2009/9/24 Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@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.