Product Analytics/Data Products/ptwiki metrics summary Jun2022

= Goal = It has been a year since we last analyzed the data for the impact of turning off IP editing on the health of Portuguese Wikipedia. We’d like to do a follow-up analysis to understand what we saw initially with the data matches up with a longer term observation. = Background = The Portuguese Wikipedia community decided to turn off IP editing by a community vote. The community implemented the change on October 4th 2020.

= Summary =

= Impacts on editors =

Number of new accounts
The surge of new accounts shown after the restriction is over. The number of new accounts in FY2021/22 has been back to the level before the restriction.

Number of active logged-in editors
The improvement of active logged-in editors is consistently shown  in FY2021/22. The number of active logged-in editors in FY2021/22 is still higher than the level before the restriction. But the improved level in FY2021/22 is much smaller than in FY2020/21.

Retention rate
The retention rate stays no change. It is at the level before the restriction.

= Impacts on content =

Number of reverts
The improvement on reverts is consistently shown in FY2021/22. The number of reverts in FY2021/22 is still much lower than the level before the restriction.

Net non-reverted edits
The decline of net non-reverted edits in FY2021/22 is more obvious than in FY2020/21. The number of net non-reverted edits is lower than all prior 3 years.

= Impacts on administration =

Number of blocks
The improvement on the number blocks is consistently shown in FY2021/22. The number of blocks has stayed at a lower level since restriction was enabled.

Protected pages
The improvement on the number of protected pages is consistently shown in FY2021/22. The number of protected pages stayed at a lower level since restriction was enabled.

Checkuser checks
The number of checkuser checks stays no change. It varied within its historical range.