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
20
Tracking since
Last updated

Citation 404 Rate

Percentage of NPOV citations that return HTTP 404 Not Found

4 observations · measured in %

0.0%
Citation 404 Rate
10 Oct 2026 09:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%19 Sep29 Sep10 OctCitation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 19 Sep 2026 08:30Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 26 Sep 2026 08:45Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 03 Oct 2026 09:00Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 10 Oct 2026 09:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%19 Sep29 Sep10 OctCitation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 19 Sep 2026 08:30Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 26 Sep 2026 08:45Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 03 Oct 2026 09:00Citation 404 Rate: 0.0% — 10 Oct 2026 09:15
Citation 404 Rate (%) — area, last 30 days.
061218
19 Sep
26 Sep
03 Oct
10 Oct

Darker = higher citation 404 rate. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Citation 404 Rate (%) — heatmap, last 30 days.
WhenCitation 404 Rate
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Citation 404 Rate (%) — table, last 30 days.

Domain Change Rate

Percentage of NPOV citations that redirect to a different domain

4 observations · measured in %

15.4%
Domain Change Rate
▬ 0.0% vs previous
10 Oct 2026 09:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%19 Sep29 Sep10 OctDomain Change Rate: 30.8% — 19 Sep 2026 08:30Domain Change Rate: 30.8% — 26 Sep 2026 08:45Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 03 Oct 2026 09:00Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 10 Oct 2026 09:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%19 Sep29 Sep10 OctDomain Change Rate: 30.8% — 19 Sep 2026 08:30Domain Change Rate: 30.8% — 26 Sep 2026 08:45Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 03 Oct 2026 09:00Domain Change Rate: 15.4% — 10 Oct 2026 09:15
Domain Change Rate (%) — area, last 30 days.
061218
19 Sep
26 Sep
03 Oct
10 Oct

Darker = higher domain change rate. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Domain Change Rate (%) — heatmap, last 30 days.
WhenDomain Change Rate
15.4%
15.4%
30.8%
30.8%
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

Every figure on this page was read from these pages.

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.