Wikipedia 'Citation Needed' Tag Lifespan
How long Wikipedia 'citation needed' tags persist before being resolved.
- Observations
- 4
- Tracking since
- Last updated
Median lifespan of 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia
Median number of days between when a 'citation needed' tag is added and removed
Average lifespan of 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia
Average number of days between when a 'citation needed' tag is added and removed
Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia
Number of pages currently containing 'citation needed' in their title
- Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia2 count
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| 09 Aug |
Darker = higher count of active 'citation needed' tags on wikipedia. Empty cells are hours with no collection.
| When | Count of active 'citation needed' tags on Wikipedia |
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| 2 count | |
| 2 count | |
| 100 count | |
| 100 count |
About this data
This page tracks how long 'citation needed' tags remain on Wikipedia articles before editors add or remove citations. The data is derived from parsing revision histories to identify when tags are added and removed. Understanding tag lifespan reveals the responsiveness of editors and the health of citation practices across articles. It highlights which topics attract more scrutiny and where citation gaps persist over time.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
No existing tracker or public dataset specifically measures the lifespan of Wikipedia's 'citation needed' tags by parsing revision histories.
Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.