Original Data |
English Wikipedia XML Dump created on April 25th 2007
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Engineered Data |
83 monthly snapshots between February 2001 ~ December 2007
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Included in Each Snapshot |
Most recent revision of each article as of the end of the month.
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Number of Articles |
2,077,745
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Number of Revisions |
16,618,497
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Average Number of Revisions per Article |
8
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Average Lifespan per Revision |
27.4 months
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The Most Frequently-Updated Article |
"Cannabis", "Chess", and "Sport" - 73 revisions each
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The Least Frequently-Updated Article |
"Buzz!! The Movie" and 317,126 others - 1 revision each
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In the following table, February 2001 is short-written as month-001, March 2001 as month-002, ..., December 2007 as month-083.
Snapshot |
Number of Newly-Updated Articles |
Number of Carried-Over Articles |
Total Number of Articles
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month-001 |
0 |
23 |
23
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month-002 |
21 |
160 |
181
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month-003 |
179 |
212 |
391
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month-004 |
385 |
670 |
1,055
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month-005 |
1,046 |
186 |
1,232
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month-006 |
1,207 |
349 |
1,556
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month-007 |
1,534 |
695 |
2,229
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month-008 |
2,163 |
1,190 |
3,353
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month-009 |
3,266 |
1,917 |
5,183
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month-010 |
4,972 |
1,939 |
6,911
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month-011 |
6,364 |
2,491 |
8,855
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month-012 |
8,129 |
2,277 |
10,406
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month-013 |
8,626 |
3,408 |
12,034
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month-014 |
10,145 |
3,669 |
13,814
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month-015 |
12,149 |
2,890 |
15,039
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month-016 |
13,197 |
3,797 |
16,994
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month-017 |
13,967 |
5,192 |
19,159
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month-018 |
15,825 |
6,291 |
22,116
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month-019 |
17,560 |
10,200 |
27,760
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month-020 |
21,135 |
16,112 |
37,247
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month-021 |
29,871 |
28,525 |
58,396
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month-022 |
52,325 |
10,311 |
62,636
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month-023 |
51,434 |
27,957 |
79,391
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month-024 |
71,448 |
13,466 |
84,914
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month-025 |
76,908 |
12,617 |
89,525
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month-026 |
81,189 |
13,327 |
94,516
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month-027 |
85,235 |
14,343 |
99,578
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month-028 |
87,799 |
17,513 |
105,312
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month-029 |
87,679 |
23,705 |
111,384
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month-030 |
92,631 |
26,438 |
119,069
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month-031 |
102,220 |
23,983 |
126,203
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month-032 |
109,987 |
24,068 |
134,055
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month-033 |
116,297 |
24,339 |
140,636
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month-034 |
119,494 |
29,287 |
148,781
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month-035 |
125,761 |
33,126 |
158,887
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month-036 |
133,969 |
34,961 |
168,930
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month-037 |
137,032 |
46,191 |
183,223
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month-038 |
139,282 |
63,119 |
202,401
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month-039 |
153,382 |
66,120 |
219,502
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month-040 |
164,852 |
70,693 |
235,545
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month-041 |
150,747 |
101,445 |
252,192
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month-042 |
186,426 |
84,940 |
271,366
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month-043 |
201,801 |
88,208 |
290,009
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month-044 |
213,105 |
95,792 |
308,897
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month-045 |
230,877 |
99,329 |
330,206
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month-046 |
208,679 |
146,893 |
355,572
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month-047 |
239,545 |
140,840 |
380,385
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month-048 |
289,942 |
111,292 |
401,234
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month-049 |
310,721 |
109,583 |
420,304
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month-050 |
309,097 |
136,095 |
445,192
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month-051 |
311,723 |
162,419 |
474,142
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month-052 |
332,785 |
171,091 |
503,876
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month-053 |
346,613 |
189,980 |
536,593
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month-054 |
362,863 |
215,235 |
578,098
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month-055 |
387,670 |
233,548 |
621,218
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month-056 |
430,610 |
227,345 |
657,955
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month-057 |
438,169 |
263,848 |
702,017
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month-058 |
477,553 |
266,604 |
744,157
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month-059 |
462,758 |
326,800 |
789,558
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month-060 |
484,083 |
356,435 |
840,518
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month-061 |
536,424 |
349,439 |
885,863
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month-062 |
535,708 |
400,751 |
936,459
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month-063 |
574,904 |
409,781 |
984,685
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month-064 |
605,089 |
430,124 |
1,035,213
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month-065 |
646,905 |
439,811 |
1,086,716
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month-066 |
674,061 |
472,054 |
1,146,115
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month-067 |
699,421 |
510,847 |
1,210,268
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month-068 |
776,674 |
485,047 |
1,261,721
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month-069 |
806,557 |
506,063 |
1,312,620
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month-070 |
833,026 |
530,075 |
1,363,101
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month-071 |
882,059 |
531,460 |
1,413,519
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month-072 |
895,075 |
571,286 |
1,466,361
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month-073 |
956,064 |
561,065 |
1,517,129
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month-074 |
982,413 |
587,120 |
1,569,533
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month-075 |
1,024,155 |
597,422 |
1,621,577
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month-076 |
1,068,145 |
604,626 |
1,672,771
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month-077 |
1,133,363 |
605,840 |
1,739,203
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month-078 |
1,188,351 |
634,385 |
1,822,736
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month-079 |
1,233,461 |
654,324 |
1,887,785
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month-080 |
1,306,141 |
629,149 |
1,935,290
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month-081 |
1,329,029 |
654,937 |
1,983,966
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month-082 |
1,405,930 |
621,105 |
2,027,035
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month-083 |
1,441,438 |
636,307 |
2,077,745
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total |
30,070,825 |
16,618,497 |
46,689,322
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