On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Barry Newstead <bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
I'd like to add that your efforts are working, though the data I have is a
bit imperfect and has some reliability issues. I measured the share of
total edits to all Wikipedia projects from India in July 2010 (in
preparation for my first trip to India in September 2010). The share was
1.3% of total. Our most recent analysis shows we have grown to 1.7% of
edits. That is a 31% increase in share. It is even more impressive to note
that this implies that total edits from India increased by 42.5% in a time
period when edits worldwide increased 9%.
Don't these numbers have a margin of error? like +/- 1%?
I ask because you yourself start out, that the data is imperfect and has
reliability issues. Even under that assumption, the increase would be from
1.3% to 1.7%, an increase of 0.4% considering variables like
Wikiconference, IEP, India offices and political situation that brought a
limelight on the projects. That doesn't sound that inspiring, I hope we can
do better, I know we can.
Regards
Theo