On October 30, updates were made to how metrics are calculated for the
Vital Signs dashboards [1]. The result is an apparent jump up or down on
some of the metrics starting October 30th. This is because we did not
update the existing historical data. We are planning on recalculating all
the historical data after more work is done on the backend over the next
month.
Here are the changes on the metrics:
- Namespace Edits and Pages Created now include pages in all namespaces and
pages that have been deleted. The plots for these metrics generally show a
step up. On wikis where most of activity occurs on pages other than in
namespace '0' (like Meta and Commons), you can see a dramatic difference in
the data [2].
- We exclude bots in Rolling Active Editor, Rolling Surviving New Active
Editor and Rolling Recurring Old Active Editor. The plots for these
metrics show a small step down. This change is not as conspicuous as the
previous one.
If you were relying on this data right now, and need it consistent across
time, please speak up.
[1]
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/static/public/dash/
[2]
https://metrics.wmflabs.org/static/public/dash/#projects=commonswiki,metawi…