Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Ripuarian 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:98%, 2 edits:1%, 3 edits:0%, 4 edits:0%, 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:98%, 2 edits:1%, 3 edits:0%, 4 edits:0%, 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	96.9%	Reg user	3.3%	Reg user	75.0%	Self	21.9%
				Reg user	75.0%	Others	78.1%
				Anon user	4.2%
				Bot	20.8%
		Anon user	1.4%	Reg user	89.2%
				Anon user	6.8%	Self	64.7%
				Anon user	6.8%	Others	35.3%
				Bot	4.0%
		Bot	94.3%	Reg user	1.1%
				Anon user	0.1%
				Bot	98.8%	Self	95.8%
				Bot	98.8%	Others	4.2%
		Unknown	1.0%	Reg User	29.9%
				Anon User	1.1%
				Bot	69.0%
Other Non- Project Pages	3.1%	Reg user	58.9%
		Anon user	8.2%
		Bot	26.6%
		Unknown	6.4%
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	96.9%	Reg user	3.2%	Reg user	2.4%	Self	0.5%
				Reg user	2.4%	Others	1.9%
				Anon user	0.1%
				Bot	0.7%
		Anon user	1.4%	Reg user	1.2%
				Anon user	0.1%	Self	0.1%
				Anon user	0.1%	Others	0.0%
				Bot	0.1%
		Bot	91.3%	Reg user	1.0%
				Anon user	0.1%
				Bot	90.3%	Self	86.5%
				Bot	90.3%	Others	3.8%
		Unknown	0.9%	Reg User	0.3%
				Anon User	0.0%
				Bot	0.7%
Other Non- Project Pages	3.1%	Reg user	1.8%
		Anon user	0.3%
		Bot	0.8%
		Unknown	0.2%
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
0.8%	1.9%	0.1%	3.3%	7.7%	36.8%
4.5%	7.5%	0.6%	7.7%	31.1%	21.1%
-	0.2%	0.0%	2.6%	1.0%	2.6%
1.6%	2.6%	0.3%	7.5%	3.2%	-
8.2%	10.3%	0.3%	15.0%	3.4%	2.6%
-	1.2%	0.0%	0.5%	-	-
0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	-
0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	-
-	5.6%	0.5%	10.1%	3.0%	-
0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	1.1%	-	-
13.5%	7.3%	94.5%	10.4%	24.8%	-
49.4%	30.2%	1.9%	15.7%	6.1%	-
2.9%	1.2%	0.0%	2.0%	3.8%	2.6%
-	-	0.0%	0.2%	-	-
0.8%	1.6%	0.3%	9.1%	-	-
5.7%	19.0%	0.7%	8.2%	12.5%	31.6%
-	3.3%	0.0%	3.8%	0.8%	-
9.0%	7.3%	0.6%	0.5%	-	-
2.0%	-	0.0%	2.1%	2.4%	2.6%
totals reverts per year
245	427	17 k	613	505	38

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	3.4%	Reg user	2.5%	Self	0.6%
			Reg user	2.5%	Others	2.0%
			Anon user	0.1%
			Bot	0.7%
	Anon user	1.4%	Reg user	1.3%
			Anon user	0.1%	Self	0.1%
			Anon user	0.1%	Others	0.0%
			Bot	0.1%
	Bot	95.2%	Reg user	1.1%
			Anon user	0.1%
			Bot	94.1%	Self	90.2%
			Bot	94.1%	Others	3.9%
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
1.0%	2.8%	0.1%	4.4%	9.6%	58.3%
5.6%	11.1%	0.6%	10.3%	38.6%	33.3%
-	0.3%	0.0%	3.5%	1.2%	4.2%
2.1%	3.8%	0.3%	10.1%	3.9%	-
10.3%	15.2%	0.3%	20.2%	4.2%	4.2%
-	1.7%	0.0%	0.7%	-	-
0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	-
1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	-
-	8.3%	0.5%	13.6%	3.7%	-
0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	1.5%	-	-
16.9%	10.7%	96.2%	14.1%	30.7%	-
62.1%	44.6%	1.9%	21.1%	7.6%	-
totals reverts per year
195	289	16 k	455	407	24

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
15836	ReDirBot	15845	ReDirBot	82	BAI (Watt ėßß datt?)	15	User talk:Danitelli3
606	Purodha	265	Purodha	75	2. Johonget für Krėßtůß	11	Template talk:Babel-cat-page
178	JAnDbot	136	Purbo T	75	2. Johonget för Krėßtůß	9	User talk:Jüppsche
99	SieBot	110	TXiKiBoT	75	2. Johůndet für Krėßtůß	9	Template:Babel-cat-page
98	TXiKiBoT	109	Alexbot	75	2. Johůndott für Krėßtoß	7	User talk:Purodha
81	CarsracBot	107	Düüvelskääl	75	2. Johůndott für Krėßtůß	7	Category:Schrievwies
77	Purbo T	83	CarsracBot	75	2. Jorhůngert für Krėßtůß	7	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Franzüsesh
66	Düüvelskääl	75	JAnDbot	75	2. Johundott für Krėßtůß	6	Category:Kattoolesch
63	VolkovBot	73	SieBot	75	2. Johůndott für Krėßtuß	6	Category:Mann
55	Luckas-bot	71	VolkovBot	75	2. Johůnget für Krėßtůß	5	Template:Navvi Wikkipedijas med 0-9 Atikelle
47	BBKurt	70	BBKurt	75	2. Johrhongert för Christus	4	User talk:Egmontaz
46	Jüppsche	62	Escarbot	75	2. Johunget für Krėßtůß	4	User:DerHexer
43	Escarbot	62	Xqbot	75	2. Johunget för Krėßtůß	4	Category:Wikkipedija
42	Synthebot	40	Jüppsche	75	2. Johůndott für Kreßtůß	4	Category:Wikki
37	MelancholieBot	29	Thijs!bot	75	2. Johůndott für Krißtůß	4	Category:Kösch
30	Xqbot	28	Almabot	75	2. Johondott für Krėßtůß	3	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann Tshäshėsh
26	Thijs!bot	26	SpBot	75	2. Johůnget för Krėßtůß	3	Category:Braunau
15	SpBot	20	CommonsDelinker	75	2. Johůndot für Krėßtůß	3	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann en Shprooch nit
15	AlleborgoBot	18	TobeBot	74	2. Johundot för Krėßtůß	3	MediaWiki:Common.css
15	Robbot	14	AlleborgoBot	74	2. Jorhůngert föe Krėßtůß	3	Template:Navvi Wikkipedijas med 10-99 Atikelle
11	TobeBot	14	ArthurBot	74	2. Jorhonget für Krėßtůß	3	User talk:BBKurt
11	AlnoktaBOT	13	MelancholieBot	74	2. Jorhungert für Krėßtůß	3	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann jaa kej Änglish
11	Ptbotgourou	11	Synthebot	74	2. Jorhůngert für Kreßtůß	3	Talk:Hauptseite
9	Alexbot	9	AlnoktaBOT	74	2. Jorhůnget föe Krėßtůß	3	Talk:Ostere
8	ArthurBot	8	85.14.138.141	74	2. Jorhůnget für Krėßtoß	3	User:Purodha
7	Wutsje	8	Vargenau	74	2. Jorhůngert für Krißtůß	3	Category:Bundeskanzler va Dükschland
7	Miss van der Roehe	8	Robbot	74	2. Johondet für Krėßtůß	3	Category:Houpshtadt
5	217.233.127.49	8	Ptbotgourou	74	2. Jorhůngert für Krėßtoß	3	Category:Wikipedia:Schmieß Fott!
5	BotMultichill	6	PipepBot	74	2. Johůnget für Krėßtuß	3	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Lattein
5	SilvonenBot	6	217.233.127.180	74	2. Johůnget für Krėßtoß	3	Template:Babel-user-lang-tag-0
4	W. Mehring	5	Slomox	74	2. Johůndot för Krißtůß	2	Category:Ongerfränkesche Shprooch
4	MastiBot	5	210.50.113.19	74	2. Johůndet für Krißtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Korejanėsch
4	Jorunn	5	Marc Mongenet	74	2. Johůnget für Krißtůß	2	Template:Schmieß Fott
4	PipepBot	5	217.233.127.49	74	2. Jorhůnget für Krėßtuß	2	Category:Rußßlandt
4	Andre Engels	5	Darkicebot	74	2. Jorhonget föe Krėßtůß	2	Category:Staatsmann
4	Mercy	5	GhalyBot	74	2. Johůndot för Kreßtůß	2	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
4	Egmontaz	4	W. Mehring	74	2. Jorhůngert für Krėßtuß	2	Template:Navvi Shtädt Kr Oche
4	RoboServien	4	96.61.45.141	74	2. Johondot för Krėßtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann meddeljood Shinesish
4	GhalyBot	4	Karkeixa	74	2. Johůnget für Kreßtůß	2	Category:Ackerplanz
3	Danitelli3	4	WikiDreamer Bot	74	2. Jorhunget für Krėßtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Pennsillvanėsh Döütsch
3	Slomox	4	Bernd Bergmann	74	2. Johůndot för Krėßtuß	2	Category:Außtraalije (Shtaat)
3	193.172.165.16	4	SassoBot	74	2. Jorhůnget für Kreßtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Limmburjėsh
3	Thogo	4	Helesike	74	2. Jorhongert für Krėßtůß	2	MediaWiki:Mainpage-description
3	Darkicebot	3	Danitelli	74	2. Jorhůnget für Krißtůß	2	Template:Navvi Sunnesüßteem — Eijn Deijl 2
3	78.48.189.190	3	78.48.189.190	74	2. Jorhunget föe Krėßtůß	2	Category:Paris
3	Helesike	3	Carsrac	74	2. Johůndet für Krėßtuß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann winnish Aßturjanėsch
2	Mike.lifeguard	3	80.138.21.122	74	2. Johundet für Krėßtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann joodt Baßkėsch
2	Danitelli	3	84.102.111.76	74	2. Joohrhongert för Christus	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher hätt Döütsch als MottoShprooch
2	Fiese Möpp	3	Éééé	73	2. Jorhůnget föe Krißtůß	2	Category:Wikipedia:Medmaacher kann meddeljood Lattein
2	Kam Solusar	3	88.70.48.63	73	2. Johůndot för Krėßtoß	2	Category:Frankrish
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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