Research:Rolling surviving new active editor

Rolling surviving new active editor
Specification
A is a newly registered user who both registered and completed edits between and and continued to complete edits between and .
WMF Standard
  • = 5 edits
  • = 30 days
Measures
Editor retention
Related metrics
Surviving new editor
Status
SQL
SET @n = 5; /* edits threshold */
SET @u = 30; /* activity unit in days */
SET @T = "20140102"; /* February 1st, 2014 before midnight */
 
/* Create a temp table of last month's new active editors */
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE staging.last_new_actives
SELECT
    user_id,
    user_name,
    user_registration
FROM
  (
    /* Get revisions to content pages that are still visible */
    SELECT
      user_id,
      user_name,
      user_registration,
      SUM(rev_id IS NOT NULL) AS revisions
    FROM user
    INNER JOIN logging ON /* Filter users not created manually */
      log_user = user_id AND
      log_type = "newusers" AND
      log_action = "create"
    LEFT JOIN revision ON
        rev_user = user_id
    WHERE 
        user_registration BETWEEN 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u*2 DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND
        rev_timestamp BETWEEN
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u*2 DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S")
    GROUP BY 1,2,3
 
    UNION ALL
 
    /* Get revisions to content pages that have been archived */
    SELECT
      user_id,
      user_name,
      user_registration,
      SUM(ar_id IS NOT NULL) AS revisions /* Note that ar_rev_id is sometimes set to NULL :( */
    FROM user
    INNER JOIN logging ON /* Filter users not created manually */
      log_user = user_id AND
      log_type = "newusers" AND
      log_action = "create"
    LEFT JOIN archive ON 
      ar_user = user_id
    WHERE 
        user_registration BETWEEN 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u*2 DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND
        ar_timestamp BETWEEN
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u*2 DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND 
            DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S")
    GROUP BY 1,2,3
  ) AS last_newcomer_activity
GROUP BY 1,2,3
HAVING SUM(revisions) >= @n;

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE staging.last_new_actives2 SELECT * FROM staging.last_new_actives;

SELECT
    user_id,
    user_name,
    user_registration
FROM (
    /* Get revisions to content pages that are still visible */
    SELECT
      user_id,
      user_name,
      user_registration,
      SUM(rev_id IS NOT NULL) AS revisions
    FROM staging.last_new_actives
    LEFT JOIN revision ON
        rev_user = user_id
    WHERE 
        rev_timestamp BETWEEN DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND @T
    GROUP BY 1,2,3
    
    UNION ALL
 
    /* Get revisions to content pages that have been archived */
    SELECT
      user_id,
      user_name,
      user_registration,
      SUM(ar_id IS NOT NULL) AS revisions /* Note that ar_rev_id is sometimes set to NULL :( */
    FROM staging.last_new_actives2
    LEFT JOIN archive ON 
      ar_user = user_id
    WHERE 
        ar_timestamp BETWEEN DATE_FORMAT(DATE_SUB(@T, INTERVAL @u DAY), "%Y%m%d%H%i%S") AND @T
    GROUP BY 1,2,3
) AS surviving_new_activity
WHERE user_id NOT IN (SELECT ug_user FROM user_groups WHERE ug_group = "bot")
GROUP BY 1,2,3
HAVING SUM(revisions) >= @n;

Rolling surviving new active editors are non-bot editors who registered recently and saved a minimum threshold of edits in the previous time period and continue to be active in the current time period. Specifically, editors who registered between and days and saved at least edits in both time periods are classified.

Discussion

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The n edits threshold

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The edits necessary to cross this threshold, the fewer editors will meet the criteria. Historically, "active editors" were considered to be editors who made 5 edits to specific types of pages over the course of a calendar month. So for historical purposes, we recommend  .

The u activity unit

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The wider this unit is set, the more casually editors will be considered "active". Historically, "active editors" were considered during calendar months. So for historical purposes, we recommend  .

Time lag

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This metric has a built-in time lag of   for the time period in question. However, new users who registered up to   days ago may be included.

Bot filtering

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Bots are filtered using the bot flag method.

Analysis

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Discussion

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Notes

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