User:Aaron Schulz/History analysis JS Definitions and FAQ
Definitions - some of the terms used in this script:
Minor
This is any edit that is not a revert and is a)marked as minor, b)keyword identified as minor and not a revert, or c)any article edit with too short of a summary that does not have certain keywords. For example, a summary of "(add link)" (8 letters) to an article will be counted as minor, though a summary of "(expanded)" (8 too) will not be counted as minor unless it was marked by the user as minor. Not that "8" is not the cuttoff number. One word article edits that are not reckognized key words for significant edits will count as minor as well.
When calculating edit summary usage, it only looks at how the user marked it whether there was a summary or not.
Minor edits to talk pages are whatever the user marks as minor, minus reverts. Other, non-article edits pass keyword checks and may be counted as major. Articles edits pass word count, keyword, and character count checks; article edit summaries are analyized with the most vigor.
Notable article edits
These are non-minor (see above), non revert edit to articles. Note that article edits are scanned quite thouroughly, so many edits not marked as minor may be counted as minor. Most significant edits include creation, expansion, rewrites, and the addition of several sources to a page. Copyedits marked as major will count as well.
Don't feel bad because your number is low, most admins have a very low number do to an increased focus on non-editing. Non-admins tend to run about 2-4%.
Significant edits
This number looks at all of the user edits across all namespaces. Articles edits are heavily scrutized so that only "notable" edits do not count as major. Talk page edits are not analyzed, so the edits will count however the user maked them. The other namespaces, like Project/Images/ect... will go through a simple keyword check to filter out minor edits (not as rigorous as article edits).
Marked/Quick reverts
This is an edit with a keyword that flags reverts in it. If a revert is performed with an explanation, but without explicitly saying "revert" (or anything similar), it will not count as a "quick revert". There is no way to reckognize all reverts, though this catches most of them. Reverts that don't say "revert" (or anything similar) are not quick reverts. This is just a measure of how many reverts the user denoted as reverts. This edits do not count as minor except with regards to edit summary usage, in which case they count however the user marked them.
Unmarked edits
These are edits with no summary that are not marked as minor either. For edits summary usage, these will count as major.
FAQ
Why is this edit showing up as minor?
See "minor" above. Not all edits not marked as minor will be counted as major, such edits will say "minor" in green next to it, whereas non-reverts that were marked as minor will have "minor" in black next to it.
What are those numbers by the edits for?
A tally number ("#") appears by each type of edit. It counts the number of such edits on the page and shows each one. So, for example, the first revert identified will say (rv #1), the second (rv #2), and so on.
Why does "N.E" mean?
This corresponds to an "unmarked edit" (see unmarked edits).
Where else does this tool work?
This tool also works on deleted page history (admin only). It ignores the "deletions" section as it should and highlights certain edits differently.
Average edits per day only uses 500 edits, but I have over 500 on the page, why?
500 is the limit for counting average edits per day, I suppose it is arbitrary, but when you use to many edits, the number is more heavily based on the past, and hence becomes more outdated and perhaps unfair (for good or ill). If you have less that 500 edits on the page you are looking at, it will get the average edits per day based on however many edits are shown.
Edit summary usage only looks at 1000 edits even if I have more. Why?
The limit is 1000, see above section.
Average edit number says "not available" or something, why?
If you have an offset (like clicking "next 50" or "next 100", the most recent edit of the user will not be visable, therefore it is somewhat illogical to get "average edits per day" for a time frame in the past for the user's average edits per day.
I allow for that in the future, but the wording will change on the report to (for this time period) or something.
I made a big edit and it says it is minor, what now?
Tell me the edit summary and I may be able to incorporate a general keyword that might avoid this in the future. Section edit summaries are less demanding, since you are already saying what section it is (the automatic part of the edit summary text that appears when editing secitions), so I programmed it to allow for short summaries.
Are there any updates planned?
Enhancements to deleted page history.Voice-of-AllT|@|ESP 20:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Speed enhancements.Voice-of-AllT|@|ESP 06:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Where do I report bugs?
Bugs can be reported at User talk:Voice of All/UsefulJS or on my user talk page.Voice-of-AllT|@|ESP 20:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
How accurate is this thing?
Well, when you run the tool, most types of edits are marked as that type and it keeps tally next to it for each edit of that type. For example, reverts have "(rv)" after them. You can then tell which ones were mistaken. In my experience it is very good at fishing out almost all reverts, and it does a very good job fishing out minor edits that were not marked as such.