Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Dutch Low Saxon 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:84%, 2 edits:9%, 3 edits:3%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:2%

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:84%, 2 edits:9%, 3 edits:3%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:2%

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	83.4%	Reg user	16.1%	Reg user	92.0%	Self	51.7%
				Reg user	92.0%	Others	48.3%
				Anon user	4.6%
				Bot	3.4%
		Anon user	43.9%	Reg user	91.8%
				Anon user	7.3%	Self	65.4%
				Anon user	7.3%	Others	34.6%
				Bot	0.8%
		Bot	38.2%	Reg user	14.5%
				Anon user	0.5%
				Bot	85.0%	Self	20.7%
				Bot	85.0%	Others	79.3%
		Unknown	1.8%	Reg User	72.4%
				Anon User	10.3%
				Bot	17.2%
Other Non- Project Pages	16.6%	Reg user	48.9%
		Anon user	13.3%
		Bot	28.2%
		Unknown	9.6%
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	83.4%	Reg user	13.4%	Reg user	12.3%	Self	6.4%
				Reg user	12.3%	Others	6.0%
				Anon user	0.6%
				Bot	0.5%
		Anon user	36.6%	Reg user	33.6%
				Anon user	2.7%	Self	1.7%
				Anon user	2.7%	Others	0.9%
				Bot	0.3%
		Bot	31.9%	Reg user	4.6%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	27.1%	Self	5.6%
				Bot	27.1%	Others	21.5%
		Unknown	1.5%	Reg User	1.1%
				Anon User	0.2%
				Bot	0.3%
Other Non- Project Pages	16.6%	Reg user	8.1%
		Anon user	2.2%
		Bot	4.7%
		Unknown	1.6%
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
2.7%	4.4%	10.5%	3.3%	13.3%
5.7%	6.0%	6.7%	6.3%	3.4%
-	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%	0.5%
0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	1.5%
27.6%	33.5%	29.2%	47.8%	21.2%
2.0%	0.6%	1.4%	2.8%	2.5%
0.3%	0.8%	0.8%	2.0%	-
-	0.8%	-	0.2%	0.5%
2.0%	1.2%	0.8%	8.7%	16.7%
-	-	-	0.4%	0.5%
7.7%	6.5%	4.7%	4.8%	4.4%
35.0%	27.9%	25.1%	9.2%	5.4%
1.7%	2.1%	0.2%	0.7%	1.0%
-	0.2%	0.4%	-	-
-	0.4%	0.4%	-	0.5%
3.0%	6.7%	7.3%	6.8%	24.1%
0.3%	2.5%	2.0%	2.8%	3.4%
9.4%	2.1%	8.9%	1.7%	-
1.7%	3.3%	0.6%	1.1%	1.0%
totals reverts per year
297	480	506	458	203

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	16.4%	Reg user	15.1%	Self	7.8%
			Reg user	15.1%	Others	7.3%
			Anon user	0.8%
			Bot	0.6%
	Anon user	44.7%	Reg user	41.0%
			Anon user	3.3%	Self	2.1%
			Anon user	3.3%	Others	1.1%
			Bot	0.4%
	Bot	38.9%	Reg user	5.7%
			Anon user	0.2%
			Bot	33.1%	Self	6.8%
			Bot	33.1%	Others	26.3%
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
3.2%	5.3%	13.1%	3.8%	19.0%
6.8%	7.3%	8.4%	7.3%	4.9%
-	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	0.7%
0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.5%	2.1%
32.9%	40.6%	36.5%	55.0%	30.3%
2.4%	0.8%	1.7%	3.3%	3.5%
0.4%	1.0%	1.0%	2.3%	-
-	1.0%	-	0.3%	0.7%
2.4%	1.5%	1.0%	10.1%	23.9%
-	-	-	0.5%	0.7%
9.2%	7.8%	5.9%	5.5%	6.3%
41.8%	33.8%	31.3%	10.6%	7.7%
totals reverts per year
249	397	406	398	142

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
363	Servien	85	RoboServien	24	Nederlaand	24	MediaWiki:Monobook.css
125	Ni'jluuseger	84	SieBot	21	Eanske	16	MediaWiki:Common.css
102	Woolters	65	Servien	18	Veurblad	16	Talk:Veurblad
83	SieBot	62	Xqbot	13	Grunnegs	13	MediaWiki:Monobook.js
57	Grönneger 1	60	JAnDbot	12	Amsterdam	11	MediaWiki:Common.js
56	Pill	55	VolkovBot	11	Verienigde Staoten van Amerika	7	Template:Ploats in Nederlaand
54	JAnDbot	54	Thijs!bot	10	Hellevootsluus	6	User talk:Servien
49	Xqbot	28	Alexbot	10	België	6	Help:Infermasie veur anwas
46	VolkovBot	27	145.118.5.140	9	Sloveniën	6	Template:Verbarg
32	Erik Warmelink	22	Woolters	9	Achterhook	4	Category:Geschiedenis
32	Thijs!bot	22	TXiKiBoT	9	Estlaand	4	MediaWiki:Edittools
31	Mercy	20	Grönneger 1	8	Nedersaksisch	3	Category:Vort
28	TXiKiBoT	18	Escarbot	8	Stappest	3	Help:Wikipedie
26	Wutsje	18	RobotQuistnix	8	Turkije	3	Template:NavJaor
22	Erwin	17	145.118.199.131	7	Luxemburg	3	Template:Laandtabel-vel
21	MelancholieBot	16	145.118.5.144	7	Europa	3	Template:Uutklappen
21	RobotQuistnix	15	77.60.135.244	7	Beatrix van Nederlaand	3	Template:Wos je dat/jannewaori
20	RoboServien	15	Almabot	7	Egypte (laand)	3	User:Grönneger 1
20	Luckas-bot	15	Ni'jluuseger	7	Achterhooks	3	MediaWiki:Sidebar
19	Droadnaegel	13	Doorverwijzingen opschonen	6	Achterhooksen taalwiezer	3	Category:Continent
18	ArthurBot	13	145.118.5.148	6	Appel	3	Template:Commons
16	Escarbot	12	ArthurBot	6	Europa (continent)	2	Category:Gebruker nl
16	Robbot	12	195.35.218.226	6	T Vjenne	2	Category:Sproakleer
14	Alexbot	11	Robbot	6	Jajem (band)	2	Help:Uutleg
14	Synthebot	10	81.175.86.109	6	Karmis	2	Category:Gebruker es
13	Doorverwijzingen opschonen	10	Ptbotgourou	6	Tweante	2	Template:In 't niejs
12	CarsracBot	10	192.87.54.82	6	Brazilië	2	Category:Gebruker de-M
12	Tubantia	8	AlleborgoBot	6	Leonees	2	Category:Schrift
11	MF-Warburg	8	Synthebot	6	Nederlaands	2	Template:Beginneken
11	AlleborgoBot	8	CarsracBot	6	Wikipedia	2	Template:Laandtabel-gos
11	Tjako	8	212.203.0.26	5	Europese Unie	2	Template:Dia
10	Almabot	8	145.116.116.130	5	Afrika	2	Help:Mallen
10	Spacebirdy	8	87.249.113.193	5	Harry Potter (personage)	2	Talk:Voetbal
9	Mentifisto	8	Algont	5	Ni'j-Zeelaand	2	Category:Wereldarfgoed in Peru
9	Rubinbot	7	212.178.112.222	5	Denmaark	2	Category:Ruslaand
8	Pmlineditor	7	PipepBot	5	Scheikunde	2	User talk:Grönneger 1
8	Ptbotgourou	7	Jotterbot	5	Feyenoord	2	Category:Afrika
8	81.205.234.85	7	SpBot	5	FC Tweante	2	Template:Ploats
6	PipepBot	6	Obersachsebot	5	Geleuf	2	Category:Gebruker en-3
5	Mike.lifeguard	6	192.87.54.12	5	Frankriek	2	Template:Artikel van de maond/meert
5	YourEyesOnly	6	Breezer	5	Adolf Hitler	2	Category:Denmaark
5	Heini	6	Heini	5	Chili	2	Category:Gebruker eu-2
5	DerHexer	6	212.84.158.18	5	Bakhuus	2	Category:Netuurkunde
4	Romaine	6	Rubinbot	5	Wiki	1	Template:Portaol1
4	Egmontaz	6	83.98.233.195	5	Griekenlaand	1	Template:Limburg
4	BRUTE	6	145.97.65.62	5	PSV (voetbal)	1	Category:Gebruker it-1
4	BotMultichill	6	192.87.54.98	5	Hond	1	Category:Gebruker it
3	Arch	6	82.93.79.116	5	Biebel	1	Category:Pooln
3	SpBot	6	87.251.40.71	5	Christendom	1	Category:Stad
3	Jotterbot	5	Arch	5	Infermatika	1	Category:Gebruker ja-M
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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