Wikiquote Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends

Wikiquote Statistics - Edit and Revert Trends: Simple English Wednesday June 30, 2010

Edit history charts for top 50 Wikiquotes / ... for all Wikiquotes / Edit and revert counts for all Wikiquotes

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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:8%, 3 edits:4%, 4 edits:1%, 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?

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:8%, 3 edits:4%, 4 edits:1%, 5 edits:1%, >5 edits:3%

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	52.0%	Reg user	66.1%	Reg user	99.4%	Self	18.6%
				Reg user	99.4%	Others	81.4%
				Anon user	0.6%
				Bot	0.0%
		Anon user	24.2%	Reg user	82.1%
				Anon user	17.9%	Self	38.1%
				Anon user	17.9%	Others	61.9%
				Bot	0.0%
		Bot	1.2%	Reg user	16.7%
				Anon user	0.0%
				Bot	83.3%	Self	60.0%
				Bot	83.3%	Others	40.0%
		Unknown	8.5%	Reg User	95.1%
				Anon User	4.9%
				Bot	0.0%
Other Non- Project Pages	48.0%	Reg user	55.7%
		Anon user	10.1%
		Bot	1.6%
		Unknown	32.7%
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	52.0%	Reg user	34.4%	Reg user	34.2%	Self	6.3%
				Reg user	34.2%	Others	27.8%
				Anon user	0.2%
				Bot	0.0%
		Anon user	12.6%	Reg user	10.3%
				Anon user	2.3%	Self	0.9%
				Anon user	2.3%	Others	1.4%
				Bot	0.0%
		Bot	0.6%	Reg user	0.1%
				Anon user	0.0%
				Bot	0.5%	Self	0.3%
				Bot	0.5%	Others	0.2%
		Unknown	4.4%	Reg User	4.2%
				Anon User	0.2%
				Bot	0.0%
Other Non- Project Pages	48.0%	Reg user	26.7%
		Anon user	4.8%
		Bot	0.8%
		Unknown	15.7%
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
-	10.8%	7.8%	-	10.0%	-	-
56.7%	20.5%	11.3%	46.5%	20.0%	-	-
0.8%	0.3%	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.5%	13.0%	9.1%	2.1%	40.0%	-	50.0%
1.7%	0.6%	0.9%	1.1%	-	-	-
2.5%	0.8%	1.3%	1.6%	-	-	50.0%
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	0.4%	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	0.8%	-	-	-	-	-
0.8%	-	-	0.5%	-	-	-
0.8%	2.8%	1.7%	12.3%	5.0%	-	-
0.8%	0.3%	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20.8%	25.8%	39.6%	18.7%	10.0%	27.3%	-
0.8%	7.2%	1.3%	3.7%	10.0%	54.5%	-
-	1.4%	0.9%	-	-	-	-
1.7%	15.8%	25.7%	13.4%	5.0%	18.2%	-
totals reverts per year
120	361	230	187	20	11	2

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	72.2%	Reg user	71.8%	Self	13.3%
			Reg user	71.8%	Others	58.5%
			Anon user	0.5%
			Bot	0.0%
	Anon user	26.4%	Reg user	21.7%
			Anon user	4.7%	Self	1.8%
			Anon user	4.7%	Others	2.9%
			Bot	0.0%
	Bot	1.4%	Reg user	0.2%
			Anon user	0.0%
			Bot	1.1%	Self	0.7%
			Bot	1.1%	Others	0.5%
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
-	23.1%	25.4%	-	14.3%	-	-
75.6%	43.8%	36.6%	89.7%	28.6%	-	-
1.1%	0.6%	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16.7%	27.8%	29.6%	4.1%	57.1%	-	50.0%
2.2%	1.2%	2.8%	2.1%	-	-	-
3.3%	1.8%	4.2%	3.1%	-	-	50.0%
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	1.4%	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	1.8%	-	-	-	-	-
1.1%	-	-	1.0%	-	-	-
totals reverts per year
90	169	71	97	14		2

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
42	Pmlineditor	57	Beev	37	Main Page	18	User:American Eagle
41	Juliancolton	47	Date arranger	28	List of themes	14	Template:Vgood
41	Cometstyles	20	Pmlineditor	12	Jesus	12	Help:Contents
31	American Eagle	16	Maxim	11	Romeo and Juliet	11	Template:Resolved
28	Tempodivalse	14	Floating Pelican	10	Jonathan Park	8	User:StaticChristian
16	Z	12	I would definitely support Razerflame in his RFA	9	Jimmy Wales	7	User:Juliancolton
15	Tiptoety	11	Ninja gaiden	6	Turkish proverbs	7	Template:Icon
12	Majorly	10	Snake311	5	George Washington	7	MediaWiki:Titleblacklist
12	Spacebirdy	10	American Eagle	5	Buzz Aldrin	7	Template:Pvgood
12	RyanCross	10	SuaveArt	4	Azerbaijani proverbs	6	User talk:Coppertwig
10	Snake311	9	GT5162	4	Mary Hirsch	6	User talk:Pmlineditor
10	Coppertwig	8	Riana renamed	4	Rolim Amaro	6	User:Coppertwig
9	Maxim	7	RyanCross	4	Victor Hugo	5	Template:Welcomeg
9	DerHexer	7	Phaedriel	4	John Adams	5	MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition
8	GT5162	6	76.190.220.7	4	John Quincy Adams	5	Template:Talkback
8	FrancoGG	6	Master Chief lol	3	Abigail Adams	5	Talk:Main Page
7	SuaveArt	6	Coppertwig	3	Horatio Nelson	5	MediaWiki:Common.js
7	PeterSymonds	6	Blob0987	3	Richard Nixon	4	User talk:StaticChristian
7	Innv	5	FrancoGG	3	Malcolm X	4	MediaWiki:Edittools
7	Az1568	5	24.29.233.163	3	Steve Jobs	4	User talk:American Eagle
6	Beev	5	142.31.15.151	3	Reuben Abel	4	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
6	JoshuaZ	5	68.224.231.253	3	Douglas Adams	4	User:Coppertwig/sig
5	J.delanoy	4	Innv	3	George III of the United Kingdom	4	Template:Sockpuppet
4	SwirlBoy39	4	MARMOT	3	Winston Churchill	3	User talk:SuaveArt
4	EVula	3	ONaNcle	3	Robert Burns	3	User talk:JoshuaZ
4	Michael	3	StaticChristian	3	Stone Cold Steve Austin	3	User:Barras
4	Griffinofwales	3	217.33.68.71	3	Judy Garland	3	Template:Other wikis
4	Archer7	3	SwirlBoy39	3	Ralph Waldo Emerson	3	User talk:Jamesofur
3	Wutsje	3	SUL	3	Nii Parkes	3	User talk:DerHexer
3	SUL	3	Sir James Paul	3	Bill Clinton	2	Template:Simple
3	Maximillion Pegasus	3	AnankeBot	3	Beth Anderson	2	Template:1996 United States presidential election
3	Conningcris	3	173.3.123.24	3	The Fox and the Hound	2	User:SwirlBoy39
2	Erwin	2	ChtitBot	3	Robert McHenry	2	User:Coppertwig/Sandbox
2	ONaNcle	2	Malpractice	3	The Dark Knight	2	User talk:Melancholie
2	ZimZalaBim	2	82.224.88.52	3	School of Rock	2	User talk:SUL
2	Techman224	2	EVula	3	Michael Jackson	2	Template:RfD
2	Bsadowski1	2	Shredder-Downsend	3	Albert Einstein	2	User:Coppertwig/monobook.js
2	RogDel	2	MBarras'd	3	Tariq Ali	2	Template:Wait
2	Werdan7	2	69.227.151.150	3	Anne%2C Princess Royal	2	Template:Meaning
2	AnankeBot	2	Griffinofwales	3	List of people by name	2	File:Example logo by AE.png
2	StaticChristian	2	173.29.153.2	3	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2	User talk:Maximillion Pegasus
2	Microchip08	2	71.107.255.62	3	Hal Abelson	2	User talk:Z
2	173.3.123.24	2	66.240.221.36	3	Mark Twain	2	Template:Anonblock
2	68.224.231.253	2	65.0.182.187	3	Friendship	2	Template:Votedelete
1	ChtitBot	2	131.123.156.186	3	William Shakespeare	2	User:Pmlineditor
1	71.104.95.93	2	82.198.250.70	2	Citizenship	2	Template:Col-begin
1	Shappy	1	JohnBBBB	2	Aesop	2	MediaWiki:Sidebar
1	LaaknorBot	1	75.57.126.7	2	George W. Bush	2	User:PeterSymonds/monobook.js
1	70.53.123.244	1	172.213.239.214	2	Dwight D. Eisenhower	2	User talk:Juliancolton
1	Cromwellt	1	70.53.123.244	2	Stephen Leacock	2	User:Razorflame
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 Saturday July 31, 2010 from recent database dump files.
Data processed up to Wednesday June 30, 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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