Research:Rolling surviving new active editor

Template:Metric infobox 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 $u$ and $2u$ days and saved at least $n$ edits in both time periods are classified.

Discussion

The n edits threshold

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 $n=5$.

The u activity unit

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 $u=30$.

Time lag

This metric has a built-in time lag of $u$ for the time period in question. However, new users who registered up to $2u$ days ago may be included.

Bot filtering

Bots are filtered using the bot flag method.