User:Jorgenev/MFD'd/Wikipedia:Recent Changes coefficient

'''The maths on this page has been disputed for years - please think twice before changing it. Keep in mind that this page was created when a typical hour involved about 100 edits and the most dedicated Wikipedians would review every single one. The concept makes no sense these days when there are typically about 5,000 edits an hour and that may be why you are struggling to understand it.'''

The Recent Changes coefficient c of a Wikipedian can be defined as the number of hours it takes that Wikipedian, on average, to check and follow up on the Recent Changes of one hour. Normally c < 1. When c is close to 1 it is a case of Wikipediholism. c ≥ 1 is even more serious.

If c < 1, after being away for n hours it takes $$\frac{nc}{1-c}$$ hours to catch up.

The coefficient of a non-Wikipedian is c = 0.