Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Swedish 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:83%, 2 edits:10%, 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:83%, 2 edits:10%, 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	90.0%	Reg user	24.3%	Reg user	87.3%	Self	21.5%
				Reg user	87.3%	Others	78.5%
				Anon user	11.2%
				Bot	1.5%
		Anon user	69.7%	Reg user	90.2%
				Anon user	9.6%	Self	67.3%
				Anon user	9.6%	Others	32.7%
				Bot	0.2%
		Bot	3.7%	Reg user	17.9%
				Anon user	2.8%
				Bot	79.3%	Self	18.7%
				Bot	79.3%	Others	81.3%
		Unknown	2.2%	Reg User	77.1%
				Anon User	12.6%
				Bot	10.3%
Other Non- Project Pages	10.0%	Reg user	50.6%
		Anon user	25.2%
		Bot	8.7%
		Unknown	15.5%
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	90.0%	Reg user	21.9%	Reg user	19.1%	Self	4.1%
				Reg user	19.1%	Others	15.0%
				Anon user	2.5%
				Bot	0.3%
		Anon user	62.8%	Reg user	56.6%
				Anon user	6.0%	Self	4.0%
				Anon user	6.0%	Others	2.0%
				Bot	0.1%
		Bot	3.3%	Reg user	0.6%
				Anon user	0.1%
				Bot	2.6%	Self	0.5%
				Bot	2.6%	Others	2.2%
		Unknown	2.0%	Reg User	1.5%
				Anon User	0.3%
				Bot	0.2%
Other Non- Project Pages	10.0%	Reg user	5.1%
		Anon user	2.5%
		Bot	0.9%
		Unknown	1.5%
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	2003	2002	2001
4.1%	4.5%	3.6%	3.4%	3.3%	8.1%	10.1%	20.7%	6.6%	100.0%
18.9%	18.3%	16.0%	14.6%	9.2%	11.6%	10.9%	3.9%	2.2%	-
2.6%	2.6%	2.7%	2.4%	1.9%	2.6%	1.4%	9.9%	41.5%	-
0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	-	-	-
53.3%	53.0%	56.6%	57.8%	62.5%	55.1%	56.2%	39.5%	40.4%	-
2.9%	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%	7.1%	7.4%	8.3%	11.0%	1.1%	-
2.0%	2.0%	1.8%	2.3%	1.9%	1.6%	1.1%	1.2%	3.3%	-
0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	-	-	-
0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	-	-	-
0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	-	0.1%	-	-
1.1%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	-	-	-	-
3.2%	3.3%	2.7%	1.5%	0.8%	0.8%	-	-	-	-
1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	2.3%	2.1%	1.5%	1.0%	2.3%	1.1%	-
0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	-	-
0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	-	-	-	-	-
4.8%	4.9%	5.6%	5.3%	4.1%	5.6%	6.2%	5.2%	1.6%	-
2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.6%	5.8%	2.2%	-
1.1%	2.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	-	-	-
1.1%	1.4%	1.9%	2.0%	1.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	-	-
totals reverts per year
39 k	92 k	104 k	90 k	71 k	21 k	6 k	1 k	183	1

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	24.9%	Reg user	21.7%	Self	4.7%
			Reg user	21.7%	Others	17.1%
			Anon user	2.8%
			Bot	0.4%
	Anon user	71.3%	Reg user	64.3%
			Anon user	6.8%	Self	4.6%
			Anon user	6.8%	Others	2.2%
			Bot	0.1%
	Bot	3.8%	Reg user	0.7%
			Anon user	0.1%
			Bot	3.0%	Self	0.6%
			Bot	3.0%	Others	2.4%
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	2003	2002	2001
4.6%	5.1%	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%	9.2%	11.4%	24.0%	6.9%	100.0%
21.2%	20.8%	18.3%	16.7%	10.4%	13.2%	12.3%	4.5%	2.3%	-
2.9%	2.9%	3.0%	2.7%	2.2%	2.9%	1.6%	11.4%	43.7%	-
0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	-	-	-
59.7%	60.2%	64.6%	66.2%	70.5%	62.5%	63.6%	45.8%	42.5%	-
3.2%	2.9%	3.2%	4.5%	8.0%	8.4%	9.4%	12.7%	1.1%	-
2.3%	2.2%	2.0%	2.6%	2.2%	1.9%	1.2%	1.4%	3.4%	-
0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	-	-	-
0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	-	-	-
0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	-	0.1%	-	-
1.2%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	-	-	-	-
3.5%	3.7%	3.1%	1.7%	0.9%	0.9%	-	-	-	-
totals reverts per year
35 k	81 k	91 k	78 k	63 k	19 k	5 k	866	174	1

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
24276	Torvindus	1606	Torvindus	871	Sverige	2099	User:Calandrella/Status
14543	Nicke L	1226	Janee	845	USA	296	Discussion Portail:Huvudsida
9907	Thuresson	1066	SieBot	828	World of Warcraft	216	User talk:Torvindus
9355	Riggwelter	904	Ludde23	731	Göran Persson	212	Template:Testmall
7673	Tournesol	874	Thijs!bot	672	Andra världskriget	168	Template:Aktuellt
7354	-nothingman-	833	Xqbot	636	Adolf Hitler	154	User:Nicke L
7223	Lars Törnqvist	724	Yger	593	Sverigedemokraterna	128	User talk:Tournesol
6082	Tegel	718	Riggwelter	555	Zlatan Ibrahimović	122	User talk:Riggwelter
5525	Sjö	707	JAnDbot	544	Jesus	112	User:Tournesol
5278	SweJohan	701	RobotQuistnix	492	Wikipedia	107	User:Marcustisk/sandlåda
4965	Wasell	586	Nicke L	482	George W. Bush	101	Portail:Aktuella händelser
4669	Fluff	584	J 1982	451	Islam	96	User talk:Grillo
3840	LX	566	Obelix	441	Kosovo	95	Talk:Adolf Hitler
3742	Idunius	551	Grillo	422	Fotboll	83	User:Kstaden/Status
3661	Kruosio	541	Bruno Rosta	415	Tokio Hotel	81	User talk:Thuresson
3566	Jsdo1980	533	Thuresson	405	Fredrik Reinfeldt	81	User talk:Wanpe
3494	Strangnet	516	Tournesol	398	Kina	78	Template:Hinken och spaden
3356	Grillo	510	TXiKiBoT	396	Selma Lagerlöf	75	User:Sofokles
3236	Diupwijk	481	Grillbot	392	Gustav Vasa	73	User:DzWiki/Status
3027	Jlundqvi	473	Rosp	385	Michael Jackson	66	User talk:Zman
2658	Law	417	VolkovBot	371	Australien	66	User talk:Matrix17
2618	Yger	411	Pieter Kuiper	365	Josef Stalin	65	Template:Veckans samarbete
2492	Obelix	400	Yvwv	359	Tyskland	63	User talk:Obelix
2414	Ludde23	398	Alexbot	340	Cristiano Ronaldo	62	Template:Visste du att
2406	Tubaist	362	E70	338	Franska revolutionen	60	User:Kodak/Mall:8TeamBracket-IIHF World Championship/dok
2402	StefanB	350	YurikBot	335	Fjortis	57	User:Annika64
2398	Andejons	339	MagnusA	329	Homosexualitet	57	Talk:Jimmy Windeskog
2235	Annika64	320	Sjö	326	Buddhism	56	User:MagnusA/Sandlåda
2022	Evalowyn	320	Wasell	321	Darin	54	Portail:Huvudsida
2008	Hallabro	304	RibotBOT	320	Första världskriget	54	User:Habj
1926	Höstblomma	294	-nothingman-	320	Assyrier/syrianer	53	User talk:Rosp
1923	Scuzzer	292	ArthurBot	320	Ronaldinho	52	User:Fluff
1911	MagnusA	288	Zorrobot	311	Counter-Strike	50	User:Sjö
1830	Hakanand	284	Hakanand	311	Norge	49	User:Lizzie And The Mad Hatters
1756	Fenix	277	Filipman	308	Neger	49	Template:Veckans tävling
1713	Scooba	276	Xenus	307	Judendom	47	User:Jlundqvi
1704	Lamré	272	Liftarn	304	Carl XVI Gustaf	47	User talk:Elinnea
1645	Xenus	268	194.22.4.101	302	Djurgårdens IF	45	User:Law/Arbetssida
1643	Caesar	264	Andejons	293	Cannabis	44	User talk:Bongoman
1568	IP	264	SweJohan	290	50 Cent	43	User:Atsushi
1445	RaSten	262	Dillinger	283	Egypten	41	User:Scouten/Status
1438	Gthyni	262	192.176.237.1	283	August Strindberg	41	User:Gurre/Status
1336	Vatten	253	Strangnet	283	Napoleon I	41	User:Torvindus
1317	Knuckles	243	CommonsDelinker	282	Stockholm	40	Template:Intro
1308	Dillinger	241	62.20.76.150	281	Elvis Presley	40	User:Poxnar/Sandlådor/Sandlåda 1
1303	Entheta	239	Herr X	280	Kristendom	39	User talk:Karpeth
1301	Lord Pelle	238	193.180.104.200	275	Christofer Columbus	39	Template:Stub
1285	Bongoman	237	62.88.128.21	274	Britney Spears	38	Template:Test
1272	Fyrfatet	237	Fluff	272	Emo	38	User talk:Nicke L
1271	Vivo	235	194.17.116.195	267	Leonardo da Vinci	38	User:SweJohan
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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