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*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’).
 
*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.  
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We calculated the total number of edits in each category, and the maximum number of edits to any single page in each category. In the table, 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 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
 
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).
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A high maximum number means the editor has focused on a particular page.  The number is most meaningful in article space.  A high maximum probably signifies a content creator.  Content creators typically make many edits to one article, doing many different kinds of edit (re-arranging paragraphs, adding words, deleting words). A low maximum usually means a 'Wiki gnome' of some kind.  Gnomes go from article to article fixing a single problem in each (changing single-spaced hyphen to double-spaced, changing 'teh' to 'the' and so on.  
 
 
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.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:06, 19 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’).

We calculated the total number of edits in each category, and the maximum number of edits to any single page in each category. In the table, 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

A high maximum number means the editor has focused on a particular page. The number is most meaningful in article space. A high maximum probably signifies a content creator. Content creators typically make many edits to one article, doing many different kinds of edit (re-arranging paragraphs, adding words, deleting words). A low maximum usually means a 'Wiki gnome' of some kind. Gnomes go from article to article fixing a single problem in each (changing single-spaced hyphen to double-spaced, changing 'teh' to 'the' and so on.

User A max U max W max A total U total W total Total total A/U ratio
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