Admin actions for 2020 UTC. See https://github.com/MER-C/wiki-java/blob/master/src/org/wikipedia/tools/AdminStats.java for methodology.
Interpretation edit
- Massive increase in proxy blocks
- Vandalism down across the board
- Additions of unsourced material (blocks +75.5% to 2988; protections +15.1% to 4456) and BLP violations show significant increases (blocks +49.7% to 1877; protections +11.6% to 2026)
- Locks
Total locks up 6.2% from 101107 to 107416.
- Spamming up 4.8% to 77068; 71.7% of all global locks.
- Long term abuse up 9.8% to 25012; 23.3% of all global locks.
- Global blocks
Total global blocks up 135% from 52283 to 122745.
- Massive increase in proxy blocks - up 182% to 107812; 87.9% of all global blocks.
- Non-proxy blocks up 5.9% to 14893.
- Cross-wiki abuse up 399% to 6433; 5.2% of all global blocks.
- Spam up 4.2% to 3649; 3.0% of all global blocks.
- A couple of block reasons - "bot attacker" and "if accidentally caught please use special:contact/stewards" accounted for nearly all of the unclassified entries in 2019; these went away entirely (the second one is partial)
- Protections
Total protections down 5.2% from 27275 to 25850.
- Vandalism down 16.7% to 7054.
- Disruptive editing up 3.8% to 5624.
- Sockpuppetry down 1.3% to 2925.
- Blocks
Total blocks up 18.4% from 556454 to 659394.
- Massive increase in proxy blocks - up 26.7% to 493487; 74.8% of all blocks.
- Non-proxy blocks down 0.6% from 166841 to 165907.
- Vandalism down 3.6% to 51364.
- Spam down 1.4% to 37587.
- Sockpuppetry down 8.5% to 26394.
- Deletions
Total deletions down 10.3% from 623108 to 558416.
- G8 deletions down 17.9% to 148742.
- MFD deletions returning to baseline after massive portal deletion spree in 2019, down 94.2% to 2218. Many of these had WikiProject tags on the talk page, this accounts for most of the missing G8 deletions.
- There was also a TFD massacre in 2019 that wasn't repeated in 2020, down 71.5% to 7010.
Excluding these two volatile items, total deletions up 4.7% from 408441 to 427803.
- Abandoned drafts up 12.3% to 75552.
- Spam down 2% to 42490.
- Use of Wikipedia as a webhost up 16.1% to 33464.
Main namespace deletions up 5.8% from 90700 to 95994.
- AFD deletions up 38.7% to 26662.
- Nearly all for-cause speedy deletion categories down from 2019 - copyvio -22.0%, A7/11 -18.0%, G5 -13.0%, A1/3 -12.1%, spam -4.8%, repost +0.8%, attack pages +4.0%.
- Commentary
- Massive increase in proxy blocks - may have had some preventative effect on every other admin stat.
- You'd think the pandemic would lead to more bored kids vandalising WP, but the opposite has happened. Schools are shut, so less peer pressure.
- Not convinced that the amount of spam and sockpuppetry has actually decreased. Global numbers are higher, en.wp numbers are lower.
- Admin corps shrinkage may account for drop in non-proxy blocks and protections.
- Tools are equally as crap as they were last year, but abuse always becomes ever more sophisticated.
- The amount of junk being deleted is at least 10% higher (U5 +16.1%, G13 +12.3%) in 2020. Not sure how much of this is legacy crap. Mainspace speedy decreasing is probably due to moves to draft space, higher SD standards and/or increase in quality of new articles from obviously shit to polished turd. If I were to guess, the reason would be the RHaworth desysop materially increased the speedy deletion bar.
Locks edit
Changes in methodology since 2019:
- Add reason "": (no reason given)
- New reason "lock evasion", classified as "Long-term abuse"
- New reason "impersonation", classified as "Inappropriate username"
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| (no reason given) | 358 | 325 |
| Compromised | 53 | 150 |
| Cross wiki abuse | 2709 | 3219 |
| Inappropriate username | 191 | 190 |
| Long term abuse | 22776 | 25012 |
| Spamming | 73530 | 77068 |
| Unclassified | 672 | 669 |
| Vandalism | 818 | 783 |
| TOTAL | 101107 | 107416 |
Global blocks edit
New series.
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| (no reason given) | 55 | 39 |
| Cross wiki abuse | 1288 | 6433 |
| Long term abuse | 4855 | 4167 |
| Open proxy/webhost | 38222 | 107812 |
| Spamming | 3503 | 3649 |
| Unclassified | 3698 | 46 |
| Vandalism | 662 | 559 |
| TOTAL | 52283 | 122745 |
Protections edit
- Add reason "": (no reason given)
- Add reason "[[wp:gs/", classified as "General sanctions enforcement"
- Discretionary and general sanctions reasons moved up to be first checked against the reason.
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| (no reason given) | 157 | 103 |
| Addition of unsourced material | 1952 | 2186 |
| Arbitration enforcement | 202 | 413 |
| BLP violations | 1816 | 2026 |
| Copyright violations | 75 | 91 |
| Edit warring/content dispute | 896 | 804 |
| General sanctions enforcement | 21 | 130 |
| High risk page | 1805 | 1350 |
| Sock puppetry | 2963 | 2925 |
| Spamming | 244 | 239 |
| Unclassified | 1268 | 1045 |
| Unclassified disruptive editing | 5416 | 5624 |
| Unclassified salting | 1890 | 1723 |
| User request | 98 | 137 |
| Vandalism | 8472 | 7054 |
| TOTAL | 27275 | 25850 |
Main namespace only edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| (no reason given) | 62 | 53 |
| Addition of unsourced material | 1913 | 2139 |
| Arbitration enforcement | 197 | 406 |
| BLP violations | 1791 | 1987 |
| Copyright violations | 64 | 85 |
| Edit warring/content dispute | 836 | 775 |
| General sanctions enforcement | 21 | 121 |
| High risk page | 351 | 356 |
| Sock puppetry | 2393 | 2394 |
| Spamming | 196 | 215 |
| Unclassified | 650 | 513 |
| Unclassified disruptive editing | 5170 | 5249 |
| Unclassified salting | 1265 | 1034 |
| Vandalism | 7634 | 6413 |
| TOTAL | 22543 | 21740 |
Blocks edit
Methodology changes since 2019:
- Added reason: copyright violations
- Proxies now come before sockpuppetry in block reasons (block reasons now mention whether a proxy uses the SOCKS protocol)
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Addition of unsourced material | 1703 | 2988 |
| Anonymous blocks | 6028 | 3714 |
| BLP violations | 1254 | 1877 |
| Copyright violations | 388 | 379 |
| Disruptive editing | 7911 | 10451 |
| Edit warring | 872 | 1379 |
| Harassment | 1046 | 1193 |
| Not here to build the encyclopedia | 5893 | 6935 |
| Open proxy/webhost | 389613 | 493487 |
| Other inappropriate username | 5712 | 6342 |
| Promotional username soft blocks | 2360 | 1350 |
| Range blocks | 3311 | 2812 |
| Sockpuppetry and long term abuse | 28831 | 26394 |
| Spamming | 38112 | 37587 |
| Triggering the edit filter | 4629 | 5390 |
| Unauthorized, malfunctioning bot or bot username | 339 | 359 |
| Unclassified | 5021 | 4763 |
| Vandalism | 53451 | 51994 |
| TOTAL | 556454 | 659394 |
Account blocks edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Addition of unsourced material | 654 | 892 |
| Anonymous blocks | 215 | 236 |
| BLP violations | 557 | 790 |
| Copyright violations | 343 | 335 |
| Disruptive editing | 3073 | 3575 |
| Edit warring | 587 | 860 |
| Harassment | 486 | 650 |
| Not here to build the encyclopedia | 5812 | 6762 |
| Open proxy/webhost | 5 | 9 |
| Other inappropriate username | 5712 | 6341 |
| Promotional username soft blocks | 2360 | 1350 |
| Range blocks | 53 | 54 |
| Sockpuppetry and long term abuse | 22458 | 20890 |
| Spamming | 37142 | 36334 |
| Triggering the edit filter | 2735 | 3158 |
| Unauthorized, malfunctioning bot or bot username | 339 | 359 |
| Unclassified | 2674 | 2574 |
| Vandalism | 22734 | 20512 |
| TOTAL | 107939 | 105681 |
IP blocks edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Addition of unsourced material | 1049 | 2096 |
| Anonymous blocks | 5813 | 3478 |
| BLP violations | 697 | 1087 |
| Copyright violations | 45 | 44 |
| Disruptive editing | 4838 | 6876 |
| Edit warring | 285 | 519 |
| Harassment | 560 | 543 |
| Not here to build the encyclopedia | 81 | 173 |
| Open proxy/webhost | 389608 | 493478 |
| Range blocks | 3258 | 2758 |
| Sockpuppetry and long term abuse | 6373 | 5504 |
| Spamming | 970 | 1253 |
| Triggering the edit filter | 1894 | 2232 |
| Unclassified | 2347 | 2189 |
| Vandalism | 30807 | 31482 |
| TOTAL | 448515 | 553713 |
Deletions edit
Methodology changes since 2019:
- New reason: "now on wikimedia commons", classified as "File moved to Commons"
- New reason: "history-merge", classified as "Maintenance"
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| No reason given | 1416 | 1429 |
| Abandoned draft | 67253 | 75552 |
| Attack page | 1577 | 1556 |
| Author/user request | 21403 | 23595 |
| Category renaming or merger | 3196 | 919 |
| Copyright problems | 656 | 875 |
| Copyright violations | 10761 | 8933 |
| Corrupt file | 323 | 428 |
| Created by block/ban evading sockpuppet | 12520 | 11339 |
| Cross-namespace redirect | 5180 | 8803 |
| Deletion debate (AFD) | 20772 | 28774 |
| Deletion debate (CFD) | 9947 | 12213 |
| Deletion debate (FFD) | 2201 | 2792 |
| Deletion debate (MFD) | 38287 | 2218 |
| Deletion debate (RFD) | 7316 | 5462 |
| Deletion debate (TFD) | 24634 | 7010 |
| Dependent on deleted page | 181163 | 148742 |
| Empty category | 9682 | 10343 |
| Expired BLP PROD | 179 | 217 |
| Expired PROD | 25296 | 21661 |
| Fails to give reason for inclusion | 5473 | 4477 |
| File moved to Commons | 14496 | 19534 |
| File redirect to Commons | 178 | 160 |
| Foreign language | 55 | 59 |
| Implausible redirect | 1720 | 1272 |
| Lack of copyright information (files) | 4805 | 3838 |
| Made up one day | 180 | 153 |
| Maintenance | 46896 | 49380 |
| Misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost | 28813 | 33464 |
| No content or context | 1083 | 945 |
| Patent nonsense | 1062 | 1151 |
| Problems with non-free files | 23248 | 23290 |
| Redundant | 2943 | 1662 |
| Repost of deleted content | 1397 | 1312 |
| Spam | 43341 | 42490 |
| Test page | 3562 | 5466 |
| Unclassified | 17420 | 9905 |
| Unclassified nukes | 4940 | 7180 |
| Unnecessary disambiguation | 705 | 872 |
| User page where user does not exist | 837 | 988 |
| Vandalism | 6109 | 5314 |
| TOTAL | 623108 | 558416 |
Main namespace edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| No reason given | 216 | 255 |
| Abandoned draft | 22 | 1 |
| Attack page | 124 | 129 |
| Author/user request | 3384 | 3434 |
| Copyright problems | 603 | 810 |
| Copyright violations | 2386 | 1860 |
| Created by block/ban evading sockpuppet | 5727 | 4985 |
| Cross-namespace redirect | 5125 | 8712 |
| Deletion debate (AFD) | 19225 | 26662 |
| Deletion debate (CFD) | 0 | 1 |
| Deletion debate (MFD) | 335 | 7 |
| Deletion debate (RFD) | 5792 | 5280 |
| Deletion debate (TFD) | 5 | 2 |
| Dependent on deleted page | 21134 | 22397 |
| Expired BLP PROD | 177 | 215 |
| Expired PROD | 9270 | 9415 |
| Fails to give reason for inclusion | 5410 | 4434 |
| File redirect to Commons | 5 | 1 |
| Foreign language | 54 | 56 |
| Implausible redirect | 1357 | 843 |
| Made up one day | 176 | 147 |
| Maintenance | 8790 | 7365 |
| Misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost | 6 | 4 |
| No content or context | 1053 | 926 |
| Patent nonsense | 118 | 107 |
| Redundant | 455 | 484 |
| Repost of deleted content | 1000 | 1008 |
| Spam | 4825 | 4593 |
| Test page | 366 | 348 |
| Unclassified | 2686 | 2058 |
| Unclassified nukes | 1161 | 1769 |
| Unnecessary disambiguation | 692 | 861 |
| User page where user does not exist | 1 | 1 |
| Vandalism | 663 | 512 |
| TOTAL | 90700 | 95994 |
User namespace edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| No reason given | 441 | 470 |
| Abandoned draft | 6079 | 13376 |
| Attack page | 736 | 511 |
| Author/user request | 9908 | 11120 |
| Copyright problems | 2 | 18 |
| Copyright violations | 1586 | 1348 |
| Created by block/ban evading sockpuppet | 1269 | 1324 |
| Cross-namespace redirect | 18 | 13 |
| Deletion debate (AFD) | 517 | 541 |
| Deletion debate (CFD) | 1 | 0 |
| Deletion debate (MFD) | 418 | 231 |
| Deletion debate (RFD) | 11 | 6 |
| Deletion debate (TFD) | 19 | 9 |
| Dependent on deleted page | 9573 | 8211 |
| Expired BLP PROD | 1 | 1 |
| Fails to give reason for inclusion | 8 | 6 |
| File redirect to Commons | 1 | 1 |
| Foreign language | 0 | 2 |
| Implausible redirect | 36 | 67 |
| Maintenance | 2830 | 1054 |
| Misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost | 27640 | 32579 |
| No content or context | 2 | 2 |
| Patent nonsense | 210 | 57 |
| Redundant | 1 | 5 |
| Repost of deleted content | 61 | 31 |
| Spam | 23208 | 16428 |
| Test page | 477 | 323 |
| Unclassified | 2209 | 1981 |
| Unclassified nukes | 580 | 991 |
| Unnecessary disambiguation | 3 | 2 |
| User page where user does not exist | 611 | 746 |
| Vandalism | 1954 | 1168 |
| TOTAL | 89248 | 86443 |
Draft namespace edit
| Reason | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| No reason given | 316 | 313 |
| Abandoned draft | 61120 | 61805 |
| Attack page | 506 | 717 |
| Author/user request | 2273 | 3271 |
| Copyright problems | 51 | 46 |
| Copyright violations | 4165 | 3729 |
| Created by block/ban evading sockpuppet | 2015 | 2395 |
| Cross-namespace redirect | 17 | 21 |
| Deletion debate (AFD) | 768 | 1175 |
| Deletion debate (MFD) | 347 | 468 |
| Deletion debate (RFD) | 29 | 52 |
| Deletion debate (TFD) | 24 | 17 |
| Dependent on deleted page | 4572 | 5731 |
| Expired PROD | 0 | 1 |
| Fails to give reason for inclusion | 42 | 21 |
| File redirect to Commons | 1 | 0 |
| Foreign language | 1 | 1 |
| Implausible redirect | 72 | 79 |
| Made up one day | 4 | 6 |
| Maintenance | 1434 | 1986 |
| Misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost | 25 | 33 |
| No content or context | 15 | 9 |
| Patent nonsense | 453 | 717 |
| Redundant | 22 | 10 |
| Repost of deleted content | 183 | 134 |
| Spam | 12428 | 19377 |
| Test page | 1589 | 3480 |
| Unclassified | 927 | 742 |
| Unclassified nukes | 513 | 639 |
| Unnecessary disambiguation | 5 | 3 |
| Vandalism | 2184 | 2553 |
| TOTAL | 93389 | 106242 |