Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikipedia Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Waray-Waray 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:93%, 2 edits:4%, 3 edits:1%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:0%, >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:93%, 2 edits:4%, 3 edits:1%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:0%, >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	85.2%	Reg user	10.8%	Reg user	87.7%	Self	91.7%
				Reg user	87.7%	Others	8.3%
				Anon user	6.5%
				Bot	5.8%
		Anon user	19.9%	Reg user	58.8%
				Anon user	38.0%	Self	41.2%
				Anon user	38.0%	Others	58.8%
				Bot	3.1%
		Bot	66.5%	Reg user	0.7%
				Anon user	0.4%
				Bot	98.9%	Self	20.5%
				Bot	98.9%	Others	79.5%
		Unknown	2.7%	Reg User	65.7%
				Anon User	20.0%
				Bot	14.3%
Other Non- Project Pages	14.8%	Reg user	59.2%
		Anon user	28.7%
		Bot	8.5%
		Unknown	3.6%
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	85.2%	Reg user	9.2%	Reg user	8.1%	Self	7.4%
				Reg user	8.1%	Others	0.7%
				Anon user	0.6%
				Bot	0.5%
		Anon user	17.0%	Reg user	10.0%
				Anon user	6.5%	Self	2.7%
				Anon user	6.5%	Others	3.8%
				Bot	0.5%
		Bot	56.7%	Reg user	0.4%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	56.1%	Self	11.5%
				Bot	56.1%	Others	44.5%
		Unknown	2.3%	Reg User	1.5%
				Anon User	0.5%
				Bot	0.3%
Other Non- Project Pages	14.8%	Reg user	8.8%
		Anon user	4.3%
		Bot	1.3%
		Unknown	0.5%
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
3.6%	8.7%	1.3%	11.1%	13.9%	2.3%
0.2%	0.8%	3.8%	0.7%	-	-
0.4%	0.7%	-	0.7%	1.2%	-
0.9%	0.3%	-	1.5%	-	-
3.0%	4.6%	12.7%	21.5%	38.7%	4.7%
1.5%	0.7%	2.5%	2.2%	9.2%	18.6%
0.2%	1.2%	11.4%	16.3%	6.4%	16.3%
0.6%	0.5%	-	1.5%	-	-
0.9%	0.3%	-	-	-	-
0.2%	0.2%	1.3%	-	-	-
16.7%	11.1%	13.9%	12.6%	-	-
50.2%	61.2%	50.6%	17.0%	0.6%	-
2.1%	1.2%	-	2.2%	1.2%	2.3%
-	0.2%	-	1.5%	1.2%	4.7%
0.2%	0.5%	1.3%	-	-	-
13.5%	6.8%	1.3%	8.9%	5.2%	14.0%
1.5%	0.5%	-	0.7%	22.0%	34.9%
3.6%	0.3%	-	-	-	-
0.4%	0.3%	-	1.5%	0.6%	2.3%
totals reverts per year
466	606	79	135	173	43

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	11.1%	Reg user	9.7%	Self	8.9%
			Reg user	9.7%	Others	0.8%
			Anon user	0.7%
			Bot	0.6%
	Anon user	20.5%	Reg user	12.1%
			Anon user	7.8%	Self	3.2%
			Anon user	7.8%	Others	4.6%
			Bot	0.6%
	Bot	68.4%	Reg user	0.5%
			Anon user	0.2%
			Bot	67.7%	Self	13.9%
			Bot	67.7%	Others	53.8%
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
4.6%	9.7%	1.3%	13.0%	19.8%	5.6%
0.3%	0.9%	3.9%	0.9%	-	-
0.5%	0.7%	-	0.9%	1.7%	-
1.1%	0.4%	-	1.7%	-	-
3.8%	5.1%	13.0%	25.2%	55.4%	11.1%
1.9%	0.7%	2.6%	2.6%	13.2%	44.4%
0.3%	1.3%	11.7%	19.1%	9.1%	38.9%
0.8%	0.5%	-	1.7%	-	-
1.1%	0.4%	-	-	-	-
0.3%	0.2%	1.3%	-	-	-
21.3%	12.2%	14.3%	14.8%	-	-
63.9%	67.8%	51.9%	20.0%	0.8%	-
totals reverts per year
366	547	77	115	121	18

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
245	Xqbot	243	Xqbot	12	Buddha Yodfa Chulalok	14	Template:Infobox Nasod 5
186	Harvzs	149	SieBot	10	Syahan nga Pakli	12	Template:Infobox Nasod
140	SieBot	82	Harvzs	9	Arabya Saudi	8	User talk:Mercy
52	TXiKiBoT	63	TXiKiBoT	9	Jimmy Wales	5	Template:Infobox Papa Katoliko
47	JinJian	39	220.239.71.52	8	Niels Bohr	5	Talk:Syahan nga Pakli
44	Synthebot	37	MelancholieBot	7	Charles Darwin	4	Category talk:Pansubay
44	Luckas-bot	36	JAnDbot	7	Barack Obama	4	Template:Pagsunod nga kahon hin papa
41	ArthurBot	34	JinJian	6	Swiza	4	Category talk:Kalibutan Waraynon
40	JAnDbot	32	Almabot	6	Kalayo	4	Template:LakipProyekto
36	VolkovBot	31	ArthurBot	6	Indya	3	Category talk:Wikipedia
20	Escarbot	30	VolkovBot	6	Estonya	3	Category talk:Siyensyas Matematikas%2C Fisika ngan Naturales
17	Ptbotgourou	21	Thijs!bot	6	Eslovenya	3	Category talk:Lingguwistika
14	Thijs!bot	20	Jotterbot	6	Ehipto	3	Category talk:Sosyudad
13	Alexbot	17	Escarbot	5	Sosyolohiya	3	Template:Samar1
12	AlleborgoBot	15	84.178.238.128	5	Siyensya han Kalibutan	3	Template:Infobox Lugar
11	SpBot	15	Ptbotgourou	5	Kultura	3	Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
11	Rubinbot	14	LaaknorBot	5	Albanya	2	User:Bornok 20
10	MelancholieBot	14	Synthebot	5	Pilipinas	2	Category talk:Teknolohiya ngan Siyensya nga Aplikado
9	LaaknorBot	12	Rubinbot	4	Fransya	2	Category:Africa
9	69.238.211.100	12	Luckas-bot	4	Butnga nga Kabisay-an	2	Category:2000
9	CarsracBot	9	Obersachsebot	4	Belhika	2	Category:Rusya
8	Mike.lifeguard	9	69.238.211.100	4	Carigara%2C Leyte	2	Template:Mga komyun han Nord
8	SilvonenBot	7	MastiBot	4	Syudad han New York	2	Template:Pagsunod nga kahon
8	Zorrobot	7	Alexbot	4	Katundan nga Kabisay-an	2	MediaWiki:Monobook.js
7	Jotterbot	7	Robbot	4	Dinamarka	2	Template:WikipediaLang
6	D'ohBot	7	SilvonenBot	4	Papa Juan XXIII	2	Template:Mga komyun han Eure
5	Wutsje	6	PipepBot	4	Las Navas%2C Northern Samar	2	Template:Bungto ha Avila
5	BOT-Superzerocool	6	Louperibot	4	London	2	Template:Mga komyun han Seine-Maritime
5	69.239.61.30	6	Zorrobot	4	Pichilemu	2	Category:San Marino
4	DSisyphBot	6	69.116.146.211	4	Amihanan nga Korea	2	Talk:Fernando de Magallanes
4	HerculeBot	5	AlleborgoBot	4	Letonia	2	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
4	PipepBot	5	CarsracBot	4	Rusya	2	User talk:Harvzs
4	Louperibot	4	Dinamik-bot	4	Wikipedia	2	Template:Leyte
4	BotMultichill	4	SassoBot	3	Arkitektura	2	Template:Infobox U.S. state
4	Almabot	3	DSisyphBot	3	Israel	2	Template:Mga komyun han Marne
3	Dinamik-bot	3	BOT-Superzerocool	3	Turismo	2	Template:Autonomo nga mga komunidad han Espanya
3	AmphBot	3	CommonsDelinker	3	Phong Nha-Ke Bang	2	Template:Samar2
3	69.237.1.248	3	216.185.29.69	3	Islandya	2	User talk:Cometstyles
3	Gerakibot	3	194.44.23.190	3	Nicolas Sarkozy	2	Template:ProvinciaIT (unlinked)
3	69.228.37.67	3	TjBot	3	Michael Jackson	2	Template:Infobox Franses nga rehiyon
3	Purbo T	3	92.0.49.21	3	Australya	2	Category:Minnesota
3	69.236.22.174	3	Purbo T	3	Lituania	2	Template:Infobox European Union
3	71.128.74.241	3	D'ohBot	3	Santa Lucia%2C Ilocos Sur	2	Template:Tudlokan
3	GhalyBot	3	69.236.22.174	3	Tinuod Hesus Simbahan	1	Template:Euskal Herria nga probinsya
3	FoxBot	3	BotMultichill	3	Victoria han Reino Unido	1	Template:Mga komyun han Gironde
3	71.130.14.81	3	121.97.74.130	3	Wikimedia Commons	1	Template:End
2	Obersachsebot	2	69.228.43.160	3	Tadeusz Kościuszko	1	Template:Mga komyun han Haute-Saône
2	Egmontbot	2	69.238.211.28	3	Yucatán	1	Category:Mga probinsya han Espanya
2	MastiBot	2	Europa	3	Nepal	1	Category:Uruguay
2	69.238.210.223	2	AmphBot	3	Argentina	1	Category:Mga Nasod
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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