Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (woodworking.stackexchange.com) dataset of 2,752 users, 5,610 answer-collaboration edges, 4,134 questions, 7,409 answers, collected by Stack Exchange, Inc. via the annual Stack Exchange Data Dump. Each record contains user nodes (reputation, badge counts, vote history), directed weighted edges (answerer→asker, weight=answer score, count=interactions, accepted=bool), post text, tag distribution. User collaboration network from woodworking.stackexchange.com — directed weighted graph where edges represent knowledge-sharing relationships (A answered B's question), with edge weight reflecting answer quality. Enables prestige hierarchy, community detection, and expertise flow analysis.. Suitable for expertise network analysis, reputation systems, community detection, knowledge flow, PageRank-based authority ranking, Q&A platform dynamics..

#Diy#Expertise network#Reputation#Stack exchange data dump#Woodworking

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The full graph has 2,752 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

2.8K
Nodes
5.6K
Edges
7.41e-04
Density
31
Components
-0.1913
Assortativity
2.1%
Reciprocity
1.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
1280.04398
12500.02472
20730.0229
340.01781
100.01527
3060.012
1800.01163
49420.01127
110.01091
18610.01054
Content metrics

11,543 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.651 ± 4.09
min -6max 59
view countμ 1.3K ± 7.4K
min 0max 266.3K
answer countμ 0.642 ± 1.201
min 0max 18
comment countμ 2.379 ± 2.862
min 0max 33
8.0
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.9
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
wooduselikedoncutsawneedwantgoodtableworkfinishwaythinkgluebitpiecesurfacetimeoilbladequestionquotboardgrainendanswerlongsureknowedgebetterhandgoingrouterplywoodjointdrilllookprobablybestscrewstoolssandingboardsrightpiecescuttingsmallplane
Topic clusters

Topic 0

blade
saw
cut
fence
table
miter
tooth
rip

Topic 1

drill
hole
screw
bit
thread
lathe
chuck
use

Topic 2

question
answer
thank
edit
link
think
good
post

Topic 3

router
bit
cut
table
use
collet
plunge
template

Topic 4

wood
lumber
dry
moisture
tree
treat
kiln
bark

Topic 5

leg
table
design
support
bed
attach
bench
load

Topic 6

plane
planer
jointer
board
hand
iron
edge
blade

Topic 7

sand
sander
finish
coat
grit
surface
paper
apply

Topic 8

chisel
stone
sharpen
edge
tool
hone
bevel
grit

Topic 9

drawer
door
hinge
cabinet
frame
slide
panel
overlay

Topic 10

dust
collector
filter
shop
air
collection
vac
hose

Topic 11

glue
joint
clamp
wood
pva
strong
bond
epoxy
Show all 18 topics

Topic 12

oil
finish
tung
dry
linseed
coat
varnish
cure

Topic 13

stain
wood
color
conditioner
finish
sand
colour
apply

Topic 14

plywood
board
veneer
panel
wood
movement
glue
grain

Topic 15

dowel
hole
joint
tenon
pocket
glue
drill
screw

Topic 16

board
sawn
inlay
quarter
cut
rift
grain
cutting

Topic 17

shelf
wall
support
cleat
bracket
bookshelf
screw
bookcase
Top hashtags
#197
#291
#467
#536
#332
#621
#3919
#716
#816
#1014
#000011
#8010
#1mt6
#27146
#58936
#v6
#11595
#42405
#04
#124

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-woodworking-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2025
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 2.5 / 3.0 / 4.0 (by post date) (CC-BY-SA-2.5 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
43,599
Nodes
2,752
Edges
5,610 (directed)
Nodes are
user (Stack Exchange account)
Edges are
answer collaboration (A answered B's question)
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have attributes
Text corpus
question titles, post bodies, comment text, tag names
Languages
en
Collected
2015/2024 (2010s, 2020s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://archive.org/download/stackexchange link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 14.7 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{stackexchange_2025,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/download/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2025). Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-woodworking-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — woodworking.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-woodworking-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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