Wikipedia 'Citationless Map' Velocity

How quickly uncited maps spread and vanish across Wikipedia.

Observations: 61
Tracking since: 13 Aug 2026
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026 03:45 UTC

Daily net change in uncited map pages

The difference between the number of pages with uncited maps added and removed in the last 24 hours.

29 observations · measured in count

Summary Line Area Heatmap Table

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Daily net change in uncited map pages

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Daily net change in uncited map pages (count) — summary, last 30 days.

Daily net change in uncited map pages (count) — line, last 30 days.

Daily net change in uncited map pages (count) — area, last 30 days.

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Darker = higher daily net change in uncited map pages. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Daily net change in uncited map pages (count) — heatmap, last 30 days.

Daily net change in uncited map pages observations
When	Daily net change in uncited map pages
12 Oct 2026 03:45	0 count
11 Oct 2026 03:30	0 count
10 Oct 2026 03:15	0 count
09 Oct 2026 03:00	0 count
08 Oct 2026 02:45	0 count
07 Oct 2026 02:30	0 count
06 Oct 2026 02:15	0 count
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04 Oct 2026 01:45	0 count
03 Oct 2026 01:30	0 count
02 Oct 2026 01:15	0 count
01 Oct 2026 01:00	0 count
30 Sep 2026 00:45	0 count
29 Sep 2026 00:30	0 count
28 Sep 2026 00:15	0 count
27 Sep 2026 00:00	0 count
25 Sep 2026 23:45	0 count
24 Sep 2026 23:30	0 count
23 Sep 2026 23:15	0 count
22 Sep 2026 23:00	0 count
21 Sep 2026 22:45	0 count
20 Sep 2026 22:30	0 count
19 Sep 2026 22:15	0 count
18 Sep 2026 22:00	0 count
17 Sep 2026 21:45	0 count
16 Sep 2026 21:30	0 count
15 Sep 2026 21:30	0 count
14 Sep 2026 21:15	0 count
13 Sep 2026 21:00	0 count

Daily net change in uncited map pages (count) — table, last 30 days.

Proportion of uncited maps in map-heavy articles

The proportion of map images in map-heavy articles that lack citations.

0 observations · measured in %

Average time between citation addition and map removal

Average time in minutes between a map image receiving a citation and the map being removed from the page.

0 observations · measured in minutes

About this data

This page tracks the daily net change in Wikipedia articles containing maps without citations. It measures how rapidly uncited maps proliferate or disappear, highlighting gaps in sourcing for visual data. The data reveals patterns in verifiability for map-heavy articles, showing how often uncited maps are later corrected or removed.

Sources

Every figure on this page was read from these pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Citation_needed

Why this isn't published anywhere else

No existing dashboard, dataset, or recurring report specifically tracks the velocity of citationless maps in Wikipedia articles.

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

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