Wikinews Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: English

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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)

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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   Plot Reverts

Revert ratio is ratio reverts:edits per class of editors (registered or anonymous users or bots).
Only reverts detected by sha1 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:80%, 2 edits:10%, 3 edits:4%, 4 edits:2%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:3%

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?


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 editorRevert bySelf revert
Articles44.6%Reg user40.6%Reg user93.6%Self30.9%
Others69.1%
Anon user6.3%
Bot0.1%
Anon user45.9%Reg user87.9%
Anon user12.1%Self57.7%
Others42.3%
Bot0.0%
Bot0.7%Reg user89.8%
Anon user1.0%
Bot9.2%Self100.0%
Others0.0%
Unknown12.8%Reg User92.4%
Anon User6.6%
Bot1.0%
Other
Non-
Project
Pages
55.4%Reg user47.9%
Anon user24.6%
Bot6.9%
Unknown20.6%
Unknown = comments mentions (partial) revert, but no sha1 match
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous
  
 Distribution of reverts, each percentage is share of total reverts
Namespace(s)Reverted editorRevert bySelf revert
Articles44.6%Reg user18.1%Reg user16.9%Self5.2%
Others11.7%
Anon user1.1%
Bot0.0%
Anon user20.5%Reg user18.0%
Anon user2.5%Self1.4%
Others1.0%
Bot0.0%
Bot0.3%Reg user0.3%
Anon user0.0%
Bot0.0%Self0.0%
Others0.0%
Unknown5.7%Reg User5.3%
Anon User0.4%
Bot0.1%
Other
Non-
Project
Pages
55.4%Reg user26.6%
Anon user13.6%
Bot3.8%
Unknown11.4%
Unknown = comments mentions (partial) revert, but no sha1 match
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous
  
 Distribution of reverts, per year and type
2016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
6.8%4.5%5.2%9.7%10.0%6.2%6.5%7.2%5.3%4.0%3.5%4.0%5.7%
9.7%3.4%3.9%9.0%9.3%13.8%15.3%11.6%11.7%12.5%15.8%10.0%4.8%
0.6%0.1%0.1%-0.4%0.3%0.2%0.9%1.3%2.1%1.8%1.3%4.8%
------0.1%---0.1%0.0%-
9.8%4.4%1.6%4.8%12.2%11.9%11.4%20.3%22.3%24.9%20.4%22.0%31.7%
0.5%-0.1%0.2%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.6%1.1%2.3%2.1%2.5%10.6%
0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%-0.0%0.3%1.2%2.0%1.5%1.9%4.8%
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0.1%----0.2%0.5%0.0%0.1%-1.1%0.2%-
-----------0.0%-
-----0.1%0.1%-0.1%-0.0%--
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4.7%2.0%1.5%2.5%7.0%5.8%4.9%3.9%4.4%8.7%7.2%3.6%4.0%
0.2%0.1%0.2%0.1%-0.2%0.2%0.2%0.5%0.4%0.7%0.5%-
------0.5%0.0%0.1%----
45.2%28.3%39.2%30.1%28.4%30.4%30.2%25.9%23.8%19.5%19.8%33.1%10.1%
13.9%11.5%8.7%24.1%22.9%14.4%12.8%16.5%15.0%9.4%13.4%13.1%19.4%
0.8%29.5%30.6%4.4%0.3%1.3%0.7%1.7%4.2%1.3%0.2%0.1%-
7.4%16.1%8.8%14.9%8.9%15.0%16.1%10.8%9.0%13.0%12.4%7.8%4.0%
 totals reverts per year
8261 k1 k9119592 k3 k3 k5 k5 k5 k5 k227
   

 Distribution of reverts, like table above, but percentages are share
 of sha1 detected reverts only, for article namespace only
Namespace(s)Reverted editorRevert bySelf revert
 Reg user46.5%Reg user43.6%Self13.5%
Others30.1%
Anon user2.9%
Bot0.0%
Anon user52.7%Reg user46.3%
Anon user6.4%Self3.7%
Others2.7%
Bot0.0%
Bot0.8%Reg user0.7%
Anon user0.0%
Bot0.1%Self0.1%
Others0.0%
Reg = registered, Anon = anonymous
  

 Distribution of reverts, like table above, but percentages are
 share of sha1 detected reverts only, for article namespace only
2016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
24.5%36.0%46.9%40.6%30.8%18.9%18.8%17.5%12.2%8.4%7.6%9.5%9.2%
34.9%27.3%35.4%37.8%28.5%41.9%44.3%28.3%27.2%26.2%34.1%23.9%7.7%
2.2%0.6%0.7%-1.3%0.9%0.6%2.1%3.0%4.3%3.8%3.0%7.7%
------0.2%---0.1%0.1%-
35.4%35.5%15.0%20.3%37.5%36.3%33.0%49.8%51.8%52.0%44.1%52.6%50.7%
1.7%-1.4%0.9%1.6%1.4%1.2%1.5%2.5%4.8%4.6%6.0%16.9%
0.9%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.3%-0.1%0.7%2.7%4.1%3.2%4.5%7.7%
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0.4%----0.5%1.5%0.1%0.3%-2.4%0.4%-
-----------0.1%-
-----0.2%0.3%-0.2%-0.0%--
-------------
 totals reverts per year
2291721472173125719831 k2 k2 k2 k2 k142

Top Rankings

UsersContent
 Most Active Reverters  Most Reverted Editors  Most Reverted Articles  Most Reverted Other Non-Project Pages 
# Rv User/Bot # Rv User/Bot # Rv Article # RvPage
948DragonFire1024271Pi zero141Main Page370:Developing stories
873Brian McNeil214DragonFire102451Dance party broken up by police in Utah%2C USA355:Lead article
856Pi zero151Cirt37Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44240:Main Page
441Amgine144Brian McNeil36Coordinated terrorist attack hits London205:Second lead
419Doldrums108Blood Red Sandman2633 dead%2C 15 injured in Virginia Tech shootings200:Votings
417Blood Red Sandman 26Highway bridge in Minneapolis%2C Minnesota%2C collapses103:Lead article 1
391FellowWikiNews 21US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq99:Third lead
385SVTCobra 21Pennsylvania man named in alleged terror plot93:Sitenotice
322Deprifry 21Anna Nicole Smith dies91:Lead article 2
291Chiacomo 21Apple concerned with iPhone icons' alleged misuse85:Pi zero
283Cirt 21Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 200784:Brian McNeil
245Tempodivalse 19Saddam Hussein executed by hanging80:Lead article 4
218Cspurrier 16US honors military service on Veterans Day72:Latest news
179Mrmiscellanious 16Jimmy Wales asks Wikipedian to resign \"his positions of trust\" over nonexistent degrees66:Lead article 3
170Markie 16Former U.S. President Gerald Ford dies%2C aged 9364:NGerda
153Bawolff 16\"Anonymous\" plans to protest Church of Scientology on February 1062:Submitted stories
130Diego Grez-Cañete 16New York governor Spitzer tied to prostitution ring60:Blood Red Sandman
126Adambro 15Canadian PM: Liberal leadership hopefuls 'anti-Israeli'59:Cirt
125IlyaHaykinson 15711chan.org administrator calls for an end to attacks on Scientology56:User:Pi zero/Wikilisp
123Anonymous101 15Violence at Cronulla Beach as 5000 people gather51:Amgine/archives
116NGerda 15Wikimedia Foundation receives copyright infringement claim from Mormon Church47:Neutralizer
115Harej 15Iraqi journalist throws shoes at US president George Bush44:Wikinewsie tasks
103Zachary 15British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations41:Lead article 5
  15Church of Scientology: '\"Anonymous' will be stopped\"40:Bawolff
  14Vandalism on online epilepsy forum triggers convulsions39:Common.js/User:Pi zero/dialog/do
  14U.S. claims of Iraqi bioweapons labs contradicted in classified Pentagon report filed on 27 May 200337:Eloquence
  13Church of Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' documents leaked online36:Blood Red Sandman
  13Taliban claim: Helicopter in Afghanistan shot down35:Mrmiscellanious
  13Hezbollah attack Israel; Israeli forces cross over into southern Lebanon34:NGerda
  13Wikimedia fundraiser highlights webcomic community's frustration with Wikipedia guidelines34:Doldrums
  13US suspects North Korea and Burma participating in 'covert military' activities34:75.47.217.123
  13Wikinews international report: \"Anonymous\" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide34:Asia
  12Test 3534:Europe
  12Nineteen activists killed by Israeli commandos aboard aid convoy bound for Gaza32:75.47.142.103
  12Wikinews interviews Mark Bunker%2C producer of anti-Scientology website 'XenuTV'32:Anonymous101
  12Ahmadinejad to free British navy personnel31:Lead article with large image
  12Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners29:MainPageMediaMenu
  12Ukraine political crisis28:Brian McNeil
  12'Criminal in a police uniform' given eleven years jail for role in English drugs gang28:Tempodivalse
  12John \"Jebby\" Bush%2C son of Florida Governor Bush%2C arrested for public intoxication26:Dan100
  12Professional wrestler Chris Benoit and family found dead26:CCC
  12Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States25:Africa
  12Rumors of Oprah Winfrey's death a hoax25:SVTCobra
  11Small aircraft crashes into building in New York City24:FellowWikiNews
  11Severe fire with many victims in Vladivostok%2C Russia23:Bawolff bot/status
  11Internal audit reveals IRS improperly identified hundreds of thousands of taxpayers as potential frauds23:Dan100
  11\"Anonymous\" releases statements outlining \"War on Scientology\"23:Popular articles
  11Huge Gay Pride parade held in Brazil23:Middle East
  11Singer and songwriter Michael Jackson dies at age 5023:Edbrown05
  11Nebraska Senator sues God23:Sexy video clips influence young girls more than boys%2C study shows
Bot names are in dark red 
#Rv is revert actions, not reverted revisions (sometimes a revert action undoes several revisions).
Only reverts detected by sha1 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

Wikinews sites are ordered by hourly page views in recent days
Generated on Friday January 13, 2017 17:28 from recent database dump files.
Data processed up to Saturday December 31, 2016

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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