Author Archives: Erik

Wikipedia page reads, breakdown by region

Posted on Thursday November 15, 2012 by Erik

As we know in some regions of the world people have more easily access to Wikipedia than in others. The majority of reads come from the so called Global North (*). Now is this unbalance between North and South diminishing? Not … Continue reading →

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Evernote ignores security flaw for months

Posted on Thursday November 8, 2012 by Erik

Usually this blog is about Wikimedia statistics. Today I need to digress. My favorite cross-platform archival system is the hugely popular Evernote. I use Evernote for all kinds of data and images, and love the product. So much that I stored … Continue reading →

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Growth in article count at largest 20 Wikipedias

Posted on Friday August 31, 2012 by Erik

There is a lot of variation in article growth rate among mature Wikipedias. Growth slows down at some, is steady or even accelerates at others. Many have tried to model these trends. I have little to offer in explanation but … Continue reading →

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Wikistats editor counts are broken (upd recovery complete)

Posted on Monday June 11, 2012 by Erik

Wikistats editor counts are too low for some languages, for all reported months. The issue has made it into the German Wikipedia’s “Kurier” newsletter (18.1) , and is discussed at this page. First, there has not been a definition change or … Continue reading →

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Wikimedia Usage Share By Browser

Posted on Monday February 20, 2012 by Erik

The following breakdowns of non-mobile and mobile traffic are based on our squid logs. Note how share of mobile usage peaks every year around Christmas. Note how mobile here is to be taken as ‘traffic from mobile devices’ not as … Continue reading →

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