Stack Exchange — crafts.stackexchange.com

The content of crafts.stackexchange.com (https://crafts.stackexchange.com/), a Stack Exchange question-and-answer site, as published in the Stack Exchange Data Dump of April 2024 on the Internet Archive. The posts table holds 16,772 rows: 6,961 posts (2,305 questions, 4,280 answers, 184 tag wiki excerpts, 184 tag wikis, 7 posts of type 6 and 1 post of type 7) and 9,811 comments, written between 26 April 2016 and 31 March 2024. Beside it are 13,616 user accounts, 30,500 votes, 17,187 badges awarded, 202 tags, 20,088 post revisions and 323 links between posts. Every answer keeps the question it answers and every comment the post it was written on, so the threads can be rebuilt. The Internet Archive item describes the dump as anonymised; the votes table names the voter in only 24 rows.

#Craft#Expertise network#Reputation#Stack exchange data dump

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Analytics

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The full graph has 1,901 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

1.9K
Nodes
3.4K
Edges
9.32e-04
Density
31
Components
-0.2123
Assortativity
1.2%
Reciprocity
1.1K
Bridges
Most central nodes
440.05211
960.02895
300.02474
10260.01474
22460.01421
3430.01263
114390.01158
2320.01105
920.01
4260.00947
Content metrics

16,772 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

x scoreμ 1.784 ± 2.786
min -6max 42
x view countμ 2K ± 6.1K
min 15max 122.5K
x answer countμ 1.857 ± 1.299
min 0max 12
x comment countμ 1.41 ± 2.054
min 0max 20
8.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.7
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
uselikepaperpaintwantneedworkdongoodgluewayfabricquestioncolorsurfacedifferentwatertimeanswerlookmaterialcutknowthinkfinddrawingplastictrysuresmallwoodlightdrybetterpaintingyarnoilcolorsrightdoesnartlotlongpiecelittlewhitemakingbestacrylicprobably
Topic clusters

Topic 0

draw
drawing
art
style
line
image
artist
look

Topic 1

yarn
stitch
knit
row
crochet
pattern
knitting
needle

Topic 2

pencil
eraser
charcoal
graphite
paper
drawing
erase
use

Topic 3

pen
ink
printer
print
fountain
nib
paper
cartridge

Topic 4

answer
question
edit
comment
post
ask
link
add

Topic 5

drill
blade
cut
tool
hole
bit
knife
saw

Topic 6

glue
adhesive
paper
stick
tape
hot
surface
use

Topic 7

paint
acrylic
oil
dry
painting
gesso
pigment
water

Topic 8

mold
silicone
plaster
cast
concrete
food
cure
casting

Topic 9

thank
answer
helpful
appreciate
help
update
great
accept

Topic 10

fabric
seam
sew
skirt
hem
edge
cut
stitch

Topic 11

machine
sewing
thread
bobbin
stitch
needle
foot
tension
Show all 21 topics

Topic 12

epoxy
resin
cure
mix
time
hardener
layer
pour

Topic 13

wire
ring
metal
gold
copper
silver
chain
solder

Topic 14

color
rgb
red
blue
light
green
primary
mix

Topic 15

arts
crafts
question
welcome
site
topic
answer
art

Topic 16

book
page
bind
spine
cover
binding
sheet
glue

Topic 17

leather
foam
belt
tan
glue
clasp
eva
hole

Topic 18

clay
microwave
oven
dry
polymer
bake
power
air

Topic 19

knot
string
cord
braid
tie
needle
loop
strand

Topic 20

cut
cutter
laser
cutting
paper
mat
machine
blade
Top hashtags
#229
#119
#413
#39
#105
#84
#53
#63
#0002
#00002
#01a07c2
#01ae8b2
#06a4742
#077dc02
#078eb02
#0a7dd52
#0a91e72
#0b70cb2
#0b9a3c2
#0cc98b2

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-crafts-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2024
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 3.0 / 4.0 (by contribution date) (CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
18,977
Nodes
1,901
Edges
3,367 (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
2016/2024 (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/details/stackexchange link checked
Original files as received
The source files, unconverted, kept for reference: mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 8.3 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json. For use, start with the data package below.
Data package
Version 1.0.0 of this dataset as an ECHO Data Package: posts (16,772 rows), users (13,616 rows), x_votes (30,500 rows), x_badges (17,187 rows), x_tags (202 rows), x_post_history (20,088 rows), x_post_links (323 rows).
Structure
Temporal (timestamped), Node attributes, Text, Threaded conversations

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_2024,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2024},
  month     = {apr},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/details/stackexchange}
}

APA

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

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2024). Stack Exchange — crafts.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-crafts.echo.directory/

MLA

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

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — crafts.stackexchange.com. 2024, stackexchange-crafts.echo.directory/.

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