This is an analysis of the Contribution types, and approval/rejection numbers for 12th - 18th January 2018 inclusive.
Contents
General / Assumptions
Contributions Summary
Contributions by Type
All contribution Types
Summary Analysis
Tools used to gather data and compile report
General
@utopian-io is the open source project for open source projects, housed on the Steem Blockchain.
Currently, @utopian.io holds over 3.6 million Steem power through delegations from its kind sponsors.
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This report is an analysis of the number and type of contributions sent for review, and the success/fail rate of each contribution type.
Recent reports of this type are listed here.
October 2017
November 2017 - Week 1 / November 2017 - Week 2
November 2017 - Week 3 / November 2017 - Week 4
December 2017 - Week 1 / December 2017 - Week 2
December 2017 - Week 3 / December 2017 - Week 4
January 2018 - Week 1 / January 2018 - Week 1
I will aim to provide this report on a weekly basis, with a look at the previous weeks data and more historical data to compare and contrast.
This will allow contributors and employees of utopian.io to keep in touch with how the platform is progressing with regards to approval percentages and number of Contribution Types being submitted.
Assumptions
In this report, 'Approved' contributions have been voted on by @utopian-io.
'Rejected' contributions have not received a vote from @utopian-io.
1. Contributions Summary
For the week, 12th - 18th January 2018 inclusive, the SteemSQL DataBase holds a total of 3511 potential contributions to utopian-io. This is a 38% decrease on the previous weeks' total which was 4845.
2110 of these contributions have been approved, over 400 LESS contributions than the previous weeks' total of 2522.
The approval percentage of 60% is up 8% from last week which is a pleasant rise in the success rate of accepted contributions, following the 12% fall previously.
The Contributions offered can be any one of the following types:
This weeks data, split into Contribution types is shown in the pie chart below:
This week, the 'Translations' category still holds the largest percentage of contributions at 41%. 'Ideas' replace 'Tutorials' in 2nd place, with 'Tutorials' now in 3rd.
2 Contributions by Type
In this section we take a look a few of the individual contribution types of interest.
A full list of contribution types is listed further below with associated figures and analysis.
Translations - Approvals / Rejections
The 'Translations' category is has been a hot topic in the utopian-io project recently. On the 9th January, utopian-io took the decision to 'pause' Translation contributions which they cleared the backlog and worked on adjustments to the submission rules.
Soon after, the decision to make translation contributors apply for the role was also made.
The result of this can be shown in the following charts:
Prior to the new rulings - 2562 contributions and a 65% approval rate.
Following the new rules and with the data snapshot falling within the window of change - 2066 contributions and a 56% approval rate.
Then the following week, another cut in the contributions (1426), but an increase in the approval percentage (75%) to 3 in 4 contributions.
I feel that this week is an excellent result for both utopian-io, and the contributors to this category.
The moderators are seeing a higher quality of work, and the contributors are acheiving a greater approval rate due to the rule changes and clearer guidelines.
3. All contribution types
The following table shows all types and totals of contributions submitted, with their approval % in the end column.
'Analysis' fared best of the busier contribution categories, and this week succeeded in achieving a success rate better than 3 in 4 contributions.
As above, an excellent week for the 'Translations' category with 3 our of every 4 contributions given approval.
Of the more popular submission categories, 'Blogs' and 'Social' contributions failed to reach a 1 in 4 approval rate this week.
Interesting, the 'Blog' contribution category shot up in contributions from only 1 previously, to 56 with 13 approvals this week.
4. Summary Analysis
As the weeks' pass and the data collected expands, it is possible to learn more about the developing trends in the utopian-io ecosystem.
For the first week in the history of the project, the number of contributions fell.
This is most likely due to the rule changes within the 'Translations' category and stricter rules being put in place for both 'Tutorials' and 'Video Tutorials'.
| _ | NOV 3 | N 4 (10 day) | DEC 1 | DEC 2 | DEC 3 | DEC 4 | JAN 1 | JAN 2 | JAN 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1046 | 1851 | 1356 | 1715 | 2775 | 3854 | 4676 | 4845 | 3511 |
| Approved | 744 | 1067 | 843 | 1078 | 1876 | 2690 | 2976 | 2522 | 2110 |
Previously I wrote:
Looking at the data, I suggest that we may be nearing a maximum total of contributions each week of around 5000, perhaps with around 55-60% of these contributions receiving approval.
In some respects this is true as the approval % reached 60% this week. However, it is now looking like the number of contributions each week could average at a lower number than 5000.
Summary
Previously:
I find it difficult to believe that the number of submissions, and approved submissions can continue increasing at this rate.
This week has seen the first fall in the number of submissions from the previous week.
There has been a considerable fall in 'Video Tutorials' and 'Tutorials' this past week. These categories, along with 'Translations' are the reason for the reduction in contributions.
These categories will be the focus in future weeks.
Finally, the staff at utopian-io have worked tirelessly to cut down on plagiarize, and other invalid contributions (machine translations, duplicate tutorials), and this can only be good for the future of the project.
I do not see the reduction in numbers as a negative sign at all.
5. Tools used to gather this data and compile report
The data is sourced from SteemSQL - A publicly available SQL database with all the blockchain data held within (Data is normally 1/2 hours delayed from live)
The SQL queries to extra to the data have been produced in both SQL Server Personal Edition and LINQPAD 5. Some of the code used for these results can be found in an earlier contribution.
The charts used to present the data were produced using MS Excel.
This data was compiled on the 28th January 2018 at 9:00 pm (UCT+4)
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Asher @abh12345
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