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Wikipedia 'AI-Generated' Talk Page Signature Age Gap

How AI-generated signatures differ in age from human edits on Wikipedia talk pages

Observations
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Tracking since
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures

Percentage of talk page signatures that appear to be AI-generated

2 observations · measured in %

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Percentage of AI-generated signatures
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — summary, last 30 days.
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — line, last 30 days.
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — area, last 30 days.
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — bar, last 30 days.
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — dot plot, last 30 days.
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Percentage of AI-generated signatures (%) — table, last 30 days.

Median age gap between AI and human signatures

Median time difference in hours between AI-generated and human signatures on talk pages

0 observations · measured in hours

Age distribution of AI-generated signatures

Distribution of ages in hours for AI-generated signatures

0 observations · measured in hours

About this data

This page tracks the age gap between AI-generated and human signatures on Wikipedia talk pages, revealing patterns in automated editing behaviour. It measures the median time difference between AI and human signatures, the percentage of AI-generated signatures, and their age distribution. The data comes from public Wikipedia revision histories, where signatures are timestamped alongside edits. Understanding these trends helps identify the growing role of AI in collaborative knowledge platforms and its potential impact on editorial dynamics.

Sources

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Why this isn't published anywhere else

While there is research on AI-generated content in Wikipedia, none of the sources specifically track or publish analysis on the age patterns of AI-generated signatures on talk pages, which is the unique focus of this proposed topic.

Uniqueness score 0.90 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.