Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Irish Saturday July 31, 2010

Edit history charts for top 50 Wikipedias / ... for all Wikipedias / Edit and revert counts for all Wikipedias

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Monthly trend in number of edits

Also shown is monthly trend for total reverts, for scale comparison

Chart shows absolute numbers (y axis scale shows number of edits relative (%) to busiest month)

Plot Edits

Monthly trend in revert activity, relative to edit volume

Per x edits, were anonymous edits reverted more often than edits by bots or by registered users?

Chart shows ratio reverts:edits per class of editors (registered or anonymous users or bots).
Note: often peaks in revert ratio in early years are not so significant as in later years:
low absolute edit counts easily led to high fluctuations in revert ratio.

Plot Reverts

Revert ratio is ratio reverts:edits per class of editors (registered or anonymous users or bots).
Only reverts detected by md5 matching are considered here, not (partial) manual reverts only detectable by edit comment.

Reverts is less than reverted edits! Sometimes several edits are undone with one revert.
Reverts broken down by number of reverted edits: 1 edit:88%, 2 edits:7%, 3 edits:2%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:1%

When several revisions were reverted in one action, the oldest reverted revision determines editor class (and coloring):
is this a reverted user edit (reg/anon) or a reverted bot edit?

Monthly trend in revert activity towards anonymous edits

Are anonymous edits reverted often, and if so, by what type of reverter?

Chart shows absolute numbers (y axis scale shows number of edits relative (%) to busiest month)
Note: for many (not all) larger projects the not reverted edits show less seasonal fluctuation than the reverted edits

Plot Anons

'All anonymous edits' is same red line from first chart, scaled up vertically
Put succinctly: red - black = blue + brown + green
Only reverts detected by md5 matching are considered here, not (partial) manual reverts only detectable by edit comment.

Percentages are an approximation, as two simplifying assumptions have been made:
1) Anonymous edits are reverted only once (in other words edit wars on anon edits are not taken into account).
2) On each revert only one anonymous edit was undone. A frequency count of multiple revision reverts shows this is a simplification:
Reverts broken down by number of reverted edits: 1 edit:88%, 2 edits:7%, 3 edits:2%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:1%

Distribution of reverts

Breakdown per namespace, type of reverted editor (registered or anonymous user or bot), type of reverter (same), was it a self revert or not, per time period.
Note: a high percentage in any segment can relate to a high absolute number of edits for that segment, or a high revert ratio, or both (please consult charts above for context)
.Projects pages are excluded due to enormous amount of false positives: some status pages are cleared often as normal process

Distribution of reverts, each subdivision adds up to 100%
Namespace(s)		Reverted editor		Revert by		Self revert
Articles	83.1%	Reg user	22.4%	Reg user	89.9%	Self	28.7%
				Reg user	89.9%	Others	71.3%
				Anon user	7.6%
				Bot	2.4%
		Anon user	31.3%	Reg user	81.7%
				Anon user	17.6%	Self	75.4%
				Anon user	17.6%	Others	24.6%
				Bot	0.7%
		Bot	38.9%	Reg user	1.6%
				Anon user	0.7%
				Bot	97.7%	Self	22.3%
				Bot	97.7%	Others	77.7%
		Unknown	7.4%	Reg User	84.3%
				Anon User	3.1%
				Bot	12.5%
Other Non- Project Pages	16.9%	Reg user	47.2%
		Anon user	14.8%
		Bot	23.2%
		Unknown	14.8%
Unknown = comments mentions (partial) revert, but no md5 match
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous

Distribution of reverts, each percentage is share of total reverts
Namespace(s)		Reverted editor		Revert by		Self revert
Articles	83.1%	Reg user	18.6%	Reg user	16.7%	Self	4.8%
				Reg user	16.7%	Others	11.9%
				Anon user	1.4%
				Bot	0.5%
		Anon user	26.0%	Reg user	21.3%
				Anon user	4.6%	Self	3.5%
				Anon user	4.6%	Others	1.1%
				Bot	0.2%
		Bot	32.4%	Reg user	0.5%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	31.6%	Self	7.1%
				Bot	31.6%	Others	24.6%
		Unknown	6.1%	Reg User	5.2%
				Anon User	0.2%
				Bot	0.8%
Other Non- Project Pages	16.9%	Reg user	8.0%
		Anon user	2.5%
		Bot	3.9%
		Unknown	2.5%
Unknown = comments mentions (partial) revert, but no md5 match
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous

Distribution of reverts, per year and type
2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
2.2%	3.5%	5.5%	5.0%	6.3%	8.0%	24.0%
6.8%	10.3%	8.6%	7.7%	20.7%	36.8%	28.0%
0.5%	1.4%	2.0%	1.5%	1.3%	2.0%	-
1.1%	0.5%	0.7%	-	-	-	-
16.2%	18.7%	20.1%	24.1%	29.8%	27.9%	10.0%
1.4%	1.1%	3.3%	6.5%	6.1%	6.0%	10.0%
0.5%	0.4%	0.8%	2.4%	1.5%	2.0%	8.0%
0.2%	0.4%	-	0.3%	-	-	-
1.3%	0.7%	0.5%	-	0.2%	-	-
0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%	-	-
11.2%	7.4%	6.3%	8.3%	4.8%	-	-
43.3%	34.8%	21.5%	14.6%	8.9%	-	-
1.6%	4.5%	3.7%	11.7%	6.5%	0.5%	4.0%
0.4%	0.2%	-	-	0.4%	0.5%	-
0.7%	1.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.9%	-	-
4.1%	7.0%	11.1%	8.8%	6.3%	13.9%	6.0%
1.8%	2.0%	2.6%	2.1%	4.8%	2.0%	4.0%
5.8%	3.8%	8.9%	0.8%	-	0.5%	-
0.7%	1.9%	3.5%	5.2%	1.5%	-	6.0%
totals reverts per year
556	1 k	856	659	541	201	50

Distribution of reverts, like table above, but percentages are share of md5 detected reverts only, for article namespace only
Namespace(s)	Reverted editor		Revert by		Self revert
	Reg user	24.2%	Reg user	21.7%	Self	6.2%
			Reg user	21.7%	Others	15.5%
			Anon user	1.8%
			Bot	0.6%
	Anon user	33.8%	Reg user	27.6%
			Anon user	5.9%	Self	4.5%
			Anon user	5.9%	Others	1.5%
			Bot	0.2%
	Bot	42.0%	Reg user	0.7%
			Anon user	0.3%
			Bot	41.0%	Self	9.2%
			Bot	41.0%	Others	31.9%
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous

Distribution of reverts, like table above, but percentages are share of md5 detected reverts only, for article namespace only
2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
2.5%	4.4%	7.9%	7.0%	7.9%	9.6%	30.0%
8.1%	13.0%	12.5%	10.9%	26.0%	44.6%	35.0%
0.6%	1.7%	2.9%	2.1%	1.6%	2.4%	-
1.3%	0.7%	1.0%	-	-	-	-
19.1%	23.5%	29.0%	33.8%	37.4%	33.7%	12.5%
1.7%	1.4%	4.7%	9.1%	7.7%	7.2%	12.5%
0.6%	0.5%	1.2%	3.4%	1.9%	2.4%	10.0%
0.2%	0.5%	-	0.4%	-	-	-
1.5%	0.9%	0.7%	-	0.2%	-	-
0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	1.1%	0.2%	-	-
13.1%	9.3%	9.1%	11.7%	6.0%	-	-
51.1%	43.8%	31.0%	20.4%	11.1%	-	-
totals reverts per year
472	1 k	594	470	431	166	40

Top Rankings

Users				Content
Most Active Reverters		Most Reverted Editors		Most Reverted Articles		Most Reverted Other Non-Project Pages
# Rv	User/Bot	# Rv	User/Bot	# Rv	Article	# Rv	Page
622	Guliolopez	215	SieBot	35	Príomhleathanach	62	User talk:Alison
202	SieBot	196	Xqbot	22	Vicipéid	24	User:George McFinnigan
192	Xqbot	173	JAnDbot	15	Manchester United F.C.	13	User talk:Guliolopez
161	JAnDbot	106	TXiKiBoT	15	An Ghaeilge	12	Talk:Príomhleathanach
117	TXiKiBoT	77	Thijs!bot	14	Google	11	User:Onetonycousins
91	Panu Petteri Höglund	66	84.231.242.141	14	Poblacht na hÉireann	8	User:Gabriel Beecham
73	Synthebot	64	VolkovBot	13	Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá	7	User talk:Sioraf
72	Gabriel Beecham	64	Cuir Mise An Locht Ar Na Tuistí	12	The Fox and the Hound	7	File:TempleglantineGAA.jpg
66	VolkovBot	53	Guliolopez	12	An Ríocht Aontaithe	7	File:AtheaGAA.jpg
60	Daithimac	51	TobeBot	12	Uileloscadh	7	User:Cuir Mise An Locht Ar Na Tuistí
56	Thijs!bot	45	Panu Petteri Höglund	12	Charles Darwin	7	Category:Leathanaigh le luas-scrios
55	Tameamseo	38	Éóg1916	11	Buamálacha Bhaile Átha Cliath agus Mhuineacháin	6	Template:Bosca Sonraí Tíre
47	Luckas-bot	37	MelancholieBot	11	Éire	6	User:RóC
43	Alison	36	Synthebot	11	An Araib Shádach	6	User talk:MacTire01
39	ArthurBot	34	Almabot	11	Pórtó Rice	4	Category:Stair
35	Cuir Mise An Locht Ar Na Tuistí	30	ArthurBot	11	Corcaigh	4	User:Drini
32	Escarbot	24	AlleborgoBot	10	Éirí Amach na Cásca	4	Template:Bosca Sonraí Tacsanomaíochta
32	Iolar	24	Meabhar	10	Windows 7	4	User talk:Panu Petteri Höglund
30	TobeBot	24	Escarbot	10	An Albáin	4	User talk:J.delanoy
30	AlleborgoBot	23	Rubinbot	9	Albain	4	Talk:Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj
30	Footyfanatic3000	22	Jotterbot	9	Cogadh na Saoirse (Éire)	4	User talk:Sean an Scuab
29	MacTire01	20	Luckas-bot	9	Niels Bohr	4	User:Picapica
28	Wutsje	18	Alexbot	9	An Córan	4	User talk:George McFinnigan
27	SilvonenBot	18	195.184.115.220	9	George W. Bush	3	User:Alison
27	Ptbotgourou	17	Footyfanatic3000	9	An Ghearmáin	3	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
25	Éóg1916	17	Ptbotgourou	9	Ceimic	3	Template:Ciclipéid
25	Angr	17	PA-TEST-INC2	9	An Astráil	3	User:MacTire01
24	Bastique	17	SilvonenBot	9	Adolf Hitler	3	Category:Polaiteoirí
21	MacTire02	16	Colin Ryan	9	Tuaisceart Éireann	3	User:Guliolopez
19	Evertype	16	Tameamseo	9	Liosta daoine	3	Category:Daoine a rugadh i 1969
18	195.184.115.220	16	PipepBot	8	Mark Haddon	3	User:Sioraf
18	SpBot	15	87.42.122.7	8	An tSeoirsia	3	Category:Mór-ranna
18	Antóin	15	Mr-susans	8	Fine Gael	3	User:Cometstyles
17	Alexbot	15	Cyric the All	8	An Bheilg	3	Category:Cathracha
15	J.delanoy	15	86.134.80.131	8	San Francisco	3	Category:Úsáideoir de-1
15	Mercy	14	Obersachsebot	8	An Eilvéis	3	User:Guliolopez/ArObair
15	Spacebirdy	14	PA-TEST-INC	8	Cúrsaí reatha	3	User talk:Picapica
15	An Piscín	14	Mark Dingemanse	8	Brabhsálaí gréasáin	3	User talk:Nmacu
14	Jotterbot	14	78.16.129.217	8	Páirc Uí Rinn	3	Template:Carachtar HP
14	Picapica	14	Antóin	8	An tAontas Eorpach	3	Template:Míonna
14	FoxBot	13	82.23.255.111	8	Na Ceithre Chúirteanna	3	Category:Úsáideoir de-L
13	CommonsDelinker	12	Alison	8	Tine	3	User talk:Meabhar
13	Meabhar	12	Angr	8	MP3	2	Category:An Rúis
13	Luckas Blade	11	YurikBot	7	An Eastóin	2	Category:Sasana
13	Rí na Vicipéide	11	Rí na Vicipéide	7	Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh	2	Category:Úsáideoir la-2
12	PipepBot	10	Fraincobroin	7	Réalteolaíocht	2	Category:San Mairíne
12	Rubinbot	10	85.31.137.11	7	Liverpool Football Club	2	Category:Siarra Leon
11	BotMultichill	10	LaaknorBot	7	Nua-Eabhrac (cathair)	2	User:ArséniureDeGallium
11	CarsracBot	9	Manuevertonliverpool	7	Thierry Henry	2	User talk:Colin Ryan
10	Nmacu	9	Picapica	7	Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann	2	Category:Daoine a rugadh i 1963
Bot names are in dark red
#Rv is revert actions, not reverted revisions (sometimes a revert action undoes several revisions).
Only reverts detected by md5 match are considered here, not (partial) reverts only detectable via comments.
Projects pages are excluded due to enormous amount of false positives: some status pages are cleared often as normal process

Generated on Wednesday August 4, 2010 from recent database dump files.
Data processed up to Saturday July 31, 2010
Please note that the lengthy dump process (many weeks) means a delay in publishing these statistics is always to be expected.

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