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 ikoll@gmx.de 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

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Hi everybody

*I repeat because the table was not readable.*

Some of you know that I look from time to time into the statistics for African language wikipedias. How many people do actually read our 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 page views per hour in November and May 2017 * (in table 3 I divide the given monthly rounded figure by 30, then by 24)

Language -  Nov2017 in Table1-(same month Table3)  -  May2017 in Table2- (same month Table3)

Egyptian Arabic - November:1,204 (2,668)  - May: 4,028 (3,194) Swahili                - November:  570  (2,361)   - May: 1,905 (1,667) Yoruba                - November:  468  (  381)    - May: 1,274 (324) Afrikaans          -  November: 2,560 (2,361) -  May: 5,640 (3,056)

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