When an anonymous contribution is made on Wikipedia, the IP address is recorded as the author of the contribution. This simple tool can collect information on Wiki contributions across an arbitrary amount of IP CIDR ranges, and display a list of top contributing IP addresses as well as a list of most edited pages. Wikiranger can also write all contribution data to a CSV file for further analysis with other tools.
Wikiranger can be used to determine an organization's gateway IP address, or to get a better understanding of the topics that an organization is concerned about.
$ gem install wikiranger
Analysing Wiki activity from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
$ wikiranger --csv /tmp/fcc_contribs.csv 192.104.54.0/24 192.133.125.0/24
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[+] Gathering Wiki contributions for 508 hosts: |===============================================================================================| 100%
[+] Gathered 437 Wiki contributions
[+] Wrote Wiki contribution data to /tmp/fcc_contribs.csv
TOP 10 CONTRIBUTORS:
192.104.54.21: 313 contributions (latest: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:55:32 +0000)
192.104.54.79: 49 contributions (latest: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:50:05 +0000)
192.104.54.179: 31 contributions (latest: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:38:40 +0000)
192.104.54.77: 23 contributions (latest: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:11:51 +0000)
192.104.54.166: 11 contributions (latest: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:26:39 +0000)
192.104.54.4: 9 contributions (latest: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:19:03 +0000)
192.104.54.1: 1 contributions (latest: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:59:59 +0000)
TOP 10 MOST EDITED PAGES:
Talk:Star Trek Into Darkness: 461KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=33786129)
Federal Communications Commission: 284KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=55974)
Aquarium: 241KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=19230351)
Henry James: 235KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=83117)
Hurricane Katrina: 187KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=2569378)
Edgar Cayce: 185KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=159184)
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game: 167KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=4053759)
Charlie Adam: 108KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=5232021)
Voice over IP: 107KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=75028)
Photography: 106KB (https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=23604)
The /tmp/fcc_contribs.csv file contains complete information of all contributions:
user,page_id,rev_id,parent_id,title,timestamp,comment,size
192.104.54.1,490292,4204587,2615510,Morgan Bible,2004-03-03T19:59:59Z,"",1944
192.104.54.4,23604,5842054,5787335,Photography,2004-09-10T18:19:03Z,/* History of photography */,18178
192.104.54.4,23604,5787335,5787318,Photography,2004-09-10T18:18:12Z,/* Obtaining Photography */,18169
192.104.54.4,23604,5787318,5787281,Photography,2004-09-10T18:16:16Z,/* Obtaining Photography */,18194
192.104.54.4,23604,5787281,5787047,Photography,2004-09-10T18:04:04Z,/* Obtaining Photography */,18169
192.104.54.4,23604,5787047,5786863,Photography,2004-09-10T17:55:22Z,/* History of photography */,18101
192.104.54.4,23604,5786863,5786846,Photography,2004-09-10T17:54:25Z,/* History of photography */,18096
192.104.54.4,19230351,5201932,4607534,Aquarium,2004-07-13T16:35:26Z,/* External links */,6074
192.104.54.4,19230351,4607534,4607480,Aquarium,2004-07-13T16:33:41Z,/* Aquarium Hobby */,5905
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192.104.54.179,9673623,621253922,532212692,The Review of Litigation,2014-08-14T19:53:44Z,"",3017
192.104.54.179,27974327,612800294,590442127,Mignon Clyburn,2014-06-13T18:54:30Z,"",3625
192.104.54.179,92032,594287736,591586594,"Coos County, Oregon",2014-02-06T23:45:38Z,"The Coquille Indian Tribe still exists, is federally-recognized, and has Coos County designated as part of its Tribal ""service area"" pursuant to the Coquille Restoration Act.",11450
192.104.54.179,17917988,578732844,518057467,Windy Run,2013-10-25T19:41:52Z,/* Pronunciation and Origin of Name */,2288
192.104.54.179,20420662,569459681,569430538,Rickenbacker 4001,2013-08-20T19:09:21Z,"",6258
192.104.54.179,23495051,566849435,566849128,RabbitEars,2013-08-02T12:45:22Z,Fixed the journalist link.,28549
192.104.54.179,23495051,566849128,530941466,RabbitEars,2013-08-02T12:42:43Z,Added new article.,28536
192.104.54.179,3869822,564780654,555162817,WDTV,2013-07-18T12:17:47Z,"",12739
192.104.54.179,5787700,561537025,548727677,Allen & Company,2013-06-25T16:19:57Z,"",5280
192.104.54.179,15516,555105308,555032370,Intelsat,2013-05-14T20:05:36Z,"/* History */ Minior edit, ""of"" -> ""over""",26077
See wikiranger --help for more options.
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/michenriksen/wikiranger.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.