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license: apache-2.0 |
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task_categories: |
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- text-classification |
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- translation |
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- text-generation |
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- summarization |
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language: |
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- en |
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tags: |
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- scrapy |
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- pandas |
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- datasets |
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size_categories: |
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- n<1K |
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# World Heavyweight Boxing Champions Dataset |
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This dataset contains information about world heavyweight boxing champions extracted from the [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_heavyweight_boxing_champions). It includes details such as champion names, reign periods, and title defenses. |
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## Dataset Structure |
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### Columns |
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| Column Name | Description | |
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| `No` | The ordinal number of the champion. | |
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| `Champion` | Name of the heavyweight boxing champion. | |
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| `Recognition` | The organization or title under which the reign was recognized. | |
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| `Begin_reign` | The date the reign began (YYYY-MM-DD format). | |
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| `End_reign` | The date the reign ended (YYYY-MM-DD format). | |
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| `Days` | The total number of days in the reign. | |
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| `Title_defenses` | The number of title defenses during the reign. | |
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| `Additional_recognition` | Other notable details about the champion or reign. | |
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### Who are the source Data producers ? |
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The data is machine-generated (using web scraping) and subjected to human additional treatment. |
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below, I provide the script I created to scrape the data (as well as my additional treatment): |
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``` |
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import scrapy |
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import re |
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class ChampionsSpider(scrapy.Spider): |
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name = "champions" |
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start_urls = [ |
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"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_heavyweight_boxing_champions" |
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] |
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def parse(self, response): |
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# Locate the second table on the page |
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table = response.xpath('(//table[contains(@class, "wikitable")])[2]') |
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rows = table.xpath('.//tr') |
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def clean_text(text): |
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"""Remove special characters, extra whitespace, and newlines.""" |
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if text: |
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text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text) # Replace multiple spaces/newlines with a single space |
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text = text.strip() # Remove leading and trailing spaces |
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return text |
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return None |
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for row in rows[1:]: # Skip the header row |
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yield { |
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"No": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[1]//text()').get()), |
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"Champion": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[2]//text()').get()), |
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"Recognition": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[3]//text()').get()), |
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"Begin_reign": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[4]//text()').get()), |
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"End_reign": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[5]//text()').get()), |
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"Days": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[6]//text()').get()), |
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"Title_defenses": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[7]//text()').get()), |
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"Additional_recognition": clean_text(row.xpath('.//td[8]//text()').get()), |
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} |
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``` |
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### Dataset Creation |
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- Source: Data was scraped from the Wikipedia page using a Python Scrapy script. |
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- Cleaning: Special characters and extra whitespace were removed to ensure a clean dataset. |
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### Usage |
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This dataset can be used for: |
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- Sports Analysis: Analyze trends in boxing history. |
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- Historical Research: Study the evolution of world heavyweight boxing champions. |
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- Data Analysis: Perform statistical analysis on reign durations and title defenses. |
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### License |
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The dataset is derived from content licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0). |
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### Limitations |
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The dataset is limited to the information available on Wikipedia as of the scraping date. |
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Some rows might contain incomplete or approximate data due to the source material. |
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### Acknowledgments |
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Special thanks to Wikipedia contributors for compiling the original data. |
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### Example Row |
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```json |
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{ |
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"No": "1", |
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"Champion": "Bob Fitzsimmons", |
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"Recognition": "World", |
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"Begin_reign": "1897-03-17", |
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"End_reign": "1899-06-09", |
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"Days": "815", |
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"Title_defenses": "2", |
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"Additional_recognition": "First three-division champion" |
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} |
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``` |
