesn’t imply that the candidate or people associated with them are trying to remove unpleasant stuff.
ggm 2y ago
Defacement rate might indicate who the GOP dislike more. Or not? psyops huge in this space. If I was an older ex-army Astronaut, I am unsure I'd be editing much on my wiki page. A low edit rate might simply be "I have gigantic balls and I don't care what people think here, because I have more important shit to deal with" which frankly could apply to any of them.
defrost 2y ago
I agree with: "Scrub" is definitely a bit of a clickbait phrasing choice. In reality it's a combination of removing information they want to distance themselves from, as well as adding information to flesh out their resume and policy positions. ~ Reddit comment. and I'll posit it's difficult to infer much that's solid from number of edits. I could make the case that (for example) Buttigieg (very few recent edits) is an ideal candidate as very few edits implies there's nothing in his past that anyone feels the need to cover up or reframe. Or equally that Shapiro (many edits) is getting a real polishing here, perhaps they're the first pick?
- eesmith 2y ago
  It could be that Buttigieg's page was cleaned up 4 years ago when he ran for president.
komposit 2y ago
This would surely benefit from some comparative analysis of wikipedia scrubbing prior to previous vp picks to establish wether it is a good indicator

16 points by davidbarker 2y ago

Gavin Newsom won't be picked. If both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are from the same state, then the electors from that state can't vote for them.

ggm 2y ago

Link goes to a reddit "whats going on here" intermediary not the actual data. I think you need to test this a bit more. -it may be bound into what client, cookies &c

rfarley04 2y ago

Give me a better link so I can devour this delishious idea immediately.

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notamy 2y ago

https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc_mic_veepstakes_part_2_predicting_harris_vp/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc... https://archive.is/eFHnt https://archive.is/eFHnt

davidbarker 2y ago
Thanks. I used the Reddit share link but I guess they use that as a way to try and get people to register. Unfortunately I can't change the original link. Perhaps dang can.
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  Email such suggestions/requests to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com

jarenstein 2y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/

potsandpans 2y ago

This appears to be the correct link https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc_mic_veepstakes_part_2_predicting_harris_vp/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1egtqlf/oc...

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bjelkeman-again 2y ago

A bit click baity. From Reddit > ExternalTangents > “Scrub” seems like poor phrasing, since the graph is just showing edits rather than deletions. This doesn’t imply that the candidate or people associated with them are trying to remove unpleasant stuff.

ggm 2y ago

Defacement rate might indicate who the GOP dislike more. Or not? psyops huge in this space. If I was an older ex-army Astronaut, I am unsure I'd be editing much on my wiki page. A low edit rate might simply be "I have gigantic balls and I don't care what people think here, because I have more important shit to deal with" which frankly could apply to any of them.

defrost 2y ago

I agree with: "Scrub" is definitely a bit of a clickbait phrasing choice. In reality it's a combination of removing information they want to distance themselves from, as well as adding information to flesh out their resume and policy positions. ~ Reddit comment. and I'll posit it's difficult to infer much that's solid from number of edits. I could make the case that (for example) Buttigieg (very few recent edits) is an ideal candidate as very few edits implies there's nothing in his past that anyone feels the need to cover up or reframe. Or equally that Shapiro (many edits) is getting a real polishing here, perhaps they're the first pick?

eesmith 2y ago
It could be that Buttigieg's page was cleaned up 4 years ago when he ran for president.

komposit 2y ago

This would surely benefit from some comparative analysis of wikipedia scrubbing prior to previous vp picks to establish wether it is a good indicator