Perhaps the statistics should only go up to last month, not this month. Otherwise it looks like we've had a sudden drop in new wikipedians, active wikipedians, edits per month, etc. I assume that's what happened, anyway.
Well, it'd be extra fun if the current month data were extrapolated to
a
full month and both to-date and extrapolated figures shown.
I will add this, except for active wikipedians. Their number is not twice as high in four weeks than in two weeks, so no forecast possible.
Erik Zachte
Erik Zachte wrote:
I will add this, except for active wikipedians. Their number is not twice as high in four weeks than in two weeks, so no forecast possible.
Not directly, but it is possible to do so indirectly. Doing it well might be complex, but a rough guess could be gleaned from looking at 'new actives per day' and extrapolating for the month.
Of course, 'new actives per day' for a given month is probably very high on the first day, and lower through the month, as all the regulars are eventually 'accounted for'.
Well, anyway, it's easy for us to ask for MORE when you've given us such a great GIFT already! I, for one, really appreciate everything that you've done here, it's really amazing. :-)
--Jimbo
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