Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

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

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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:92%, 2 edits:5%, 3 edits:1%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:0%, >5 edits:0%

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:92%, 2 edits:5%, 3 edits:1%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:0%, >5 edits:0%

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	81.9%	Reg user	10.5%	Reg user	86.8%	Self	28.3%
				Reg user	86.8%	Others	71.7%
				Anon user	9.4%
				Bot	3.8%
		Anon user	25.2%	Reg user	93.1%
				Anon user	6.5%	Self	54.5%
				Anon user	6.5%	Others	45.5%
				Bot	0.4%
		Bot	61.1%	Reg user	2.4%
				Anon user	0.6%
				Bot	97.1%	Self	24.1%
				Bot	97.1%	Others	75.9%
		Unknown	3.2%	Reg User	66.2%
				Anon User	6.2%
				Bot	27.7%
Other Non- Project Pages	18.1%	Reg user	24.5%
		Anon user	8.8%
		Bot	49.2%
		Unknown	17.5%
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	81.9%	Reg user	8.6%	Reg user	7.5%	Self	2.1%
				Reg user	7.5%	Others	5.4%
				Anon user	0.8%
				Bot	0.3%
		Anon user	20.6%	Reg user	19.2%
				Anon user	1.3%	Self	0.7%
				Anon user	1.3%	Others	0.6%
				Bot	0.1%
		Bot	50.0%	Reg user	1.2%
				Anon user	0.3%
				Bot	48.5%	Self	11.7%
				Bot	48.5%	Others	36.8%
		Unknown	2.6%	Reg User	1.7%
				Anon User	0.2%
				Bot	0.7%
Other Non- Project Pages	18.1%	Reg user	4.4%
		Anon user	1.6%
		Bot	8.9%
		Unknown	3.2%
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
1.4%	1.3%	2.4%	4.0%	9.3%	-	22.2%
13.8%	2.6%	1.5%	6.1%	3.7%	4.2%	-
0.9%	1.6%	-	-	-	-	-
0.5%	0.1%	0.6%	-	-	-	-
14.8%	18.6%	17.7%	30.4%	25.9%	58.3%	22.2%
0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	1.6%	7.4%	4.2%	22.2%
-	0.1%	0.3%	2.4%	11.1%	-	-
0.2%	0.1%	-	-	-	-	-
2.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.8%	-	-	-
-	-	0.3%	2.0%	-	-	-
9.6%	7.5%	20.6%	14.6%	-	-	-
35.0%	40.1%	43.9%	23.9%	1.9%	-	-
1.9%	1.0%	2.6%	2.0%	-	4.2%	11.1%
0.2%	-	0.3%	0.4%	-	-	-
1.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.4%	-	-	-
7.5%	3.3%	2.4%	4.5%	11.1%	8.3%	11.1%
1.0%	1.5%	0.6%	1.6%	16.7%	4.2%	11.1%
6.3%	16.5%	4.1%	0.8%	-	12.5%	-
3.2%	3.7%	1.0%	4.5%	13.0%	4.2%	-
totals reverts per year
586	921	617	247	54	24	9

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	10.9%	Reg user	9.4%	Self	2.7%
			Reg user	9.4%	Others	6.8%
			Anon user	1.0%
			Bot	0.4%
	Anon user	26.0%	Reg user	24.2%
			Anon user	1.7%	Self	0.9%
			Anon user	1.7%	Others	0.8%
			Bot	0.1%
	Bot	63.1%	Reg user	1.5%
			Anon user	0.4%
			Bot	61.2%	Self	14.8%
			Bot	61.2%	Others	46.5%
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
1.7%	1.8%	2.7%	4.7%	15.6%	-	33.3%
17.6%	3.6%	1.6%	7.1%	6.2%	6.2%	-
1.1%	2.2%	-	-	-	-	-
0.7%	0.1%	0.7%	-	-	-	-
18.9%	25.4%	19.9%	35.4%	43.8%	87.5%	33.3%
0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	1.9%	12.5%	6.2%	33.3%
-	0.1%	0.4%	2.8%	18.8%	-	-
0.2%	0.1%	-	-	-	-	-
2.8%	1.0%	1.3%	0.9%	-	-	-
-	-	0.4%	2.4%	-	-	-
12.1%	10.3%	23.2%	17.0%	-	-	-
44.5%	54.8%	49.5%	27.8%	3.1%	-	-
totals reverts per year
461	673	548	212	32	16	6

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
224	Pras	191	Xqbot	32	Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa	7	User talk:Wutsje
175	Xqbot	180	CarsracBot	17	The Fox and the Hound	6	Template:Stub
157	SieBot	167	SieBot	13	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	5	User talk:Meursault2004
146	CarsracBot	112	JAnDbot	13	Charlotte's Web	4	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
128	JAnDbot	98	VolkovBot	11	Arab Saudi	4	Template:Kecamatan
107	Meursault2004	75	TXiKiBoT	11	Barack Obama	4	User:Techman224
71	VolkovBot	42	Escarbot	9	Teletubbies	3	User talk:Jack Merridew
60	TXiKiBoT	35	MelancholieBot	9	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	3	User:Meursault2004/Bak wedhi01
59	TracySurya	34	Almabot	8	Niels Bohr	3	User talk:Pras
54	Synthebot	33	Thijs!bot	8	Charles Darwin	3	User:Meursault2004/Cathetan
54	Luckas-bot	24	Synthebot	7	Suriname	3	User:Meursault2004/Kaca Utama02
43	Wutsje	20	ArthurBot	7	The Simpsons	3	User:WikimediaNotifier/translation
43	MelancholieBot	20	Pras	7	Slovenia	3	User:Meursault2004/Kaca Utama
39	Anggoro	17	Jotterbot	7	Australia	3	User talk:Mikhailov Kusserow
35	Thijs!bot	16	89.102.206.191	7	Gela	3	User:Meursault2004/Bak wedhi
31	Slamet Serayu	16	Luckas-bot	6	The Little Mermaid	3	User:Meursault2004/Kaca Utama03
26	ArthurBot	15	AlleborgoBot	6	The Rescuers	3	User:Meursault2004
25	Sz-iwbot	14	Muersault2004	6	Geni	3	Category:Artikel sing layak dibusak
24	Ptbotgourou	13	LaaknorBot	6	Asteroid	2	Category:1041
23	Escarbot	12	Slamet Serayu	6	Mesir	2	User:Thijs!bot
22	AlleborgoBot	12	PipepBot	6	Windows 7	2	Category:User de-N
20	Bsadowski1	11	Wutsje	6	Kaca Utama	2	Template:Wikiversity
17	SpBot	11	Ptbotgourou	6	Adolf Hitler	2	Category:Afrika
14	Mentifisto	10	Meursault2004	6	Albania	2	Template:WartaGapuraKomunitas
12	Alexbot	10	Iluvteletubbiesreturns	5	Ensiklopedhi	2	Category:1040
12	Robbot	10	Rubinbot	5	Hebe Camargo	2	Category:Geobox2 include
12	89.102.206.191	9	Madness3	5	Basa Albania	2	Category:Film taun 1973
10	Rubinbot	9	Darkicebot	5	Prancis	2	Category:Slowakia
9	PipepBot	8	Obersachsebot	5	Bèlgia	2	Template:Aboutthispage
9	Jotterbot	8	Alexbot	5	India	2	Category:Rusia
9	Egmontaz	8	TheRescuersBambifanTheFoxandtheHound	5	Asu	2	Category:Inggris
9	Ezagren	7	Robbot	5	Koréa Lor	2	Category:Sierra Leone
7	Tiptoety	7	Fuckindonesia	5	Beauty and the Beast	2	Category:Minnesota
7	Mike.lifeguard	7	166.66.202.60	5	Purwaning Dumadi	2	User talk:Anggoro
7	Hayabusa future	6	Guess what's back?	5	Kucing	2	Category:Flag templates
7	Mercy	6	Louperibot	5	Pagelaran%2C Kumpulan Geguritan	2	Template:Fb
7	BodhisattvaBot	6	Sz-iwbot	5	Kristen	2	Category:1001
6	Obersachsebot	6	PancenaBot	5	Kolombia	2	Category:Amérika Kidul
6	J.delanoy	6	BenzolBot	5	Basa Jawa	2	Category:San Marino
6	Drini	5	218.111.3.38	5	Jawa Tengah	2	User talk:Slamet Serayu
6	Jorunn	5	Furbiesaretheworst	5	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2	MediaWiki:1movedto2 redir
6	Sabudis	5	GhalyBot	5	Wikipedia	2	User:Slamet Serayu
6	LaaknorBot	5	Anggoro	5	Al-Qur'an	2	User:Erik Evrest
6	BenzolBot	5	Pokemonwizard1	4	Michael Jackson	1	User:Carsrac
6	Almabot	5	Idioma-bot	4	Cikulur%2C Lebak	1	Category:564
6	GhalyBot	5	82.209.49.196	4	Angola	1	Category:User fr-N
5	HerculeBot	5	Purbo T	4	Budaya	1	File:05-raiders-atraksimobil.jpg
5	202.59.198.212	5	Egmontaz	4	New York	1	User:Jack Merridew/Kecamatan-2
5	BRUTE	4	74.249.96.5	4	Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	1	Category:585
5	BotMultichill	4	Drini	4	Malaysia	1	Category:213
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

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Data processed up to Saturday July 31, 2010
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