This community wiki answer has the following statistics:

For Example: In this image

What do the statistics 8 users and 72% mean in the above image? Based on my understanding, 29 revisions have been made to that particular post. But I'm not able to get the other things. And why is the username durron597 still there if the question has been made a community-wiki?


The help center says the following:

Additionally, community wiki posts show the editor with the highest percentage of the remaining post in the current version in the author field.

So here's the breakdown of what those numbers mean.

29 revs

This is the number of revisions the post has currently, similar to a normal non-wiki post.

8 users

This is the number of distinct authors that have contributed to the post. Only when a new author that hasn't edited the post before contributes will the number increase.

72% durron597

This is the the editor with the highest percentage of the remaining post in the current version. (That is a bit fuzzy to me, but you get the idea)

Now that I (durron597) have edited this post, it will have a percentage with gunr2171 (ties go to the original author). Note that this answer was originally written by @rene, but @JasonMArcher did most of the revs so now it says his name.. Furthermore, the algorithm that computes this percentage can mess up sometimes.

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    If only we had the foresight to demonstrate with a community wiki. And it would even make sense based on the comments. It seems three different users explained one of the 3 statistics (you, me, and the OP). – ryanyuyu Jul 21 '15 at 13:58
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    @ryanyuyu, it's a CW now, edit in your percentage info in please – gunr2171 Jul 21 '15 at 14:01
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    And now that this is a community wiki, I have contributed what small extra info I had in my answer. How convenient. – ryanyuyu Jul 21 '15 at 14:07
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    Can we get a non-breaking-space between the % and the user name? – Jonas Schäfer Jul 23 '15 at 9:19

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