Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Scots 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:3%, 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:3%, 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	86.3%	Reg user	20.8%	Reg user	85.5%	Self	9.6%
				Reg user	85.5%	Others	90.4%
				Anon user	13.9%
				Bot	0.7%
		Anon user	49.1%	Reg user	84.9%
				Anon user	14.9%	Self	25.9%
				Anon user	14.9%	Others	74.1%
				Bot	0.2%
		Bot	26.2%	Reg user	1.7%
				Anon user	0.7%
				Bot	97.6%	Self	21.2%
				Bot	97.6%	Others	78.8%
		Unknown	3.9%	Reg User	66.7%
				Anon User	25.3%
				Bot	8.0%
Other Non- Project Pages	13.7%	Reg user	48.1%
		Anon user	25.6%
		Bot	13.4%
		Unknown	12.8%
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	86.3%	Reg user	18.0%	Reg user	15.4%	Self	1.5%
				Reg user	15.4%	Others	13.9%
				Anon user	2.5%
				Bot	0.1%
		Anon user	42.3%	Reg user	35.9%
				Anon user	6.3%	Self	1.6%
				Anon user	6.3%	Others	4.7%
				Bot	0.1%
		Bot	22.6%	Reg user	0.4%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	22.0%	Self	4.7%
				Bot	22.0%	Others	17.4%
		Unknown	3.4%	Reg User	2.3%
				Anon User	0.9%
				Bot	0.3%
Other Non- Project Pages	13.7%	Reg user	6.6%
		Anon user	3.5%
		Bot	1.8%
		Unknown	1.8%
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%	0.8%	1.3%	3.0%	1.9%	2.1%
11.8%	11.0%	25.4%	12.1%	4.6%	6.8%
0.5%	4.0%	1.0%	4.2%	2.3%	2.1%
0.5%	0.1%	-	-	-	-
23.3%	29.7%	35.9%	44.8%	56.5%	38.4%
2.3%	0.8%	1.6%	1.6%	3.1%	1.4%
3.3%	1.8%	5.5%	4.4%	5.0%	19.2%
-	-	-	0.5%	-	-
0.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	-
-	0.1%	-	0.7%	-	-
9.5%	3.7%	4.1%	6.3%	1.5%	-
36.7%	27.9%	10.6%	5.8%	3.8%	-
1.0%	1.5%	1.5%	4.7%	4.2%	2.1%
0.3%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	2.1%
-	0.8%	0.2%	-	-	-
2.6%	9.7%	6.7%	6.3%	3.1%	8.9%
1.8%	2.1%	1.3%	3.0%	9.6%	15.1%
4.4%	1.9%	2.4%	0.2%	-	-
0.8%	2.6%	1.3%	0.9%	3.1%	2.1%
totals reverts per year
390	725	613	429	260	146

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	21.7%	Reg user	18.5%	Self	1.8%
			Reg user	18.5%	Others	16.8%
			Anon user	3.0%
			Bot	0.1%
	Anon user	51.1%	Reg user	43.3%
			Anon user	7.6%	Self	2.0%
			Anon user	7.6%	Others	5.6%
			Bot	0.1%
	Bot	27.2%	Reg user	0.5%
			Anon user	0.2%
			Bot	26.6%	Self	5.6%
			Bot	26.6%	Others	20.9%
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
0.9%	1.0%	1.5%	3.6%	2.4%	2.9%
13.2%	13.7%	29.7%	14.4%	5.8%	9.8%
0.6%	5.0%	1.1%	5.0%	2.9%	2.9%
0.6%	0.2%	-	-	-	-
26.1%	36.9%	41.8%	53.3%	71.4%	54.9%
2.6%	1.0%	1.9%	1.9%	3.9%	2.0%
3.7%	2.2%	6.5%	5.3%	6.3%	27.5%
-	-	-	0.6%	-	-
0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	-
-	0.2%	-	0.8%	-	-
10.6%	4.6%	4.8%	7.5%	1.9%	-
41.1%	34.6%	12.4%	6.9%	4.9%	-
totals reverts per year
348	583	526	360	206	102

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
282	Bazza	109	Xqbot	76	Scots leid	53	Talk:Main Page
252	Mendor	96	SieBot	47	Scotland	13	Template:MPAirtinsRight
133	Derek Ross	55	84.231.242.141	31	The Yird	10	Help:Contents
105	Xqbot	50	JAnDbot	30	Adolf Hitler	10	Talk:Scots leid
100	Scroggie	49	217.39.5.79	28	Wikipaedia	10	User:YourEyesOnly
95	SieBot	35	TXiKiBoT	28	Ingland	9	Template:MainPageInterwikis
82	Spacebirdy	34	VolkovBot	24	Rangers F.C.	7	Template:WikipaediaTOC
64	JAnDbot	34	TobeBot	22	Teletubbies	6	Category:Catholicism
49	Wutsje	22	68.80.231.234	18	Europe	5	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
49	DerHexer	21	68.33.210.46	16	Celtic F.C.	5	Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
37	VolkovBot	19	ArthurBot	16	The Beatles	4	User:Scroggie
35	J.delanoy	18	STOP BNP	15	Unitit States	4	User:Derek Ross
32	TXiKiBoT	16	Spacebirdy	14	Unitit Kinrick	4	User:Mendor
25	ArthurBot	16	Derek Ross	14	George W. Bush	4	User talk:Bazza
22	Pathoschild	15	24.222.2.179	13	Main Page	3	User talk:Wutsje
21	Synthebot	15	Zzz eejit 6	13	Jesus Christ	3	User talk:Fox
21	Az1568	15	Kittyslasher	12	Glesga	3	User talk:Kyoko
17	TobeBot	15	Zzz eejit 5	12	William Shakespeare	3	User:Infoferaw
14	Escarbot	15	198.111.182.53	11	Albanie	3	User talk:Hoots Hagis Kilts Porridge
14	YurikBot	14	Thijs!bot	10	McDonald's	3	Template:Fixscots
14	Luckas-bot	14	Scottish btard	10	Christianity	3	User:Kyoko
13	AlleborgoBot	13	Synthebot	10	Fire	2	Category:Roushie
13	Fox	13	Jotterbot	10	Lunnon	2	MediaWiki:Copyright
12	Andre Engels	13	MelancholieBot	10	Niels Bohr	2	User talk:Derek Ross
11	Ptbotgourou	12	Bazza	10	True Jesus Kirk	2	Category:Computers
10	Mercy	10	J.delanoy	10	Saudi Arabie	2	Category:Sooth Americae
9	Zzz eejit 5	10	AlleborgoBot	9	Fraunce	2	User talk:Crazygraham
9	Nou Uiserr	10	GenitalsInSpace	9	Charles Darwin	2	Category:Ingland
9	PipepBot	10	Lusttt	9	Australie	2	Template:WikipaediaLeids
9	Jimmy	10	Escarbot	9	Northren Ireland	2	Template:IPA
9	Rubinbot	10	RobotJcb	9	Wales	2	Category:Africae
8	Rabbie Barns	9	Almabot	8	Estonie	2	Template:Click-inline
8	Lustttt	9	69.119.30.199	8	Isaac Newton	2	Category:Slovenie
8	Thijs!bot	9	194.72.50.162	8	Inglis leid	2	Category:Continents
8	Creol	9	ImInYourFace!	8	Sport in Scotland	2	User:Rabbie Barns
7	66.188.61.59	8	213.249.154.98	8	German Ocean	2	Talk:Christianity
7	Woudloper	8	Josef Fritzl	8	Mathematics	2	Category:Politics
7	CarsracBot	8	Mendor	8	Sunday	2	User:Bazza
7	Île flottant	8	PipepBot	8	Cairt	1	Template talk:WikipaediaTOC
7	LaaknorBot	8	66.188.61.59	8	Manchester Unitit F.C.	1	User:Fox
7	MelancholieBot	8	WeeGingerScottishLassee	7	Canadae	1	User talk:Île flottant
6	Mike.lifeguard	8	Lustttt	7	Indie	1	Category:User fr-N
6	Mentifisto	8	LaaknorBot	7	Rugby union	1	Category:Fraunce
6	Jotterbot	8	212.44.18.150	7	Roushie	1	Talk:Adolf Hitler
6	Dou Gweler	8	Admiral Zookerman	7	Cat	1	File:Green.gif
6	JhsBot	7	Alexbot	7	Holocaust	1	Category:Leeteratur
6	Luckas Blade	7	CarsracBot	7	Lionese leid	1	Category:User de-M
6	SpBot	7	Rabbie Barns	6	Fitbaa	1	Category:Christianity
6	Local hero	7	RobotQuistnix	6	Cultur	1	User talk:Mendor
6	Duncan Sneddon	6	Passion Saturday	6	Poond sterling	1	User talk:Alexbot
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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