User:BudjarnLambeth/Survey of 100 random wiki pages: Difference between revisions

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Created page with "Using the "random page" button, I took a random sample of 100 pages from the Xen Wiki on 20 Sep 2025. These were the results: == Raw results == <pre> Intervals (commas) --14 pages ••••• ••••• •••• Edos --12 pages ••••• ••••• •• (Mostly edos in range 100-999.) Abstract MOS scales --10 pages ••••• ••••• Scala files (individual) --10 pages ••••• ••••• Edonoi --9 pages •..."
 
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To be honest, 1 in 50 isn't that bad, but still it would be ideal to move these types of pages out of main space and into user space instead until they are in a useable state.
To be honest, 1 in 50 isn't that bad, but still it would be ideal to move these types of pages out of main space and into user space instead until they are in a useable state.


=== Others (16/100) ===
=== Others (19/100) ===
; Overall state - Mostly pretty good, some older pages need to be polished  
; Overall state - Mostly pretty good, some older pages need to be polished  


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=== Summary ===
=== Summary ===
Of the pages I saw in this survey are representative of the wiki as a whole, then:
If the pages I saw in this survey are representative of the wiki as a whole, then:


The pages most in need of improvement are pages/sections about a tuning or scale, about a composer, about an instrument, or about a piece. And the most common issue with these pages is not enough prose describing the topic.
The pages most in need of improvement are pages/sections about a tuning or scale, about a composer, about an instrument, or about a piece. And the most common issue with these pages is not enough prose describing the topic.


The pages in the healthiest state are pages about intervals, about terms/concepts, about chords, and about small or medium edos. These aren't perfect but they're largely useful and easily readable.
The pages in the healthiest state are pages about intervals, about terms/concepts, about chords, and about small or medium edos. These aren't perfect but they're largely useful and easily readable.