MicroWiki:List of users by edit count
Share percentage of contributions of the top 5 editors, top 6–100 editors, and the rest of MicroWiki[a] (from 5 October 2022)
An edit count is a number stored for each user counting the total times they have saved a change or changes to a page on MicroWiki. MicroWiki, which has run on MediaWiki since 7 November 2013, counts edits in all namespaces (articles, talk pages, user pages, user talk, templates, files, etc.), however some types of edits that may be included in certain page count tools, such as page moves,[b] are not captured by the counting method employed to compile this list. The simplest method to view a user's edit count is via Special:Preferences, which includes deleted edits.[c] The MediaWiki extension Special:Editcount gives a more detailed view of the namespaces edited by a user, however it excludes deleted edits.[d] Nevertheless, typing {{Special:Editcount/User}} will display a user's live edit count on any page; this will also include deleted edits. The server counts each edit – regardless of whether it reflects a single change to a page or many – as 1; this is what the server does when generating the efficient counts shown in Special:Preferences and in Special:Editcount, the latter of which gathers its data directly from the server.
When MediaWiki was installed on 7 November 2013, all prior edit counts and page histories were erased – the entirety of edits made on microwiki.org.uk (7 November 2010–7 November 2013), which itself did not include edits made on MicroWiki's original website hosted on Wikia (now Fandom), which was registered on 27 May 2005. As such, for user accounts registered on MicroWiki prior to the installation of MediaWiki there is a significant disparity between the edit counts counted on the aforementioned methods and their actual edit counts on MicroWiki. In order to attempt limit this discrepancy, the below list includes the edit counts of users on the former Wikia website – the edit counts of whom are still publicly viewable on MicroNations Fandom[e] – and an estimated edit count on microwiki.org.uk, the number of which has been estimated based on various calculation methods, such as known edit counts (typically via snapshots on the Wayback Machine; testimonials are not considered reliable) and guesses based on calculations from the known average daily edit counts of users with registered accounts on both Wikia and the current MicroWiki.
The first edit on MicroWiki was made on 27 May 2005 at 15:14 (UTC) by Fabian Schneider (Monsterfurby), the founder of MicroWiki. Thus, Schneider held the highest edit count on the wiki. On 14 October 2005, Perry, chancellor of Arlberg, claimed the title upon reaching 9 edits; on 1 May 2006, Jeffrey II, Prince of Satirocity, overtook Perry upon reaching 94 edits.[f] His record would not be beat until nearly three years later, when Joe Foxon (Joxfoxon) overtook him on 23 January 2009 with 912 edits. This was followed by Alexander Reinhardt (Cajak) on 27 April 2009 with 1,221 edits. Aldrich Lucas, editing on microwiki.org.uk, reached the highest edit count "well before 26 February 2011" upon reaching between ~5–6,000 edits or more. By the time Lucas retired from editing in February 2012, he had made 28,632 edits to the wiki, well over that of any other user. His edit count would not be overtaken until 30 May 2020, when Zed (ZabëlleNB) achieved a larger amount. Since the installation of MediaWiki software, which reset all edit counts to zero, six individuals have held the top spot for most edits on the site: Ciprian (Cip), Jonathan I of Austenasia (Austenasia), Ned Gunderson (Mikejones; formerly Nedland), Tarik Karjasari (Ricky), John of Baustralia (KingdomOfBaustralia) and the current holder Zed (ZabëlleNB; formerly Z Luna Skye). With 53,770 edits as of 27 November 2022, the user has held this distinction since 7 November 2019.
Relationship between edit count and skill
Edit counts are a crude and inaccurate measure of determining an editor's skill or worth ("Quality over quantity"). There are many reasons why a total number of edits usually does not indicate quality of work, quality of an editor, or the significance of contributions to the wiki. Many editors who are high on the list perform routine tasks that require less time per edit such as fixing typos, maintaining templates, adding ambox templates, updating and maintaining lists, reverting vandalism or creating redirects; conversely, users who create a number of long new pages or make major additions might easily spend a week or more undertaking research before editing, and appear much lower on the list, if at all. Additionally, some editors use the 'Show Preview' button until they are satisfied with a particular (possibly very long) edit, while others will habitually save a succession of small changes as they go. Lastly, some editors may excessively edit pages in the user namespace, especially their own userpages (also called sandboxes) when making test edits.
List
The list
The following table lists the one-hundred users with the largest edit counts,[g] as well as whether or not the user is an administrator. Edit counts are updated automatically via the MediaWiki extension Special:Editcount, which takes its edit counts directly from the server. As of 2 November 2022, in order to be included on this list a user must reach an edit count of 1,725. 89 users have over 2,000 edits, 62 over 3,000, 45 over 4,000, 40 over 5,000, 28 over 6,000, 23 over 7,000, 21 over 8,000, 19 over 9,000, and 14 over 10,000. Nine users have edit counts greater than 15,000, five have over 20,000, and three have over 30,000. Zed (ZabëlleNB) and Dhrubajyoti Roy (Oritsu.me) are the only users to have more than 40,000 and 50,000 edits.[1]
- This lists only the top 100 most prolific editors, however, the count may exceed 100 if a tie exists for the 100th-highest edit count
- While edit-counts are automatically updated, ranks have to be updated by hand and may therefore be outdated.
Historical highest edits progression
MediaWiki
The following table lists the nine times a user has held the record for highest edit count since MicroWiki's move to MediaWiki. Since the move on 7 November 2013, six users have held the record for the highest edit count on the site, with two users holding this distinction more than once: Austenasia, who held this distinction three times (15 May–18 November 2015; 27 December 2015–1 March 2016; 8 March–15 May 2016) and Nedland, who held this distinction twice (18 November–27 December 2015; 15 May 2016–7 November 2019).
| User | Date achieved | Edits at date | Days held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cip | 7 November 2013 | 1 | 189 days |
| Austenasia (1) | 15 May 2014 | 827 | 552 days |
| Nedland (1) | 18 November 2015 | 2,802 | 39 days |
| Austenasia (2) | 27 December 2015 | 2,953 | 65 days |
| Ricky | 1 March 2016 | 3,297 | 7 days |
| Austenasia (3) | 8 March 2016 | 3,334 | 68 days |
| Nedland (2) | 15 May 2016 | 3,581 | 1,065 days |
| KingdomOfBaustralia | 15 April 2019 | 15,659 | 207 days |
| ZabëlleNB | 7 November 2019 | 18,607 | 1,116 days |
Pre-MediaWiki
| User | Date achieved | Edits at date | Days held | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikia (now Fandom) (27 May 2005–2 December 2010) | ||||
| Fabian Schneider | 27 May 2005 | 1 | 140 days | [m] |
| Perry of Arlberg | 14 October 2005 | 9 | 199 days | [n] |
| Jeffrey Hodgson | 1 May 2006 | 101 | 998 days | [f] |
| Joe Foxon | 23 January 2009 | 913 | 94 days | [o] |
| Alexander Reinhardt | 27 April 2009 | 1,221 | 584 days | [i] |
| MicroWiki.org.uk (2 December 2010–7 November 2013) | ||||
| Demontux (?) | 14 November 2010 | 1 | ~1 day | |
| Aldrich Lucas | 14 November 2010[h] | ?[h] | 1,089 days | [h] |
Milestones and most edits per year
Milestones
| User | Edit milestone | Date achieved |
|---|---|---|
| Monsterfurby | 1 | 27 May 2005 |
| Jeffrey II, Prince of Satirocity | 100 | 1 May 2006 |
| Joe Foxon | 1,000 | 3 March 2009 |
| Cajak | 5,000 | c.November 2010 |
| Aldrich Lucas | 10,000 | Between 14 November 2010 and 8 January 2011[h] |
| Aldrich Lucas | 20,000 | ~26 October 2011 |
| ZabëlleNB (then Z. Luna Skye) | 30,000 | 3 July 2020 |
| ZabëlleNB (then Z Luna Skye) | 40,000 | 9 March 2021 |
| ZabëlleNB | 50,000 | 13 May 2022 |
Most edits per year
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Includes estimates.
| Year | User | Edits |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Perry | <99 |
| 2006 | Jeffrey II, Prince of Satirocity | 391+ |
| 2007 | IndigoGenius | ~500+ |
| 2008 | IndigoGenius | ~500+ |
| 2009 | Ptrcancer | ~1,500+ |
| 2010 | Cajak | ~3,000+ |
| 2011 | ? | ? |
| 2012 | Aldrich Lucas | >20,000 |
| 2013 | ? | ? |
| 2014 | Austenasia | 1,465 |
| 2015 | Mikejones (then Nedland) | 2,915 |
| 2016 | Mikejones (then Nedland) | 3,548 |
| 2017 | Mikejones (then Nedland) | 9,195 |
| 2018 | KingdomOfBaustralia | 8,110 |
| 2019 | ZabëlleNB (then Z. Luna Skye) | 19,775 |
| 2020 | ZabëlleNB (then Z Luna Skye) | 14,203 |
| 2021 | Oritsu.me | 16,470 |
See also
- MicroWiki:List of bots by edit count
- MicroWiki:List of MicroWiki users by number of recent edits (discontinued; May 2019–April 2021)
- MicroWiki:Editor of the Month
- History of MicroWiki (website)
Footnotes
- ↑ Only edits made after 7 November 2013 were counted.
- ↑ If a user renames (moves) a page, that adds a history entry on both the old and new names of the page to show that the page was renamed, and therefore counts as 2 towards a user's contributions count. If the page being moved had a talk page, which was renamed as well, that counts as 2 more, so a single move can add up to 4 to a user's contribution count, while it would add 0 to the server count.
- ↑ For instance, if the user tagged an article for speedy deletion and the article was subsequently deleted, the server count continues to reflect that now-deleted edit as having been made and thus includes it in the total edit count.
- ↑ As Special:Editcount attempts to create more detailed results by relying on looking through Special:Contributions and counting edits there, it does not include deleted edits. Deleted edits, which are only visible to administrators, are not counted on Special:Contributions; therefore this edit count of contributions is often lower than the server count.
- ↑ Though a controversial issue, all edits made on MicroNations Fandom after 7 November 2010 should not be counted, as it is considered a separate wiki unaffiliated with MicroWiki.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Accounts included (912 edits):
- Funkybrain (144 edits)
- Funkybrain2 (82 edits)
- Satirocity (17 edits)
- Prince of Satirocity (56 edits)
- Yet Another Sockpuppet Of That User Known As Funkybrain Who Is Actually Prince Jeffrey II of Satirocity (92 edits)
- 151.197.168.139 (50 edits)
- 141.151.57.242 (275 edits)
- 141.151.90.106 (196 edits)
- ↑ The total number of users listed may exceed one-hundred if a tie exists for the hundredth-highest edit count.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 During the migration from Wikia,
MicroWiki.co.ccwas chosen as the temporary domain for MicroWiki on 14 November 2010. Managed by Pierre d'Égtavie, all pages on MicroWiki (content pages, talk pages, templates, user talk, etc.) had to be manually imported. Lucas, an administrator, took the liberty of doing this strenuous task, leading to his edit count immediately skyrocketing. While the exact number of articles MicroWiki had at the time is unknown, Lucas had reached "almost 16,000" by 8 January 2011.[2] As he began importing articles on 14 November, it is highly likely that Lucas set the record for highest edit count probably after d'Égtavie—which is probable to assume d'Égtavie would have likely made at least a single edit—and remained the editor with the highest edit count until MicroWiki switched domains and lost its original edit revision data. By the time he left in February 2012, Lucas had made 28,632 edits to the wiki.[3] - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cajak at MicroWiki's original domain. MicroNations Fandom – micronations.fandom.com. Fandom, Inc.
- ↑ Ptrcancer at MicroWiki's original domain. MicroNations Fandom – micronations.fandom.com. Fandom, Inc.
- ↑ Joefoxon at MicroWiki's original domain. MicroNations Fandom – micronations.fandom.com. Fandom, Inc.
- ↑ If his deleted edit count from microwiki.org.uk is factored in, it took nine years for his edit count to be achieved.
- ↑ The first edit on MicroWiki was made by Fabian Schneider, MicroWiki's founder, upon the wiki's approval by Wikicities.
- ↑ Account was Roamingjanitors, although Perry used various IP addresses:
- 66.243.201.204
- 66.243.201.123
- 66.243.201.36
- 69.50.58.169
- 69.50.58.202
- 69.49.129.55
- ↑ Joefoxon at MicroWiki's original domain. MicroNations Fandom – micronations.fandom.com. Fandom, Inc.
Citations
- ↑ Haines, Maximus (7 April 2022). "Dhrubajyoti Roy becomes second editor on MicroWiki to reach 30,000 edits. Penn Press. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Deleted revision on User:Aldrich Lucas [administrator view-only]: "You're free to stay here. But I recommend you at least take a look at it. Don't believe me that it's more active? I have an edit count of almost 16,000 on there. That's four times as much as anyone on here." – via MicroNations Fandom. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ Snapshot of his userpage on the Wayback Machine, 2 May 2012. "Edits: 23867 […] Deleted edits: 4765".
- ↑ Revision 1 on the Main Page by 63.147.48.242 on 27 May 2005. MicroNations Fandom. Wikia (Fandom, Inc.). Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.