New statistics for the English Wikipedia
Note see for in depth (technical) coverage a follow-up post on this subject.
For the first time since October 2006 there are new wikistats data for the English Wikipedia. This also allows publication of much wanted totals for all wikipedias combined, and trend forecasts.
User and bot activity levels (bot = automated edit tool) are now reported in much finer detail and with more specificity.
A revised scheme for counting newcomers on the projects gives a more balanced view on the resilience of the editing community.
Added July 20: The line chart above shows same data as bar chart below.
Added for easier comparison with other charts.
Monthly arrival of new wikipedians on English Wikipedia. Chart resized to fit, see full size version
Posted: July 18th, 2009 under uncategorized.
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Time Saturday July 18, 2009 at 21:44 GMT+2
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Comment from phoebe
Time Monday July 20, 2009 at 8:12 GMT+2
thank you, thank you for the statistics. Can we reproduce the first chart in the Wikipedia Signpost? — [[user:phoebe]]
Comment from Erik
Time Monday July 20, 2009 at 13:10 GMT+2
Of course, all wikistats charts and texts in this blog are CC-BY-SA. I still need to attach a plate that says so.
Comment from Naoko Komura
Time Tuesday July 21, 2009 at 5:11 GMT+2
This is a huge milestone achieved. A big thank-you to Erik Zahte and Tomasz Finc to make the vital statistics for English Wikipedia available. The usability team was eager to see the benchmark statistics for editors and articles. Separation of bot activities from user activities and tracking granular levels of user activities are extremely important in quantifying the usability improvements.
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Time Thursday July 30, 2009 at 7:34 GMT+2
[...] I am deeply concerned by the apathy of community voters this year and last, the relative stagnation of user growth in the projects, and the complete stagnation of new project development (despite the [...]
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Time Saturday July 18, 2009 at 6:25 GMT+2
[...] This post is an in depth technical coverage of the new statistics which were introduced in the previous post. [...]