Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Tok Pisin 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:85%, 2 edits:9%, 3 edits:2%, 4 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:85%, 2 edits:9%, 3 edits:2%, 4 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	66.5%	Reg user	11.0%	Reg user	81.8%	Self	17.8%
				Reg user	81.8%	Others	82.2%
				Anon user	16.4%
				Bot	1.8%
		Anon user	35.1%	Reg user	92.0%
				Anon user	6.9%	Self	41.7%
				Anon user	6.9%	Others	58.3%
				Bot	1.1%
		Bot	46.7%	Reg user	1.7%
				Anon user	0.9%
				Bot	97.4%	Self	21.6%
				Bot	97.4%	Others	78.4%
		Unknown	7.2%	Reg User	66.7%
				Anon User	22.2%
				Bot	11.1%
Other Non- Project Pages	33.5%	Reg user	64.1%
		Anon user	15.5%
		Bot	6.4%
		Unknown	13.9%
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	66.5%	Reg user	7.3%	Reg user	6.0%	Self	1.1%
				Reg user	6.0%	Others	4.9%
				Anon user	1.2%
				Bot	0.1%
		Anon user	23.3%	Reg user	21.5%
				Anon user	1.6%	Self	0.7%
				Anon user	1.6%	Others	0.9%
				Bot	0.3%
		Bot	31.1%	Reg user	0.5%
				Anon user	0.3%
				Bot	30.3%	Self	6.5%
				Bot	30.3%	Others	23.7%
		Unknown	4.8%	Reg User	3.2%
				Anon User	1.1%
				Bot	0.5%
Other Non- Project Pages	33.5%	Reg user	21.5%
		Anon user	5.2%
		Bot	2.1%
		Unknown	4.7%
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
2.4%	0.7%	-	2.7%	-	-	-
1.2%	0.7%	0.5%	16.9%	5.0%	-	-
-	-	2.8%	0.5%	1.7%	1.5%	-
1.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.1%	18.1%	51.9%	7.7%	8.3%	-	-
-	-	0.9%	0.5%	-	3.0%	-
-	0.7%	-	1.1%	5.0%	1.5%	-
-	-	-	1.1%	-	-	-
1.2%	-	-	1.6%	-	-	-
-	0.7%	-	0.5%	-	-	-
17.9%	7.2%	5.1%	7.1%	-	-	-
58.3%	58.7%	15.4%	8.2%	-	-	-
-	1.4%	0.9%	9.8%	3.3%	-	-
-	1.4%	0.9%	1.1%	1.7%	1.5%	-
-	2.2%	0.5%	-	-	-	-
-	2.2%	8.4%	32.8%	43.3%	75.8%	80.0%
-	2.2%	6.1%	2.2%	16.7%	12.1%	20.0%
9.5%	0.7%	2.8%	-	-	1.5%	-
1.2%	2.9%	3.7%	6.0%	15.0%	3.0%	-
totals reverts per year
84	138	214	183	60	66	5

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	11.9%	Reg user	9.7%	Self	1.7%
			Reg user	9.7%	Others	8.0%
			Anon user	1.9%
			Bot	0.2%
	Anon user	37.8%	Reg user	34.8%
			Anon user	2.6%	Self	1.1%
			Anon user	2.6%	Others	1.5%
			Bot	0.4%
	Bot	50.3%	Reg user	0.9%
			Anon user	0.4%
			Bot	49.0%	Self	10.6%
			Bot	49.0%	Others	38.4%
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
2.7%	0.8%	-	5.7%	-	-	-
1.3%	0.8%	0.6%	35.2%	25.0%	-	-
-	-	3.7%	1.1%	8.3%	25.0%	-
1.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.0%	20.8%	67.7%	15.9%	41.7%	-	-
-	-	1.2%	1.1%	-	50.0%	-
-	0.8%	-	2.3%	25.0%	25.0%	-
-	-	-	2.3%	-	-	-
1.3%	-	-	3.4%	-	-	-
-	0.8%	-	1.1%	-	-	-
20.0%	8.3%	6.7%	14.8%	-	-	-
65.3%	67.5%	20.1%	17.0%	-	-	-
totals reverts per year
75	120	164	88	12	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
98	Spacebirdy	60	88.108.79.50	18	Wikipedia	61	Template:Commons
49	SieBot	45	Xqbot	13	Ijip	31	Template:Emergency-bot-shutoff
43	Xqbot	43	SieBot	9	Beljiam	20	Template:Documentation
30	Wantok	31	89.241.8.118	8	Tru Jisas Lotu	14	Template:Languages
20	ArthurBot	19	K. Kellogg-Smith	7	Estonia	9	Talk:Fran pes
18	JAnDbot	15	VolkovBot	6	Intanet	7	Template:Pp-meta
15	Wutsje	14	JAnDbot	6	Ostrelia	7	Template:Flag/doc
14	TXiKiBoT	12	TXiKiBoT	6	Yurop	5	Category:All articles proposed for deletion
14	VolkovBot	11	Dinamik-bot	6	Albenia	4	Template:Spoken Wikipedia boilerplate
10	MauritsBot	11	PipepBot	5	Amerika	3	Template:Template shortcut
7	Synthebot	9	MauritsBot	5	Ol kantri	3	Template:Karen Afeas
7	K. Kellogg-Smith	7	Yusakopa	5	Gandi	3	Template:User fa
7	Caffelice	6	70.63.146.124	5	Jisas	3	Template:Country data Niger
6	BarkingFish	6	Hymen69	5	Lituwenia	2	Template:Navbox
6	Aliasd	5	Synthebot	5	Itali	2	Template:User da
6	PipepBot	5	ArthurBot	4	Siamani	2	Template:Flagicon
5	Loveless	5	187.13.195.184	4	Fraide	2	MediaWiki:Mainpage
4	Escarbot	5	Thijs!bot	4	Latvia	2	Category:Slovakia
4	AlleborgoBot	5	AlleborgoBot	4	Estronomi	2	Talk:Main Page
4	Nakon	4	Obersachsebot	4	Tok Inglis	2	Template:Flag
3	J.delanoy	4	Purbo T	4	Rasia	1	Template:Peles bilong Spen2
3	71.107.136.165	4	MelancholieBot	4	India	1	User talk:Spacebirdy
3	BotMultichill	4	71.107.136.165	4	Landen	1	Template:Flagcountry
3	Jorunn	4	Wantok	4	Papua Niugini	1	Template:Karen afeas/Bifo 2007 07
3	Prince Kassad	4	Almabot	4	Pranis	1	Template:Harim stori
3	Almabot	3	Loveless	4	Lotu	1	Template:Wikipediatokples
3	Alexbot	3	Bot	4	Kanada	1	MediaWiki:Sitesupport
3	Luckas-bot	3	75.100.81.66	4	Barack Obama	1	Template:Country data Bahamas
2	84.178.215.83	3	Jotterbot	4	Yunaitet Kingdom	1	User:K. Kellogg-Smith
2	Seb az86556	3	Milaiklainim	4	Gris	1	MediaWiki:Recentchanges-url
2	Yusa	3	Ptbotgourou	3	Aislan	1	User:Menyaman
2	Drini	2	Yusa	3	Ol Yunaitet Stet	1	User:Caffelice
2	85.179.62.27	2	DSisyphBot	3	Not Koria	1	User:BarkingFish
2	BOT-Superzerocool	2	216.148.217.126	3	Janueri	1	User:Wantok
2	Thijs!bot	2	121.214.125.135	3	Nowe	1	Template:Country data Gambia
2	Yusakopa	2	SassoBot	3	Teki	1	Talk:Pes Fran
2	Jotterbot	2	206.67.182.142	3	Esia	1	Template:Delete
2	Ptbotgourou	2	CarsracBot	3	2006	1	Template:Country data Paraguay
2	Andre Engels	2	Larabci User	3	Niu Silan	1	Template:User ar
2	159.134.180.25	2	Alexbot	3	Tok Grik	1	Template:Politbokispinis
2	Robbot	2	BOT-Superzerocool	3	Expo 2010	1	Category:Papua Niugini
2	Mercy	2	88.234.220.105	3	Aprika	1	Category:Yusa de-N
1	161.253.18.131	2	159.134.180.25	3	Kristen	1	Template:JanueriKalendar2007
1	N-true	2	216.185.29.69	3	Kinsale	1	Template:Peles bilong Spen
1	84.131.33.124	2	FoxBot	3	Mun (i stap long heven)	1	Template:ENG
1	Idioma-bot	2	Oldmanboner	3	Mani	1	Template:Country data
1	Hugo.arg	2	Robbot	3	Islam	1	Template:Style/yid
1	82.6.96.128	2	88.240.27.70	3	Yunaitet Kingdem	1	Template:User sv-1
1	Filemon	1	203.10.121.84	3	2003	1	MediaWiki:Article
1	211.27.122.213	1	Kewingo	2	Platon	1	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
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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