Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Swahili 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:91%, 2 edits:6%, 3 edits:2%, 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:91%, 2 edits:6%, 3 edits:2%, 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	79.6%	Reg user	12.8%	Reg user	87.4%	Self	52.2%
				Reg user	87.4%	Others	47.8%
				Anon user	9.1%
				Bot	3.5%
		Anon user	15.1%	Reg user	80.3%
				Anon user	17.9%	Self	53.3%
				Anon user	17.9%	Others	46.7%
				Bot	1.8%
		Bot	64.8%	Reg user	1.2%
				Anon user	0.3%
				Bot	98.5%	Self	22.6%
				Bot	98.5%	Others	77.4%
		Unknown	7.3%	Reg User	64.4%
				Anon User	11.0%
				Bot	24.5%
Other Non- Project Pages	20.4%	Reg user	30.7%
		Anon user	6.3%
		Bot	51.2%
		Unknown	11.8%
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	79.6%	Reg user	10.2%	Reg user	8.9%	Self	4.7%
				Reg user	8.9%	Others	4.3%
				Anon user	0.9%
				Bot	0.4%
		Anon user	12.0%	Reg user	9.6%
				Anon user	2.1%	Self	1.1%
				Anon user	2.1%	Others	1.0%
				Bot	0.2%
		Bot	51.5%	Reg user	0.6%
				Anon user	0.1%
				Bot	50.8%	Self	11.5%
				Bot	50.8%	Others	39.3%
		Unknown	5.8%	Reg User	3.8%
				Anon User	0.6%
				Bot	1.4%
Other Non- Project Pages	20.4%	Reg user	6.3%
		Anon user	1.3%
		Bot	10.5%
		Unknown	2.4%
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
5.5%	5.0%	1.3%	5.6%	15.2%	10.5%	11.1%
11.2%	3.7%	0.9%	3.3%	3.2%	-	-
0.4%	0.8%	0.4%	1.6%	4.8%	10.5%	-
0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	-	-	-
3.5%	12.1%	7.9%	13.1%	18.4%	21.1%	-
0.5%	0.8%	0.9%	2.0%	3.2%	15.8%	11.1%
0.4%	0.2%	0.8%	1.6%	5.6%	21.1%	22.2%
-	0.4%	-	-	1.6%	-	-
1.1%	0.8%	0.4%	-	-	-	-
-	0.2%	-	0.7%	-	-	-
12.1%	8.0%	15.1%	17.0%	3.2%	-	-
43.0%	45.3%	40.3%	29.7%	1.6%	-	-
2.6%	3.1%	2.5%	5.2%	20.0%	-	-
0.4%	0.3%	0.6%	1.6%	0.8%	5.3%	11.1%
1.3%	1.7%	0.6%	2.3%	3.2%	-	-
7.9%	5.3%	5.2%	7.8%	8.0%	-	44.4%
0.5%	1.1%	0.6%	3.3%	4.8%	5.3%	-
7.7%	7.9%	20.4%	3.3%	0.8%	5.3%	-
1.5%	3.2%	1.9%	1.3%	5.6%	5.3%	-
totals reverts per year
547	1 k	775	306	125	19	9

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	13.8%	Reg user	12.1%	Self	6.3%
			Reg user	12.1%	Others	5.8%
			Anon user	1.3%
			Bot	0.5%
	Anon user	16.3%	Reg user	13.1%
			Anon user	2.9%	Self	1.6%
			Anon user	2.9%	Others	1.4%
			Bot	0.3%
	Bot	69.9%	Reg user	0.8%
			Anon user	0.2%
			Bot	68.9%	Self	15.5%
			Bot	68.9%	Others	53.3%
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	2005	2004
7.0%	6.5%	1.9%	7.4%	26.8%	13.3%	25.0%
14.3%	4.7%	1.3%	4.3%	5.6%	-	-
0.5%	1.0%	0.6%	2.2%	8.5%	13.3%	-
0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.9%	-	-	-
4.4%	15.6%	11.6%	17.4%	32.4%	26.7%	-
0.7%	1.0%	1.3%	2.6%	5.6%	20.0%	25.0%
0.5%	0.3%	1.1%	2.2%	9.9%	26.7%	50.0%
-	0.5%	-	-	2.8%	-	-
1.4%	1.0%	0.6%	-	-	-	-
-	0.3%	-	0.9%	-	-	-
15.4%	10.3%	22.2%	22.6%	5.6%	-	-
54.9%	58.5%	59.1%	39.6%	2.8%	-	-
totals reverts per year
428	783	528	230	71	15	4

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
203	Xqbot	202	Xqbot	30	Mwanzo	10	User:Muddyb Blast Producer
197	SieBot	181	SieBot	23	Mpira wa miguu	7	User:Tinkywinkydipsylaalaapo!/Sandbox
123	Kipala	110	CarsracBot	19	Kiarabu	6	User talk:Muddyb Blast Producer
114	JAnDbot	87	VolkovBot	14	Charlotte's Web	5	User:Spacebirdy/monobook.css
100	CarsracBot	84	JAnDbot	13	The Fox and the Hound	5	Category:Siasa
92	TXiKiBoT	83	TXiKiBoT	12	Dumbo	5	Template:Msanii muziki
90	Synthebot	62	AmaraBot	11	Tehran	4	Category:Fizikia
83	VolkovBot	58	Thijs!bot	10	Afrika	4	Category:Sayari
54	Thijs!bot	57	Synthebot	10	Niels Bohr	4	Category:Afrika
53	ArthurBot	48	ArthurBot	9	Alfabeti ya Kigiriki	4	Template:Umri
53	Baba Tabita	36	Almabot	9	Charles Darwin	4	User:Mr Accountable/Sandbox 5
50	AmaraBot	35	MelancholieBot	9	Saudia	4	Template:Muigizaji
49	Muddyb Blast Producer	28	Kipala	8	Ufaransa	4	Template:Infobox Country
42	Luckas-bot	25	Escarbot	8	Estonia	3	Category:User fr-2
25	Escarbot	25	142.227.239.235	6	Slovenia	3	Template:Navbox
23	Sz-iwbot	24	Jotterbot	6	Mwanzo (Biblia)	3	Category:User es
22	Mr Accountable	19	142.227.239.236	6	Lituanya	3	User:Sjakoj
22	Ptbotgourou	18	Alexbot	6	San Francisco	3	Category:Georgia (nchi)
18	SpBot	18	OKBot	6	Ulaya	3	Category:User de-N
18	AlleborgoBot	18	LaaknorBot	6	Albania	3	Category:Bahari ya Hindi
18	OKBot	18	Ptbotgourou	6	Uganda	3	Category:Miji mikuu
17	Flowerparty	17	24.222.74.10	6	Kiswahili	3	Talk:Mwanzo
15	SilvonenBot	16	D'ohBot	5	Misri	3	User talk:Kipala
15	Marcos	16	SilvonenBot	5	Muhammad	3	Category:User en-3
14	Alexbot	15	Muddyb Blast Producer	5	Denmark	3	Category:Bara
13	Robbot	15	Mr Accountable	5	Home on the Range	3	Category:User de
13	Rubinbot	14	AlleborgoBot	5	Hebe Camargo	3	MediaWiki:Portal
12	Jorunn	14	Zorrobot	5	The Princess and the Frog	3	Category:Waliozaliwa 1969
12	Dferg	14	Luckas-bot	5	Utamaduni	3	Category:User es-2
11	PipepBot	13	Purbo T	5	Tofaa	2	Template:Elementi
11	LaaknorBot	12	Baba Tabita	5	Armenia	2	Category:Jiografia ya Ujerumani
10	Matt Crypto	12	GhalyBot	5	Dola la Tatu	2	Category:Afrika ya Magharibi
10	Ndesanjo	12	84.231.242.141	5	Umoja wa Afrika	2	Help:Contents
10	Jotterbot	11	PipepBot	5	Yesu	2	User:Abbasjnr
10	Zorrobot	11	Ndesanjo	5	Ethiopia	2	Category:Mbegu za watu
9	Loveless	10	Nallimbot	5	Kolombia	2	User:Anthony Severine
9	MelancholieBot	10	BodhisattvaBot	5	Marekani	2	Category:Miji ya Welisi
9	Egmontaz	10	Rubinbot	5	Rosa Parks	2	Category:User sk
9	BotMultichill	10	FoxBot	5	Kireno	2	Category:Amerika Kusini
8	Wutsje	9	Loveless	5	Tanzania	2	Category:Pasifiki
8	Malangali	9	SassoBot	5	Ubelgiji	2	Template:User user-lives-dar
8	Erick njenga	8	Flowerparty	4	Uhindi	2	User:Muddyb Blast Producer/Status
7	Hosiryuhosi	8	Hahababa	4	Kongo	2	User talk:Ndesanjo
7	I Just Watched a Stupid Movie	8	Robbot	4	Kemia	2	Template:Mbegu
7	BodhisattvaBot	8	Erick njenga	4	Angola	2	MediaWiki:Monobook.css
7	GhalyBot	8	タチコマ robot	4	Ghuba ya Uajemi	2	Category:Waliozaliwa 1963
7	FoxBot	8	142.177.81.10	4	Japani	2	Category:Slovakia
6	DragonBot	6	Obersachsebot	4	Argentina	2	Category:Falaki
6	Mercy	6	142.68.215.42	4	Yordani	2	Category:User pt
6	DerHexer	6	Louperibot	4	Europa	2	Template:Location map Tanzania
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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