Temporal Drift of Wikipedia's 'List of...' Article Structure
Wikipedia's 'List of...' articles are a vast, ever-evolving data source for human knowledge. Tracking how their internal structure (e.g., the presence and order of sections, tables, footnotes) changes over time can reveal evolving editorial trends and how complex information is presented. This is no
- Observations
- 8
- Tracking since
- Last updated
Average number of h2 sections per article
Mean count of second-level headings across sampled List of... articles
| When | Average number of h2 sections per article |
|---|---|
| 16.5 count | |
| 16.5 count |
Proportion of articles containing at least one table
Fraction of sampled List of... articles that have one or more <table> elements
| When | Proportion of articles containing at least one table |
|---|---|
| 100.0% | |
| 100.0% |
Median length of ordered lists
Median number of <li> items in <ol> elements across all sampled articles
| When | Median length of ordered lists |
|---|---|
| 63.5 count | |
| 63.5 count |
Frequency of References section
Fraction of sampled articles that contain a section heading titled 'References'
| When | Frequency of References section |
|---|---|
| 50.0% | |
| 50.0% |
Sources
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Why this isn't published anywhere else
No live dashboard, recurring report, or public dataset specifically tracks the temporal evolution of internal structure (sections, tables, footnotes) of Wikipedia's 'List of...' articles; existing sources cover general Wikipedia evolution, link graphs, or article quality but not this specific structural focus.
Uniqueness score 0.95 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.