User:Katalaveno/TBE
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[edit] Wikipedia: Edit growth measured in time between edits
I was interested in getting an idea of the overall edit growth on Wikipedia in the last few years. One way I thought to do it was to take a look the time between every 10,000,000th edit. On March 22, 2008, I noticed in the URL of the diffs I was seeing that the oldid value had just passed 200,000,000. So, that gave me 20 data points to start with.
Keep in mind that the oldid value I am using is the same as the value contained in the magic word {{REVISIONID}} and not the magic word {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}. I would prefer to use {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} as that includes all edits, both existing and deleted. However, there seems to be no way to backtrack that value in time. If I am wrong about that, I would appreciate knowing a method.
Incidentally, the current value for {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} is 317,861,538.
[edit] Table 1: Time between edits (incrementing by 10,000,000)
From this chart I learned that by around January 2007, the time between every 10,000,000th edit was about 6 weeks and has hovered around that mark every since.
| Edit Number (id) | Link to Edit | Date | Time between edits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [1] | 10:25, 2002 January 26 | |
| 10,000,000 | [2] | 10:26, 2005 February 6 | 963 days (~137 weeks) |
| 20,000,000 | [3] | 16:03, 2005 July 31 | 175 days ( ~25 weeks) |
| 30,000,000* | [4] | 04:23, 2005 December 3 | 125 days ( ~17 weeks) |
| 40,000,000 | [5] | 07:42, 2006 February 17 | 76 days ( ~10 weeks) |
| 50,000,000 | [6] | 19:54, 2006 April 24 | 66 days ( ~9 weeks) |
| 60,000,000* | [7] | 10:22, 2006 June 22 | 59 days ( ~8 weeks) |
| 70,000,000 | [8] | 08:10, 2006 August 16 | 55 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 80,000,000* | [9] | 05:19, 2006 October 7 | 52 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 90,000,000 | [10] | 06:17, 2006 November 25 | 49 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 100,000,000 | [11] | 11:12, 2007 January 11 | 47 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 110,000,000 | [12] | 00:57, 2007 February 22 | 42 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 120,000,000 | [13] | 12:11, 2007 April 3 | 40 days ( ~5 weeks) |
| 130,000,000 | [14] | 22:26, 2007 May 10 | 37 days ( ~5 weeks) |
| 140,000,000* | [15] | 18:30, 2007 June 22 | 43 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 150,000,000 | [16] | 12:37, 2007 August 8 | 47 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 160,000,000 | [17] | 08:34, 2007 September 24 | 47 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 170,000,000 | [18] | 20:55, 2007 November 7 | 44 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 180,000,000 | [19] | 15:32, 2007 December 24 | 47 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 190,000,000 | [20] | 14:04, 2008 February 8 | 46 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 200,000,000 | [21] | 00:24, 2008 March 22 | 43 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 210,000,000 | [22] | 00:42, 2008 May 4 | 43 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 220,000,000 | [23] | 21:40, 2008 June 17 | 44 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 230,000,000 | [24] | 16:23, 2008 August 5 | 49 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 240,000,000 | [25] | 16:04, 2008 September 21 | 47 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 250,000,000 | [26] | 09:33, 2008 November 6 | 46 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 260,000,000 | [27] | 23:06, 2008 December 24 | 48 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 270,000,000 | [28] | 10:07, 2009 February 11 | 49 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 280,000,000 | [29] | 08:59, 2009 March 27 | 44 days ( ~6 weeks) |
| 290,000,000 | [30] | 20:48, 2009 May 14 | 48 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 300,000,000 | [31] | 07:14, 2009 July 3 | 50 days ( ~7 weeks) |
| 310,000,000 | [32] | 2009 August 20 (projected) | 48 days ( ~7 weeks) |
*The database did not find the text of this edit. The next edit that the database found is listed instead.
[edit] Graph of Table 1 Data
This graph is a detail of data points from July 31, 2005 to present.
[edit] Table 2: Time between edits (incrementing by powers of 10)
For those people partial to powers of ten, here is another chart, similar to the above one (but not really that useful for drawing any conclusions about editing growth).
| Power | Edit Number (id) | Link to Edit | Date | Time between edits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 1 | [33] | 10:25, 2002 January 26 | |
| 101 | 10* | [34] | 10:35, 2002 January 26 | 0 days (0 weeks) |
| 102 | 100* | [35] | 12:55, 2002 January 26 | 0 days ( 0 weeks) |
| 103 | 1,000 | [36] | 18:26, 2002 January 27 | 1 day ( 0 weeks) |
| 104 | 10,000 | [37] | 20:47, 2002 February 12 | 2 days ( 0 weeks) |
| 105 | 100,000 | [38] | 18:52, 2002 June 19 | 16 days (2 weeks) |
| 106 | 1,000,000* | [39] | 04:32, 2003 June 5 | 127 days (18 weeks) |
| 107 | 10,000,000 | [40] | 10:26, 2005 February 6 | 963 days (137 weeks) |
| 108 | 100,000,000 | [41] | 11:12, 2007 January 11 | 700 days (100 weeks) |
| 10~8.3 | 200,000,000 | [42] | 00:24, 2008 March 22 (current) | 436 days (62 weeks) |
*The database did not find the text of this edit. The next edit that the database found is listed instead.
