Page Edit History Analysis

The data on this page comes from the Git “commit” history of the Quarto files in Societal Mirror repository. The analysis focuses on the editing activity for each page, including the number of commits, the time span of edits, and temporal patterns of page development.

It provides a rough history of the project code base.

1 Editing Activity by Page Name

Figure 1: Editing activity over time for each file, sorted by total editing span. Numbers at right show total commit count.

Each file was set up early in the process, but the editing activity varies widely. Work on some files began immediately, and other waited for a while. The boxplots show the distribution of editing days for each file, with jittered points representing individual commits.

The files are sorted by their editing span (max days from first commit), with commit counts displayed on the right. enrollment_overview has been the most frequently edited page with the longest editing history (157 days) and the most commits (45), followed by centre_profile (33 commits over 157 days) and study_activities (25 commits over 153 days). The newer pages at the bottom like centre_connections, centre_participation, and centre_resources have shorter histories (under 10 days) and fewer commits (2-4).

Interestingly, data_collection_and_analysis was created early but only recently received its 7 commits around day 140, showing a different pattern of intermittent edits.

2 Post-Creation Edit Pattern

Figure 2: Editing activity from the 2nd commit onward, excluding initial creation commit

This view focuses on activity after development has begun in earnest by excluding the initial creation commit. The commit counts are reduced by 1 for each file, showing only post-creation edits. Some files like centre_size_experience only have 1 commit after creation, indicating they’ve been untouched since their initial setup.

3 Temporal Editing Patterns

Figure 3: Weekly editing activity heatmap showing when each file received edits

The heatmap reveals distinct editing patterns across time:

• enrollment_overview and centre_profile show the most sustained activity, with edits spread throughout January-June
• Several files had concentrated bursts of activity in specific periods (e.g., study_activities in mid-April, leadership_and_service_roles in January-February)
• Most newer files at the bottom only appear in the June timeframe
• Some weeks saw intensive editing across multiple files, particularly in late May/early June
• data_collection_and_analysis shows a gap from creation until recent activity in May-June