Wikipedia talk:Don't protect Main Page featured articles/December 2013 Main Page FA analysis

Two previous studies examining IP/new editor vandalism of the MPFA were done seven and five years ago: December 2006 and December 2008. I've repeated the December 2008 study to compare. DrKiernan (talk) 10:08, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

The tables below show:
 * Two diffs - one 'before and after' the day, and one showing change between 'immediate after' and 48 hours after the article is removed from the front page
 * The number and % of IP or new editor edits that are vandalising
 * The number and % of IP or new editor edits that are beneficial to the article by reverting vandalism
 * The number and % of IP or new editor edits that are beneficial to the article by improving quality or adding relevant information
 * The number and % of IP or new editor non-reverting edits that, beneficial or not, are in good faith
 * Total time vandalised by IPs or new editors
 * The amount of time spent protected or semi/protected
 * The new user accounts that edited the page

Note

 * Each edit is counted separately, regardless of the previous behaviour of the account or IP.

1 December

 * Before and after diff, 24 hours on Main Page
 * Before and after diff, 48 hours after leaving Main Page


 * There were 39 edits today.
 * There were no new accounts.

2 December

 * Before and after diff, 24 hours on Main Page
 * Before and after diff, 48 hours after leaving Main Page
 * There were 44 edits today.
 * New accounts were and.

3 December

 * Before and after diff, 24 hours on Main Page
 * Before and after diff, 48 hours after leaving Main Page
 * There were 39 edits today.
 * There were no new accounts, unless counting and.

Conclusions

 * The percentage of edits from IPs or new editors that are vandalism is not significantly different to the rates found in December 2006 or December 2008, but the number of edits per day is significantly lower.
 * In 2006, the TFA was protected for an average of 13% of the time while on the Main Page and was not protected for any length of time in the 2008 study. Now, administrators appear to be much more willing to protect than they were five years ago.
 * Only three accounts were created on these days, fewer than in previous studies. Two were not beneficial; one made a single good faith edit.