<s>
QuickCode	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
ScraperWiki	B-Protocol
)	O
was	O
a	O
web-based	O
platform	O
for	O
collaboratively	O
building	O
programs	O
to	O
extract	O
and	O
analyze	O
public	O
(	O
online	O
)	O
data	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
wiki-like	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Wiki	B-Protocol
"	O
means	O
that	O
any	O
user	O
with	O
programming	B-General_Concept
experience	O
can	O
create	O
or	O
edit	O
such	O
programs	O
for	O
extracting	O
new	O
data	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
analyzing	O
existing	O
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
is	O
providing	O
a	O
place	O
for	O
programmers	B-Application
and	O
journalists	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
analyzing	O
public	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
renamed	O
circa	O
2016	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
or	O
just	O
for	O
scraping	O
any	O
more	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrapers	O
are	O
created	O
using	O
a	O
browser	O
based	O
IDE	B-Application
or	O
by	O
connecting	O
via	O
SSH	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
running	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
be	O
programmed	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	B-General_Concept
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScraperWiki	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
by	O
Julian	O
Todd	O
and	O
Aidan	O
McGuire	O
.	O
</s>
