On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If that were the major reason, wouldn't you expect to see a return to former
> levels in the last four months?
>
> Nathan

Not necessarily.  We have to think about psychological dynamics here.

It may well be the case that many students "quit" Wikipedia for the
summer, and only take it up again after winter break, when they are
more settled into their academic routine than in the fall.

Thanks,
Pharos

> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Pharos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Wow, someone had more than 10,000 edits in February of 2002.
>> >
>> > Does it look to anyone else like the first five months of 2007 and 2008
>> were
>> > very busy, followed by a drop for the rest of the year? If that is whats
>> > happened, any theories as to why?
>> >
>> > Nathan
>>
>> Summer break for students would be the obvious reason.
>>
>> Or just good weather, generally.
>>
>> You might find the inverse if you look only at Southern Hemisphere IPs.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pharos
>>
>>
>>
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