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== Techy calc details ==
== Techy calc details ==


Wikipedia's article count has increased from 1.5 million in 2007 to 5.7 million today: (1,560,000 to 5,710,186 )
* Article count increased from 1.5 million in 2007 to 5.7 million today: (1,560,000 to 5,710,186 )
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia#Wikipedia_growth_of_article_count]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia#Wikipedia_growth_of_article_count]


The number of daily visitors has stayed more or less steady increasing slightly from 60 million per day in 2007 to 65 million today
* Daily visitors increasing slightly from 60 million per day in 2007 to 65 million today
[https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/reportcard/#daily-unique-devices] That's a decrease of an average of 38 per article in 2007 to 11 per article today.
[https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/reportcard/#daily-unique-devices]


That's a decrease of an average of 38 daily visits per article in 2007 to 11 per article today.
Meanwhile the number of editors active enough to do 5 edits a month has decreased from 46,000 in 2007 to 30,000 today. (45953 to 28953). [https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediansEditsGt5.htm]


That means the number of articles per active editor has increased from 34 in 2007 to 197 today. And that's for editors that do only one edit a week.
* Editors active enough to do 5 edits a month decreased from 46,000 in 2007 to 30,000 today. (45953 to 28953). [https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediansEditsGt5.htm]

So for articles per editor
* number of articles per active editor increased from 34 in 2007 to 197 today. A

That's for editors that do around only one edit a week.


There are many editors doing many edits a day. But it's a case of one editor spreading their edits over numerous articles or focusing on only the central ones in their topic area.
There are many editors doing many edits a day. But it's a case of one editor spreading their edits over numerous articles or focusing on only the central ones in their topic area.


The number of editors with over 100 edits per month (a bit over three a day) has decreased from 4200 in 2007 to 3400 today (4173 to 3395). So that's an increase from 374 articles per editor in 2007 to 1681 articles per editor today.
* Editors with over 100 edits per month (a bit over three a day) has decreased from 4200 in 2007 to 3400 today (4173 to 3395).
So that's

* Increase from 374 articles per editor in 2007 to 1681 articles per editor today for this 100 per month 3 per day level

At a higher level,


There are 277 editors who do over 1000 edits a month, or about 30 a day, this number has stayed more or less steady for the last decade. Increase from 5631 to 20,614 per editor to day. [https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#editor_activity_levels]
* 277 editors who do over 1000 edits a month, or about 30 a day, this number has stayed more or less steady for the last decade. Increase from 5631 to 20,614 per editor to day. [https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#editor_activity_levels]


If you get blocked or banned you are likely to have tangled with an editor in the top 5000 most active in wikiedia.
If you get blocked or banned you are likely to have tangled with an editor in the top 5000 most active in wikiedia.
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