Statizoid Wikipedia 'Neutral Point of View' Citation Source Drift

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Wikipedia 'Neutral Point of View' Citation Source Drift

How often Wikipedia’s Neutral Point of View claims lose their supporting citations over time.

Observations
4
Tracking since
Last updated

Citation 404 Rate

Percentage of NPOV citations that return HTTP 404 Not Found

2 observations · measured in %

0.0%
Citation 404 Rate
15 Aug 2026 07:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%07:1207:1307:15Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 15 Aug 2026 07:12Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 15 Aug 2026 07:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%07:1207:1307:15Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 15 Aug 2026 07:12Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 15 Aug 2026 07:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — area, last 30 days.
WhenCitation 404 Rate
0.0%
0.0%
Citation 404 Rate (%) — table, last 30 days.

Domain Change Rate

Percentage of NPOV citations that redirect to a different domain

2 observations · measured in %

23.1%
Domain Change Rate
▲ 50.1% vs previous
15 Aug 2026 07:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%07:1207:1307:15Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 15 Aug 2026 07:12Domain Change Rate: 23.1% — 15 Aug 2026 07:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%07:1207:1307:15Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 15 Aug 2026 07:12Domain Change Rate: 23.1% — 15 Aug 2026 07:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — area, last 30 days.
WhenDomain Change Rate
23.1%
15.4%
Domain Change Rate (%) — table, last 30 days.

Citation Decay Acceleration

Rate of new 404s appearing per month

0 observations · measured in 404s/month

About this data

This page tracks how Wikipedia’s ‘Neutral Point of View’ (NPOV) policy is affected by citation decay. When claims rely on external sources, those links can break or domains can change, leaving evidence unsupported. We measure the 404 rate, domain change rate, and how quickly citations decay over time. The data comes from analysing NPOV-tagged claims across Wikipedia articles, highlighting how often evidence disappears and how fast this happens. Understanding this drift helps editors maintain reliable sourcing and shows where Wikipedia’s citation infrastructure needs attention.

Sources

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Why this isn't published anywhere else

No existing website, dashboard, or public dataset tracks NPOV citation source drift specifically. Related efforts (e.g., link rot tools, retracted paper studies) are tangential and do not measure NPOV claim decay.

Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.