2009/9/24 Aryeh Gregor <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com>:

> Do these statistics take into account things like vandalism
> reversions?  Also, how do they handle anonymous users -- are they
> summed up by edit count like anyone else?  I distinctly remember
> seeing a study conclude that most of the actual content comes from
> users with few edits, but I can't recall where or how long ago
> (possibly two or three years).


Aaron Swartz.

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia

Most of the edits are done by a very small group of regulars.

But most of the actual text is contributed by drive-by contributors
and then beaten into shape by the regulars.


- d.

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