| Average number of active English Wikipedia administrators per month (January 2001 – present): | ||||||||||||||
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| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Yearly | ||
| 2001 | Founded | 
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| 2002 |
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37
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37
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 38 (1)
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39 (1)
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| 2003 | 40 (1)
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40
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47 (7)
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54 (7)
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65 (11)
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86 (21)
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98 (12)
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105 (7)
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114 (9)
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121 (7)
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128 (7)
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143 (15)
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104
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| 2004 | 153 (10)
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166 (13)
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193 (27)
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215 (22)
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240 (25)
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253 (13)
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259 (6)
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270 (11)
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292 (22)
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312 (20)
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336 (24)
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360 (24)
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217
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| 2005 | 368 (8)
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381 (13)
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394 (13)
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418 (24)
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432 (14)
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458 (26)
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 417 (41)
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446 (29)
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496 (50)
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541 (45)
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557 (16)
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627 (70)
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267
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| 2006 | 667 (40)
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689 (22)
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696 (7)
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731 (35)
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738 (7)
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757 (19)
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783 (26)
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787 (4)
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804 (17)
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815 (11)
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812 (3)
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819 (7)
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192
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| 2007 | 825 (6)
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846 (21)
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863 (17)
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857 (6)
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916 (59)
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947 (31)
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971 (24)
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913 (58)
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922 (9)
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929 (7)
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952 (23)
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993 (41)
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174
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| 2008 | 1,011 (18)
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1,016 (5)
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1,006 (10)
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989 (17)
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986 (3)
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990 (4)
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986 (4)
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966 (20)
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974 (8)
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966 (8)
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951 (15)
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951
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42
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| 2009 | 942 (9)
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938 (4)
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929 (9)
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918 (11)
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922 (4)
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918 (4)
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916 (2)
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906 (10)
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896 (10)
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880 (16)
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862 (18)
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865 (3)
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86
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| 2010 | 882 (17)
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885 (3)
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859 (26)
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843 (16)
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841 (2)
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838 (3)
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817 (21)
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800 (17)
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805 (5)
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796 (9)
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785 (11)
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777 (8)
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88
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| 2011 | 765 (12)
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778 (13)
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777 (1)
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771 (6)
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764 (7)
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760 (4)
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765 (5)
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746 (19)
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730 (16)
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723 (7)
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729 (6)
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744 (15)
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33
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| 2012 | 742 (2)
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748 (6)
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745 (3)
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734 (11)
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719 (15)
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703 (16)
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693 (10)
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702 (9)
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694 (8)
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674 (20)
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661 (13)
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663 (2)
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81
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| 2013 | 693 (30)
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700 (7)
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687 (13)
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687
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686 (1)
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676 (10)
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661 (15)
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651 (10)
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646 (5)
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631 (15)
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621 (10)
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633 (12)
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30
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| 2014 | 630 (3)
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648 (18)
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634 (14)
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608 (26)
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598 (10)
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601 (3)
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599 (2)
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610 (11)
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613 (3)
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595 (18)
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583 (12)
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583
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50
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| 2015 | 591 (8)
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591
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590 (1)
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597 (7)
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591 (6)
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583 (8)
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585 (2)
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584 (1)
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572 (12)
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574 (2)
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571 (3)
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582 (11)
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1
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| 2016 | 593 (11)
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594 (1)
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567 (27)
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562 (5)
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547 (15)
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539 (8)
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545 (6)
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545
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540 (5)
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516 (24)
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526 (10)
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529 (3)
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53
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| 2017 | 552 (23)
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568 (16)
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571 (3)
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547 (24)
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538 (9)
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542 (4)
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534 (8)
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523 (11)
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525 (2)
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535 (10)
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531 (4)
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533 (2)
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4
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| 2018 | 548 (15)
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552 (4)
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536 (16)
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528 (8)
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530 (2)
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537 (7)
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524 (13)
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520 (4)
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520
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514 (6)
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513 (1)
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515 (2)
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18
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| 2019 | 521 (6)
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527 (6)
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527
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523 (4)
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531 (8)
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531
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505 (26)
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498 (7)
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507 (9)
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505 (2)
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504 (1)
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497 (7)
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18
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| 2020 | 504 (7)
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517 (13)
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509 (8)
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510 (1)
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508 (2)
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509 (1)
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512 (3)
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515 (2)
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514 (1)
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499 (15)
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498 (1)
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503 (5)
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6
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| 2021 | 514 (11)
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516 (2)
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498 (18)
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494 (4)
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491 (3)
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492 (1)
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487 (5)
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474 (13)
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450 (24)
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468 (18)
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469 (1)
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463 (6)
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40
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| 2022 | 475 (12)
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479 (4)
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458 (21)
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455 (3)
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465 (10)
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472 (7)
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460 (12)
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447 (13)
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478 (31)
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483 (5)
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479 (4)
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478 (1)
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15
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| 2023 | 498 (20)
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475 (23)
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461 (14)
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455 (6)
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462 (7)
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454 (8)
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467 (13)
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449 (18)
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462 (13)
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451 (11)
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446 (5)
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448 (2)
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30
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| 2024 | 466 (18)
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474 (8)
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448 (26)
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| Notes: | Information gathered between September 2002 and August 2007 was the number of administrators considered active at the end of the month • Information gathered between September 2007 to present was collected daily by Rick Bot and averaged together • July 2011: Wikipedia adopts the policy of procedural removal for inactive administrators • December 2012: Wikipedia adopts the policy of lengthy inactivity of administrators | |||||||||||||