[OT] Jimbo Wales' edit count (was: Re: [WikiEN-l] Here's an interesting one)

[Mark Wagner]

On 2/1/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> >1890 edits at a very low edit rate. Little evidence of vandle fighting and has
> >failed to create any featured articles. The distibution of edits is
> pretty good although
> >a little low on article space. Would probably get through RFA but
> would not be completely clear cut.
>
> In another 30 edits, that could be describing me :)
>
> Seriously though:
>
> Username        Jimbo Wales
> Total edits     1890
> Image uploads   9 (7 cur, 2 old)
> Distinct pages edited   727
> Edits/page (avg)        2.60
>
> First edit      2001-03-27 20:47:31
>
> Articles        417
> Talk    211
> User    128
> User talk       809
> Project 198
> Project talk    62
>
> 1 in 4 edits actually in the article space, and  twice as many on user
> pages? Not to mention 128 edits to his own user page? I'm not sure
> what measure you use to judge "pretty good" edit distribution - the
> guy is clearly not here to create an encyclopaedia :)

On the other hand, the high number of "talk", "user talk", and
"wikipedia" edits could indicate that the user is pretty good at
calming down edit wars -- exactly the sort of person we want as an
admin.  You'd have to check a sample of his edits to determine this.

--
Mark Wagner
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