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On 1 March 2018 at 14:17, Douglas Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > That's strange, perhaps someone else on this mailing list might have some > insight into this. > > Regards, > > Douglas. > > On 1 March 2018 at 14:36, Ingo Koll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everybody >> some of you know that I look from time to time into the statistics for >> African language wikipedias. Today I made a comparison which makes me doubt >> the usefulness of our beautiful wikimedia statistics, at least for small >> wikipedias. >> I found large differences for the same months in different tables they >> publish. Maybe it has to do with different data for different tables, but >> then it is too well hidden for an average reader to notice (and thus not >> helpful). >> >> I wondered about large differences between May and November 2017 when >> looking at >> >> 1. https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN_Africa/Sitemap.htm Wednesday May >> 31, 2017 ( TABLE 1) >> 2. https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/Sitemap.htm Thursday November 30, >> 2017 (TABLE 2) >> >> I compared to 3. https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN >> /TablesPageViewsMonthlyCombined.htm (TABLE 3) >> *RESULT: for views by hour* (default in tables 1+2); in table 3 I divide >> the given monthly rounded figure by 30, then by 24 >> >> *Language * >> >> *Nov 2017 Table1* >> >> *Nov 2017 Table 3* >> >> *May 2017 Table 2* >> >> *May 2017 Table 3* >> >> arz (Egyptian Arabic) >> >> 1204 >> >> *2668* >> >> 4028 >> >> *3194* >> >> sw (Swahili) >> >> 570 >> >> *2361* >> >> 1905 >> >> *1667* >> >> yo (Yoruba) >> >> 468 >> >> *381* >> >> 1274 >> >> *324* >> >> af (Afrikaans) >> >> 2560 >> >> *2361* >> >> 5640 >> >> *3056* >> >> This looks to me highly contradictory and at least for smaller wikipedias >> the figures are thus useless. >> >> Which is a pity! I try to ask the statistics team. >> >> Kipala-Ingo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 <+27%2079%20515%208727> > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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