Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Lingala 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:10%, 3 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:88%, 2 edits:10%, 3 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	84.4%	Reg user	10.8%	Reg user	89.7%	Self	78.8%
				Reg user	89.7%	Others	21.2%
				Anon user	6.9%
				Bot	3.4%
		Anon user	11.8%	Reg user	85.7%
				Anon user	12.7%	Self	50.0%
				Anon user	12.7%	Others	50.0%
				Bot	1.6%
		Bot	73.8%	Reg user	1.5%
				Anon user	0.3%
				Bot	98.2%	Self	24.2%
				Bot	98.2%	Others	75.8%
		Unknown	3.6%	Reg User	52.6%
				Anon User	15.8%
				Bot	31.6%
Other Non- Project Pages	15.6%	Reg user	28.3%
		Anon user	26.3%
		Bot	43.4%
		Unknown	2.0%
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	84.4%	Reg user	9.1%	Reg user	8.2%	Self	6.5%
				Reg user	8.2%	Others	1.7%
				Anon user	0.6%
				Bot	0.3%
		Anon user	9.9%	Reg user	8.5%
				Anon user	1.3%	Self	0.6%
				Anon user	1.3%	Others	0.6%
				Bot	0.2%
		Bot	62.3%	Reg user	0.9%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	61.2%	Self	14.8%
				Bot	61.2%	Others	46.4%
		Unknown	3.0%	Reg User	1.6%
				Anon User	0.5%
				Bot	0.9%
Other Non- Project Pages	15.6%	Reg user	4.4%
		Anon user	4.1%
		Bot	6.8%
		Unknown	0.3%
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
1.2%	2.4%	1.0%	28.7%	7.9%	4.3%
0.6%	1.9%	-	3.0%	-	13.0%
-	1.0%	1.0%	-	-	4.3%
0.6%	-	-	1.0%	-	-
0.6%	7.2%	14.6%	8.9%	28.9%	17.4%
0.6%	-	-	2.0%	-	4.3%
-	-	2.1%	-	5.3%	-
-	0.5%	-	-	-	-
0.6%	0.5%	2.1%	2.0%	-	-
-	-	-	1.0%	-	-
23.4%	15.3%	10.4%	12.9%	-	-
61.1%	58.4%	54.2%	17.8%	-	-
-	1.4%	1.0%	5.0%	2.6%	-
-	-	-	2.0%	-	4.3%
-	1.4%	2.1%	1.0%	-	-
-	1.0%	1.0%	12.9%	18.4%	21.7%
-	2.4%	2.1%	2.0%	34.2%	17.4%
11.4%	6.7%	8.3%	-	-	8.7%
-	-	-	-	2.6%	4.3%
totals reverts per year
167	209	96	101	38	23

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	11.2%	Reg user	10.1%	Self	7.9%
			Reg user	10.1%	Others	2.1%
			Anon user	0.8%
			Bot	0.4%
	Anon user	12.2%	Reg user	10.5%
			Anon user	1.6%	Self	0.8%
			Anon user	1.6%	Others	0.8%
			Bot	0.2%
	Bot	76.6%	Reg user	1.2%
			Anon user	0.2%
			Bot	75.2%	Self	18.2%
			Bot	75.2%	Others	57.0%
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
1.4%	2.7%	1.2%	37.2%	18.8%	10.0%
0.7%	2.2%	-	3.8%	-	30.0%
-	1.1%	1.2%	-	-	10.0%
0.7%	-	-	1.3%	-	-
0.7%	8.2%	17.1%	11.5%	68.8%	40.0%
0.7%	-	-	2.6%	-	10.0%
-	-	2.4%	-	12.5%	-
-	0.5%	-	-	-	-
0.7%	0.5%	2.4%	2.6%	-	-
-	-	-	1.3%	-	-
26.4%	17.6%	12.2%	16.7%	-	-
68.9%	67.0%	63.4%	23.1%	-	-
totals reverts per year
148	182	82	78	16	10

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
74	Xqbot	80	Xqbot	12	Saudi Arabia	5	Category talk:Ndámbo
58	SieBot	54	SieBot	8	Swisi	5	Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
45	JAnDbot	45	JAnDbot	8	Barack Obama	4	Category:Fízíkí
41	ArthurBot	30	ArthurBot	7	Ingɛlɛ́tɛlɛ	4	User talk:Eruedin
34	Moyogo	28	TXiKiBoT	7	Ejipte	4	Category:Afríka
24	Domaleixo	27	Domaleixo	7	Véritable Jésus Église	3	Category:Politiki
22	Synthebot	23	Almabot	6	Albania	3	User:George McFinnigan
22	Luckas-bot	12	Dinamik-bot	6	Wikipedia	3	User talk:Moyogo
21	VolkovBot	12	VolkovBot	5	Bilembo-nkita bya Kongó-Kinsásá	3	Talk:Engumba mokonzi
19	TXiKiBoT	10	MelancholieBot	5	Bilembo-nkita bya bisé	2	Category:Santu Marino
15	Eruedin	10	Synthebot	5	Lisangá lya Ameríka	2	Category:Sánzá na mbúla
14	Bombo	7	Moyogo	5	Angola	2	Talk:Mbóka-mokonzi
8	Ptbotgourou	6	Thijs!bot	5	Yahoo	2	Category:Slovakia
6	JhsBot	5	PipepBot	5	Lokásá ya libosó	2	Template:Infobox Esé
6	PipepBot	5	Alexbot	5	Estonia	2	Category:User pt
6	Thijs!bot	5	Ptbotgourou	5	Bɛ́ljika	2	Category:Nyama ya mabɛ́lɛ
5	Almabot	5	AlleborgoBot	5	Moritani	2	User talk:Themalau
5	BOT-Superzerocool	4	DSisyphBot	4	Brazil	2	Category:Sierra Leone
4	Escarbot	4	Eruedin	4	Litwani	2	Talk:Lokásá ya libosó
4	GhalyBot	4	Luckas-bot	4	Falansia	2	Template:Bisé ya Ameríka
4	SpBot	4	Jotterbot	4	Kongó-Brazzaville	1	MediaWiki:Nextdiff
4	Alexbot	4	Bombo	4	Simísi	1	Template:Lokótá
4	TinucherianBot II	3	Obersachsebot	4	Lingɛlɛ́sa	1	User:Eruedin
4	AlleborgoBot	3	JhsBot	4	Kiswahíli	1	File talk:Provinces de la République démocratique du Congo - 2005.svg
3	Wutsje	3	CarsracBot	4	Slovenia	1	MediaWiki talk:Commentedit
3	MelancholieBot	3	GhalyBot	4	India	1	Template:Sánzá ya yambo
3	BotMultichill	3	Robbot	4	Boklísto	1	MediaWiki:Monobook.css
3	HerculeBot	3	Node ue	4	Londoni	1	Category:Engúmba ya Ingɛlɛ́tɛlɛ
3	Jotterbot	2	Loveless	3	Kanadá	1	User talk:Domaleixo
2	LaaknorBot	2	69.140.203.207	3	Lipulutugɛ́si	1	Category:Moto
2	Loveless	2	TjBot	3	Erópa	1	MediaWiki:Common.css
2	Mwpnl	2	Purbo T	3	Litámbwisi-mokonzi	1	Talk:Lingála
2	Purbo T	2	SassoBot	3	Lifalamá	1	Category:Historia
2	DragonBot	2	BotMultichill	3	Nepáli	1	Category:Kanadá
2	Dorgan	2	82.215.206.19	3	Mohandas Gandhi	1	Category:User de-M
1	GT5162	2	SilvonenBot	3	Motópi	1	Category:Nyama ekɛ́
1	Aaker	2	83.13.140.106	3	Kémi	1	MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage
1	Rubinbot	2	85.100.170.55	3	Tshadi	1	MediaWiki:Previousdiff
1	69.140.203.207	2	HerculeBot	3	Ekwatéli	1	Category:Ndámbo
1	83.189.143.27	2	Sz-iwbot	3	Ekólo Wali	1	User:TXiKiBoT
1	MastiBot	2	BodhisattvaBot	3	Italya	1	Category:Radio
1	Martin Kozák	2	201.48.18.26	3	1986	1	MediaWiki:Wednesday
1	DSisyphBot	2	61.102.91.240	3	Ligreki	1	Template:Sánzá ya motóbá
1	195.190.173.54	2	BOT-Superzerocool	3	Zapɔ́	1	Category:User fr-2
1	216.185.29.68	2	TinucherianBot II	3	Lispanyoli	1	Template:MSAPI
1	Blockinblox	2	GilliamJF	3	Litámbwisi-bolúki	1	Template:Sánzá ya zómi na mɔ̌kɔ́
1	Masti	2	FoxBot	3	Panama	1	Template:Bitúká bya Kongó-Kinsásá (Constitution de 2005)
1	Mike.lifeguard	2	Gerakibot	3	Gilípi ya ndɛkɛ	1	MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning
1	Str4nd	1	LaaknorBot	3	Kore ya Nola	1	Help:Contents
1	Jorunn	1	Aaker	3	1998	1	Template:Sánzá ya libwá
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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