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+ | The table below shows the editing patterns of a number of Wikipedia editors, chosen to illustrate the variety in which editors engage with Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community. | ||
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+ | The patterns were analysed as follows. The most recent 5,000 edits of each editor were selected, and categorised as follows. | ||
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+ | * Into edits to the type of Wikipedia page broadly associated with adding or building ‘content’, namely the pages and talk pages of articles, templates, categories and portals (‘A’). | ||
+ | * Into edits to the the type associated with social interaction in Wikipedia, namely the pages and talk pages of Wikipedia editors themselves (‘U’). | ||
+ | *Into edits to the type of page broadly associated with the policy, politics and governance of Wikipedia, whose pages and talk pages are prefixed by ‘Wikipedia:’ (‘W’). | ||
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+ | Edits were grouped by category, and the maximum number of edits per page selected. | ||
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+ | Columns 2-4 show the maximum edits per page, by category. For example, the editor ‘Wehwalt’ has a maximum of 630 edits to a single article page, WOSlinker only 3. The editor known as Georgewilliamherbert has 1,156 edits to a single ‘Wikipedia’ page, user edward none to any Wikipedia page. | ||
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+ | Columns 5-7 show the total number of edits by category. Column 8 shows the sum of columns 5-7 as a completeness check (this does not always total 5,000, due to edits that could not be categorised). Column 9 shows the ratio of edits in article space to edits in user space | ||
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The columns represent the maximum number, and total number respectively of edits in A article space, U user space and W Wikipedia space. High A means a 'writer', high U means a 'chatterer' and high W means 'nasty little backstabber' (usually at ANI or arbitration enforcement or some policy page). | The columns represent the maximum number, and total number respectively of edits in A article space, U user space and W Wikipedia space. High A means a 'writer', high U means a 'chatterer' and high W means 'nasty little backstabber' (usually at ANI or arbitration enforcement or some policy page). | ||
Revision as of 10:33, 18 November 2011
The table below shows the editing patterns of a number of Wikipedia editors, chosen to illustrate the variety in which editors engage with Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community.
The patterns were analysed as follows. The most recent 5,000 edits of each editor were selected, and categorised as follows.
- Into edits to the type of Wikipedia page broadly associated with adding or building ‘content’, namely the pages and talk pages of articles, templates, categories and portals (‘A’).
- Into edits to the the type associated with social interaction in Wikipedia, namely the pages and talk pages of Wikipedia editors themselves (‘U’).
- Into edits to the type of page broadly associated with the policy, politics and governance of Wikipedia, whose pages and talk pages are prefixed by ‘Wikipedia:’ (‘W’).
Edits were grouped by category, and the maximum number of edits per page selected.
Columns 2-4 show the maximum edits per page, by category. For example, the editor ‘Wehwalt’ has a maximum of 630 edits to a single article page, WOSlinker only 3. The editor known as Georgewilliamherbert has 1,156 edits to a single ‘Wikipedia’ page, user edward none to any Wikipedia page.
Columns 5-7 show the total number of edits by category. Column 8 shows the sum of columns 5-7 as a completeness check (this does not always total 5,000, due to edits that could not be categorised). Column 9 shows the ratio of edits in article space to edits in user space
The columns represent the maximum number, and total number respectively of edits in A article space, U user space and W Wikipedia space. High A means a 'writer', high U means a 'chatterer' and high W means 'nasty little backstabber' (usually at ANI or arbitration enforcement or some policy page).
A high maximum number means the editor has focused on a particular page. The number is most meaningful in article space. High 'max A' most likely signifies a content creator. Low 'max A' usually means a gnome of some kind.
User | A max | U max | W max | A total | U total | W total | Total total | A/U ratio |
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Wehwalt | 630 | 273 | 124 | 3090 | 1101 | 735 | 4926 | 2.81 |
COGDEN | 586 | 123 | 97 | 3959 | 614 | 398 | 4971 | 6.45 |
Nev1 | 451 | 103 | 22 | 4537 | 297 | 157 | 4991 | 15.28 |
Ceoil | 376 | 522 | 34 | 3465 | 1389 | 128 | 4982 | 2.49 |
Karanacs | 361 | 305 | 137 | 2324 | 1408 | 1266 | 4998 | 1.65 |
Bishonen | 342 | 911 | 293 | 1535 | 2402 | 1058 | 4995 | 0.64 |
ErrantX | 319 | 291 | 251 | 2822 | 1227 | 946 | 4995 | 2.30 |
Andonic | 315 | 61 | 366 | 2423 | 1690 | 879 | 4992 | 1.43 |
SlimVirgin | 305 | 217 | 258 | 3228 | 583 | 1181 | 4992 | 5.54 |
Moni3 | 299 | 399 | 42 | 3038 | 1663 | 290 | 4991 | 1.83 |
Mifter | 281 | 108 | 115 | 2289 | 2212 | 497 | 4998 | 1.03 |
Slrubenstein | 278 | 52 | 204 | 3199 | 847 | 931 | 4977 | 3.78 |
Victuallers | 268 | 60 | 115 | 3742 | 796 | 460 | 4998 | 4.70 |
HJ Mitchell | 264 | 411 | 268 | 2107 | 1845 | 1045 | 4997 | 1.14 |
Ealdgyth | 261 | 175 | 17 | 3961 | 742 | 244 | 4947 | 5.34 |
Malleus Fatuorum | 256 | 439 | 78 | 3465 | 993 | 524 | 4982 | 3.49 |
Jayen466 | 209 | 168 | 153 | 2778 | 817 | 1375 | 4970 | 3.40 |
GiacomoReturned | 202 | 727 | 148 | 1397 | 2657 | 732 | 4786 | 0.53 |
Tznkai | 187 | 297 | 290 | 750 | 1406 | 2843 | 4999 | 0.53 |
Kirill Lokshin | 169 | 131 | 273 | 1070 | 329 | 3587 | 4986 | 3.25 |
Johnbod | 141 | 142 | 51 | 3794 | 460 | 731 | 4985 | 8.25 |
Marine 69-71 | 138 | 750 | 16 | 3132 | 1807 | 47 | 4986 | 1.73 |
The Cunctator | 116 | 74 | 167 | 3865 | 420 | 638 | 4923 | 9.20 |
SGGH | 92 | 149 | 844 | 2326 | 1241 | 1415 | 4982 | 1.87 |
FT2 | 75 | 280 | 138 | 1669 | 941 | 2372 | 4982 | 1.77 |
Beeblebrox | 70 | 231 | 154 | 1791 | 1443 | 1765 | 4999 | 1.24 |
MuZemike | 66 | 213 | 213 | 1701 | 1846 | 1453 | 5000 | 0.92 |
David Gerard | 66 | 145 | 35 | 4251 | 326 | 375 | 4952 | 13.04 |
Alansohn | 64 | 19 | 4 | 4582 | 344 | 74 | 5000 | 13.32 |
Wetman | 61 | 68 | 139 | 4470 | 348 | 176 | 4994 | 12.84 |
Baseball Bugs | 55 | 331 | 807 | 860 | 1197 | 2894 | 4951 | 0.72 |
Geni | 54 | 38 | 50 | 3433 | 766 | 790 | 4989 | 4.48 |
Calmer Waters | 45 | 97 | 44 | 3339 | 1443 | 216 | 4998 | 2.31 |
Tiptoety | 38 | 325 | 154 | 874 | 2207 | 1919 | 5000 | 0.40 |
Smalljim | 34 | 45 | 24 | 3147 | 1741 | 111 | 4999 | 1.81 |
JaGa | 32 | 34 | 29 | 4726 | 89 | 185 | 5000 | 53.10 |
Risker | 28 | 418 | 181 | 1318 | 1487 | 2190 | 4995 | 0.89 |
Roger Davies | 28 | 259 | 221 | 1441 | 864 | 2689 | 4994 | 1.67 |
Sandstein | 27 | 427 | 106 | 1875 | 1046 | 2071 | 4992 | 1.79 |
Neelix | 27 | 29 | 104 | 4509 | 237 | 229 | 4975 | 19.03 |
AGK | 25 | 617 | 221 | 706 | 2043 | 2241 | 4990 | 0.35 |
Georgewilliamherbert | 24 | 316 | 1156 | 1073 | 2079 | 1848 | 5000 | 0.52 |
Fram | 24 | 86 | 46 | 4155 | 451 | 394 | 5000 | 9.21 |
Tnxman307 | 23 | 244 | 244 | 1198 | 2149 | 1650 | 4997 | 0.56 |
The wub | 22 | 44 | 82 | 2569 | 2232 | 196 | 4997 | 1.15 |
Xezbeth | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4969 | 20 | 7 | 4996 | 248.45 |
Andres | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4934 | 41 | 15 | 4990 | 120.34 |
Orangemike | 16 | 177 | 136 | 2216 | 1835 | 946 | 4997 | 1.21 |
Coren | 14 | 749 | 198 | 275 | 1732 | 2992 | 4999 | 0.16 |
Billinghurst | 14 | 65 | 21 | 4416 | 368 | 205 | 4989 | 12.00 |
WOSlinker | 12 | 23 | 7 | 3747 | 1117 | 129 | 4993 | 3.35 |
Arjun01 | 11 | 195 | 194 | 2093 | 2310 | 594 | 4997 | 0.91 |
Merovingian | 11 | 21 | 2 | 4957 | 41 | 2 | 5000 | 120.90 |
JohnCD | 10 | 258 | 244 | 1060 | 3141 | 798 | 4999 | 0.34 |
Snowolf | 9 | 37 | 20 | 3186 | 1693 | 113 | 4992 | 1.88 |
Timotheus Canens | 8 | 339 | 458 | 973 | 1329 | 2693 | 4995 | 0.73 |
Hersfold | 7 | 510 | 72 | 768 | 2916 | 1306 | 4990 | 0.26 |
Wknight94 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2577 | 2411 | 10 | 4998 | 1.07 |
Courcelles | 6 | 17 | 11 | 4750 | 46 | 203 | 4999 | 103.26 |
edward | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4975 | 25 | 0 | 5000 | 199.00 |
J04n | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4964 | 16 | 19 | 4999 | 310.25 |
Gaius Cornelius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4990 | 7 | 3 | 5000 | 712.86 |