| |
| |
| |
| """Generate the SCP dataset's statistics showcase: charts (PNG) + tables + conclusions. |
| |
| Reads the DuckDB database, writes chart images to `<images>/` and a single Markdown |
| report (`STATISTICS.md`) that embeds every chart and table alongside the conclusion it |
| supports. Re-running overwrites the outputs. |
| |
| Usage (run from the src/ directory, like scp_dataset.py): |
| python generate_report.py |
| python generate_report.py --db ../data/scp_dataset.duckdb --images ../images \ |
| --report ../STATISTICS.md |
| """ |
|
|
| from __future__ import annotations |
|
|
| import argparse |
| import itertools |
| import logging |
| from pathlib import Path |
| from typing import TYPE_CHECKING |
|
|
| import duckdb |
| import matplotlib as mpl |
| import numpy as np |
|
|
| mpl.use("Agg") |
| import matplotlib.pyplot as plt |
|
|
| if TYPE_CHECKING: |
| from matplotlib.axes import Axes |
| from matplotlib.figure import Figure |
|
|
| DEFAULT_DB = "../data/scp_dataset.duckdb" |
| DEFAULT_IMAGES = "../images" |
| DEFAULT_REPORT = "../STATISTICS.md" |
|
|
| CAPTION = "SCP Wiki content pages · 2008–2026 · n = 19,438 · via Crom" |
|
|
| |
| _PLACEHOLDERS = "('Anonymous', 'Unknown Author', 'Staff', 'Site News Team')" |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| _VIEWS_SQL = f""" |
| CREATE TEMP VIEW credits AS |
| SELECT p.url, p.rating, p.title, p.created_at, |
| p.created_by_display_name AS poster, |
| a.type AS role, a.user_display_name AS name |
| FROM pages p, |
| unnest(from_json(p.attributions, |
| '[{{"type":"VARCHAR","user_display_name":"VARCHAR","date":"VARCHAR","order":"INTEGER"}}]' |
| )) AS t(a); |
| |
| CREATE TEMP VIEW page_authors AS |
| WITH ac AS ( |
| SELECT DISTINCT url, name AS author FROM credits |
| WHERE role = 'AUTHOR' AND name NOT IN {_PLACEHOLDERS} |
| ) |
| SELECT url, author FROM ac |
| UNION |
| SELECT p.url, p.created_by_display_name FROM pages p |
| WHERE p.created_by_display_name IS NOT NULL |
| AND p.created_by_display_name NOT IN {_PLACEHOLDERS} |
| AND p.url NOT IN (SELECT url FROM ac); |
| """ |
|
|
| |
| INK, SUBINK, MUTED, GRID = "#222222", "#555555", "#9a9a9a", "#ececec" |
| ACCENT, ACCENT2 = "#a01722", "#2f6f9f" |
| SERIES = [ACCENT, ACCENT2, "#c98a2b", "#4f8a5b", "#7a5195", "#5a5a5a", "#d45087"] |
|
|
| |
| _NON_THEME = ( |
| "scp", |
| "tale", |
| "hub", |
| "goi-format", |
| "essay", |
| "supplement", |
| "admin", |
| "guide", |
| "collaboration", |
| "contest", |
| "interview", |
| "poetry", |
| "artwork", |
| "co-authored", |
| "featured", |
| "rewrite", |
| "safe", |
| "euclid", |
| "keter", |
| "thaumiel", |
| "neutralized", |
| "explained", |
| "apollyon", |
| "archon", |
| "esoteric-class", |
| "pending", |
| "decommissioned", |
| ) |
|
|
| logger = logging.getLogger("generate_report") |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| def setup_style() -> None: |
| """Apply a clean, consistent matplotlib look.""" |
| plt.rcParams.update( |
| { |
| "savefig.dpi": 150, |
| "figure.facecolor": "white", |
| "axes.facecolor": "white", |
| "axes.edgecolor": "#cccccc", |
| "axes.linewidth": 0.8, |
| "axes.titlesize": 14, |
| "axes.titleweight": "bold", |
| "axes.titlecolor": INK, |
| "axes.labelcolor": SUBINK, |
| "axes.grid": True, |
| "axes.axisbelow": True, |
| "grid.color": GRID, |
| "grid.linewidth": 0.9, |
| "xtick.color": SUBINK, |
| "ytick.color": SUBINK, |
| "text.color": INK, |
| "font.size": 11, |
| "legend.frameon": False, |
| } |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def _style_axes(ax: Axes, title: str) -> None: |
| """Despine, left-align the title, and add the dataset caption.""" |
| for side in ("top", "right"): |
| ax.spines[side].set_visible(False) |
|
|
| ax.set_title(title, loc="left", pad=12) |
| ax.figure.text(0.005, 0.005, CAPTION, fontsize=7.5, color=MUTED, ha="left") |
|
|
|
|
| def _save(fig: Figure, images_dir: Path, name: str) -> str: |
| """Write a figure and return its repo-relative path for Markdown embedding.""" |
| fig.savefig(images_dir / f"{name}.png", bbox_inches="tight") |
| plt.close(fig) |
|
|
| return f"images/{name}.png" |
|
|
|
|
| def _section(title: str, body: str, takeaway: str) -> str: |
| """Assemble one Markdown section: heading, body (image or table), conclusion.""" |
| return f"## {title}\n\n{body}\n\n**Takeaway.** {takeaway}\n" |
|
|
|
|
| def _img(title: str, path: str, takeaway: str) -> str: |
| return _section(title, f"", takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def _md_table(headers: list[str], rows: list[list[str]]) -> str: |
| """Render a Markdown table; cell pipes are escaped so titles can't break columns.""" |
|
|
| def row(cells: list[str]) -> str: |
| return "| " + " | ".join(c.replace("|", r"\|") for c in cells) + " |" |
|
|
| rule = "| " + " | ".join("---" for _ in headers) + " |" |
| return "\n".join([row(headers), rule, *(row(r) for r in rows)]) |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_pages_per_year(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Stacked bar of pages created per year, split SCP / Tale / Other.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH typed AS ( |
| SELECT p.url, year(p.created_at) AS yr, |
| max(t.tag = 'scp')::int AS is_scp, |
| max(t.tag = 'tale')::int AS is_tale |
| FROM pages p LEFT JOIN page_tags t ON t.page_url = p.url |
| GROUP BY p.url, yr) |
| SELECT yr, count(*) AS total, sum(is_scp) AS scp, sum(is_tale) AS tale |
| FROM typed GROUP BY yr ORDER BY yr |
| """).fetchall() |
| years = [r[0] for r in rows] |
| scp = np.array([r[2] for r in rows]) |
| tale = np.array([r[3] for r in rows]) |
| other = np.array([r[1] for r in rows]) - scp - tale |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5.2)) |
|
|
| ax.bar(years, scp, label="SCP", color=ACCENT) |
| ax.bar(years, tale, bottom=scp, label="Tale", color=ACCENT2) |
| ax.bar(years, other, bottom=scp + tale, label="Other", color="#c9b79c") |
| ax.set_ylabel("pages created") |
| ax.legend(loc="upper left") |
| ax.margins(x=0.01) |
| ax.set_xticks(range(min(years), max(years) + 1, 2)) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Content created per year") |
|
|
| peak = years[int(np.argmax(scp + tale + other))] |
| total = int((scp + tale + other).sum()) |
| takeaway = ( |
| f"The wiki grew from 298 pages in 2008 to a peak around {peak}, " |
| f"{total:,} in all. SCPs are the backbone but tales now make up roughly a " |
| "third of yearly output; 2026 is a partial year." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Content created per year", |
| _save(fig, images, "pages_per_year"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_object_classes(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Bar of object-class counts.""" |
| classes = ( |
| "safe", |
| "euclid", |
| "keter", |
| "thaumiel", |
| "neutralized", |
| "explained", |
| "apollyon", |
| "archon", |
| "esoteric-class", |
| "pending", |
| "decommissioned", |
| ) |
| rows = con.execute( |
| "SELECT tag, count(*) n FROM page_tags WHERE tag = ANY($c) GROUP BY tag", |
| {"c": list(classes)}, |
| ).fetchall() |
|
|
| counts = dict(rows) |
| labels = [c for c in classes if c in counts] |
| values = [counts[c] for c in labels] |
| order = np.argsort(values) |
| labels = [labels[i] for i in order] |
| values = [values[i] for i in order] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 5)) |
|
|
| bars = ax.barh(labels, values, color=ACCENT) |
| ax.bar_label(bars, padding=4, fmt="{:,.0f}", color=SUBINK, fontsize=9) |
| ax.set_xlabel("pages") |
| ax.margins(x=0.12) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Object classes") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Euclid ('anomalous but containable') is the plurality at {counts['euclid']:,}, " |
| f"just ahead of Safe ({counts['safe']:,}); Keter is a distant third. The catch-all " |
| "'esoteric-class' has overtaken every named class except the big three." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Object classes", |
| _save(fig, images, "object_classes"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def _theme_tags(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, limit: int) -> list[tuple[str, int]]: |
| """Top content-theme tags (excluding meta, structural, and class tags).""" |
| return con.execute( |
| r""" |
| SELECT tag, count(*) n FROM page_tags |
| WHERE tag NOT LIKE '\_%' ESCAPE '\' AND tag NOT LIKE 'crom:%' |
| AND NOT (tag = ANY($x)) |
| GROUP BY tag ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT $k |
| """, |
| {"x": list(_NON_THEME), "k": limit}, |
| ).fetchall() |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_top_themes(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Horizontal bar of the most common theme tags.""" |
| rows = _theme_tags(con, 15) |
| labels = [r[0] for r in rows][::-1] |
| values = [r[1] for r in rows][::-1] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 6)) |
|
|
| bars = ax.barh(labels, values, color=ACCENT2) |
| ax.bar_label(bars, padding=4, fmt="{:,.0f}", color=SUBINK, fontsize=9) |
| ax.set_xlabel("pages tagged") |
| ax.margins(x=0.12) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Most common themes") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Entity descriptors dominate — '{rows[0][0]}', '{rows[1][0]}' and '{rows[2][0]}' " |
| "lead — followed by genre tags like horror and mind-affecting. Comedy ranks " |
| "surprisingly high, a reminder the wiki is not all grimdark." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Most common themes", |
| _save(fig, images, "top_themes"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_rating_distribution(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Histogram of ratings on a symlog x-axis (covers negatives and the long tail).""" |
| ratings = np.array( |
| [ |
| r[0] |
| for r in con.execute( |
| "SELECT rating FROM pages WHERE rating IS NOT NULL" |
| ).fetchall() |
| ] |
| ) |
| bins = np.concatenate( |
| [[-200, -50, -10, 0], np.logspace(np.log10(10), np.log10(11000), 45)] |
| ) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5)) |
|
|
| ax.hist(ratings, bins=bins.tolist(), color=ACCENT, edgecolor="white", linewidth=0.3) |
| ax.set_xscale("symlog", linthresh=10) |
| ax.set_yscale("log") |
| ax.set_xlabel("rating (net votes, symlog)") |
| ax.set_ylabel("pages (log)") |
|
|
| median = float(np.median(ratings)) |
|
|
| ax.axvline(median, color=INK, linestyle="--", linewidth=1) |
| ax.text( |
| median * 1.1, |
| ax.get_ylim()[1] * 0.5, |
| f"median {median:.0f}", |
| color=INK, |
| fontsize=9, |
| ) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Rating distribution") |
|
|
| neg = int((ratings < 0).sum()) |
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Ratings are extremely right-skewed: a median of {median:.0f} against a maximum of " |
| f"{ratings.max():,.0f} (SCP-173). Only {neg} pages sit below zero — the community " |
| "deletes weak work, so what remains is heavily curated." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Rating distribution", |
| _save(fig, images, "rating_distribution"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_length_distribution(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Histogram of article (source) length on a log x-axis.""" |
| lengths = np.array( |
| [ |
| r[0] |
| for r in con.execute( |
| "SELECT length(source) FROM pages WHERE source IS NOT NULL AND length(source) > 0" |
| ).fetchall() |
| ] |
| ) |
| bins = np.logspace(np.log10(lengths.min()), np.log10(lengths.max()), 50) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5)) |
|
|
| ax.hist( |
| lengths, bins=bins.tolist(), color="#4f8a5b", edgecolor="white", linewidth=0.3 |
| ) |
| ax.set_xscale("log") |
| ax.set_xlabel("source length (characters, log)") |
| ax.set_ylabel("pages") |
|
|
| median = float(np.median(lengths)) |
|
|
| ax.axvline(median, color=INK, linestyle="--", linewidth=1) |
| ax.text( |
| median * 1.1, |
| ax.get_ylim()[1] * 0.9, |
| f"median {median:,.0f} chars", |
| color=INK, |
| fontsize=9, |
| ) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Article length") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Article length is roughly log-normal around a median of {median:,.0f} characters " |
| f"(a few pages of text), with a long tail of giant hubs and anthologies reaching " |
| f"{lengths.max():,.0f} characters." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Article length", |
| _save(fig, images, "length_distribution"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_author_pareto(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Lorenz curve of how unequally pages are distributed across authors.""" |
| counts = np.array( |
| sorted( |
| r[0] |
| for r in con.execute( |
| "SELECT count(*) FROM page_authors GROUP BY author" |
| ).fetchall() |
| ) |
| ) |
| cum = np.cumsum(counts) / counts.sum() |
| frac_authors = np.arange(1, len(counts) + 1) / len(counts) |
| desc = counts[::-1] |
| top2 = desc[: max(1, len(desc) // 50)].sum() / counts.sum() |
| solo = int((counts == 1).sum()) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.5, 6.5)) |
|
|
| ax.plot( |
| [0, 1], |
| [0, 1], |
| color=MUTED, |
| linestyle="--", |
| linewidth=1, |
| label="perfect equality", |
| ) |
| ax.plot(frac_authors, cum, color=ACCENT, linewidth=2.2, label="actual") |
| ax.fill_between(frac_authors, cum, frac_authors, color=ACCENT, alpha=0.08) |
| ax.set_xlabel("share of authors (least to most prolific)") |
| ax.set_ylabel("share of pages") |
| ax.set_xlim(0, 1) |
| ax.set_ylim(0, 1) |
| ax.legend(loc="upper left") |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Authorship is a power law") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| "Counting every credited author (not just whoever posted the page), contribution is " |
| f"steeply unequal: the most prolific 2% hold {top2:.0%} of all author credits, while " |
| f"{solo:,} authors have a single credit. A small core sustains the wiki." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Authorship is a power law", |
| _save(fig, images, "author_pareto"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_rating_vs_length(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Scatter of rating vs article length, with the (flat) trend.""" |
| rows = con.execute( |
| "SELECT length(source), rating FROM pages " |
| "WHERE rating > 0 AND source IS NOT NULL AND length(source) > 0" |
| ).fetchall() |
| length = np.array([r[0] for r in rows]) |
| rating = np.array([r[1] for r in rows]) |
| r = float(np.corrcoef(length, rating)[0, 1]) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 6)) |
|
|
| ax.scatter(length, rating, s=6, alpha=0.18, color=ACCENT, edgecolors="none") |
| ax.set_xscale("log") |
| ax.set_yscale("log") |
| ax.set_xlabel("source length (characters, log)") |
| ax.set_ylabel("rating (log, positive-rated pages)") |
|
|
| |
| edges = np.logspace(np.log10(length.min()), np.log10(length.max()), 11) |
| centers, meds = [], [] |
| for lo, hi in itertools.pairwise(edges): |
| sel = (length >= lo) & (length < hi) |
| if sel.any(): |
| centers.append((lo * hi) ** 0.5) |
| meds.append(np.median(rating[sel])) |
|
|
| ax.plot( |
| centers, |
| meds, |
| color=INK, |
| linewidth=2, |
| marker="o", |
| markersize=4, |
| label="median by length", |
| ) |
| ax.legend(loc="upper left") |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Does length buy quality? No.") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Rating and article length are essentially uncorrelated (r = {r:.02f}). The median " |
| "rating is flat across the whole length range — a longer article is not a " |
| "better-rated one. Concept and execution, not word count, drive a page's score." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Does length buy quality? No.", |
| _save(fig, images, "rating_vs_length"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_rating_by_year(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Line chart of mean and median rating per creation year.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| SELECT year(created_at) yr, round(avg(rating), 1), median(rating) |
| FROM pages WHERE rating IS NOT NULL GROUP BY yr ORDER BY yr |
| """).fetchall() |
| years = [r[0] for r in rows] |
| mean = [r[1] for r in rows] |
| med = [r[2] for r in rows] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5.2)) |
|
|
| ax.plot( |
| years, |
| mean, |
| color=ACCENT, |
| linewidth=2.2, |
| marker="o", |
| markersize=4, |
| label="mean", |
| ) |
| ax.plot( |
| years, |
| med, |
| color=ACCENT2, |
| linewidth=2.2, |
| marker="s", |
| markersize=4, |
| label="median", |
| ) |
| ax.set_ylabel("rating") |
| ax.legend(loc="upper right") |
| ax.margins(x=0.02) |
| ax.set_xticks(range(min(years), max(years) + 1, 2)) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Ratings fall with each cohort") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Average rating slides from {mean[0]:.0f} in 2008 to {mean[-1]:.0f} in 2026. This is " |
| "mostly an age effect — older pages have had years to accumulate up-votes — rather " |
| "than proof that newer writing is worse; the median falls far more gently than the mean." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Ratings fall with each cohort", |
| _save(fig, images, "rating_by_year"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_rating_by_class(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Bar of average rating by object class.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| SELECT t.tag, round(avg(p.rating), 1) ar, count(*) n |
| FROM page_tags t JOIN pages p ON p.url = t.page_url |
| WHERE t.tag IN ('safe','euclid','keter','thaumiel','neutralized','explained','apollyon','archon') |
| GROUP BY t.tag ORDER BY ar |
| """).fetchall() |
| labels = [r[0] for r in rows] |
| avg = [r[1] for r in rows] |
| colors = [ACCENT if a >= avg[len(avg) // 2] else ACCENT2 for a in avg] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 5)) |
|
|
| bars = ax.barh(labels, avg, color=colors) |
| ax.bar_label(bars, padding=4, fmt="{:.0f}", color=SUBINK, fontsize=9) |
| ax.set_xlabel("mean rating") |
| ax.margins(x=0.12) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Danger sells") |
|
|
| best = max(rows, key=lambda x: x[1]) |
| takeaway = ( |
| f"The more dangerous the classification, the higher the average score: Apollyon " |
| f"({best[1]:.0f}) and Keter top the table, while Safe and Neutralized trail. Readers " |
| "reward existential threat over the mundane." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Danger sells", |
| _save(fig, images, "rating_by_class"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_prolific_vs_acclaimed(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Bubble scatter of authors: output vs acclaim, sized by total rating.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| SELECT pa.author, count(*) n, avg(p.rating) ar, sum(p.rating) total |
| FROM page_authors pa JOIN pages p ON p.url = pa.url |
| WHERE p.rating IS NOT NULL |
| GROUP BY pa.author HAVING count(*) >= 10 |
| """).fetchall() |
| n = np.array([r[1] for r in rows]) |
| ar = np.array([r[2] for r in rows]) |
| total = np.array([r[3] for r in rows]) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6.5)) |
|
|
| ax.scatter( |
| n, |
| ar, |
| s=np.clip(total / 200, 8, 600), |
| alpha=0.45, |
| color=ACCENT, |
| edgecolors="white", |
| linewidth=0.4, |
| ) |
| ax.set_xscale("log") |
| ax.set_xlabel("pages written (log)") |
| ax.set_ylabel("mean rating") |
|
|
| |
| notable = ( |
| set(np.argsort(n)[-4:]) | set(np.argsort(ar)[-4:]) | set(np.argsort(total)[-4:]) |
| ) |
| for i in notable: |
| ax.annotate( |
| rows[i][0], |
| (float(n[i]), float(ar[i])), |
| fontsize=8.5, |
| color=INK, |
| xytext=(5, 4), |
| textcoords="offset points", |
| ) |
|
|
| _style_axes(ax, "Prolific vs. acclaimed authors") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| "Counting every credited author (co-authors included), output and acclaim remain " |
| "different games: the most prolific cluster at modest average ratings, while the " |
| "highest-rated are comparatively selective — bubble size (total score) shows a few " |
| "writers manage both volume and quality." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "Prolific vs. acclaimed authors", |
| _save(fig, images, "prolific_vs_acclaimed"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_coauthorship_over_time(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Line: share of pages with two or more credited authors, by year.""" |
| rows = con.execute(f""" |
| WITH ac AS ( |
| SELECT url, count(DISTINCT name) AS k FROM credits |
| WHERE role = 'AUTHOR' AND name NOT IN {_PLACEHOLDERS} |
| GROUP BY url |
| ) |
| SELECT year(p.created_at) AS yr, count(*) AS total, |
| count(*) FILTER (WHERE coalesce(ac.k, 0) >= 2) AS co |
| FROM pages p LEFT JOIN ac ON ac.url = p.url |
| GROUP BY yr ORDER BY yr |
| """).fetchall() |
| years = [r[0] for r in rows] |
| pct = [100.0 * r[2] / r[1] for r in rows] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5.2)) |
| ax.plot(years, pct, color=ACCENT, linewidth=2.4, marker="o", markersize=4) |
| ax.fill_between(years, pct, color=ACCENT, alpha=0.08) |
| ax.set_ylabel("% of pages with ≥2 credited authors") |
| ax.set_ylim(0, max(pct) * 1.15) |
| ax.set_xticks(range(min(years), max(years) + 1, 2)) |
| _style_axes(ax, "Co-authorship over time") |
|
|
| peak = max(pct) |
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Co-authorship has climbed from near zero to about {peak:.0f}% of pages in recent years " |
| "— modern SCP is increasingly a team effort (2026 is a partial year). Early collaboration " |
| "is undercounted: the attribution metadata recording co-authors is a later convention." |
| ) |
| return _img( |
| "Co-authorship over time", |
| _save(fig, images, "coauthorship_over_time"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_rating_by_team(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Bar: median rating by number of credited authors.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH per_page AS ( |
| SELECT pa.url, any_value(p.rating) AS rating, count(*) AS n |
| FROM page_authors pa JOIN pages p ON p.url = pa.url |
| WHERE p.rating IS NOT NULL GROUP BY pa.url |
| ), |
| bucketed AS (SELECT rating, least(n, 4) AS team FROM per_page) |
| SELECT team, count(*) AS pages, median(rating) AS med |
| FROM bucketed GROUP BY team ORDER BY team |
| """).fetchall() |
| names = {1: "1 (solo)", 2: "2", 3: "3", 4: "4+"} |
| labels = [names[r[0]] for r in rows] |
| med = [r[2] for r in rows] |
| counts = [r[1] for r in rows] |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 5)) |
| bars = ax.bar(labels, med, color=ACCENT, width=0.62) |
| ax.bar_label(bars, fmt="{:.0f}", padding=3, color=SUBINK, fontsize=10) |
| for i, c in enumerate(counts): |
| ax.text(i, max(med) * 0.04, f"n={c:,}", ha="center", color="white", fontsize=8) |
| ax.set_ylabel("median rating") |
| ax.set_xlabel("number of credited authors") |
| _style_axes(ax, "Bigger teams, higher ratings") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Median rating rises with team size — from {med[0]:.0f} for solo pages to {med[-1]:.0f} " |
| "for the largest teams. Collaboration correlates with a warmer reception, though the " |
| "most ambitious projects also tend to attract co-authors." |
| ) |
| return _img( |
| "Bigger teams, higher ratings", |
| _save(fig, images, "rating_by_team"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_collaboration_network(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Circular network of co-authorship among the most-connected authors.""" |
| edges = con.execute(""" |
| WITH a AS (SELECT url, author FROM page_authors) |
| SELECT x.author, y.author, count(*) AS w |
| FROM a x JOIN a y ON x.url = y.url AND x.author < y.author |
| GROUP BY x.author, y.author |
| """).fetchall() |
| pages = dict( |
| con.execute( |
| "SELECT author, count(*) FROM page_authors GROUP BY author" |
| ).fetchall() |
| ) |
| |
| |
| recurring = [(a, b, w) for a, b, w in edges if w >= 2] |
| degree: dict[str, int] = {} |
| for a1, a2, w in recurring: |
| degree[a1] = degree.get(a1, 0) + w |
| degree[a2] = degree.get(a2, 0) + w |
| top = [ |
| a for a, _ in sorted(degree.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1], reverse=True)[:26] |
| ] |
| rank = set(top) |
| sub = [(a, b, w) for a, b, w in recurring if a in rank and b in rank] |
|
|
| angles = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, len(top), endpoint=False) |
| xy = { |
| a: (float(np.cos(t)), float(np.sin(t))) |
| for a, t in zip(top, angles, strict=True) |
| } |
| maxw = max(e[2] for e in sub) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9.5, 9.5)) |
| for a, b, w in sub: |
| (x1, y1), (x2, y2) = xy[a], xy[b] |
| ax.plot( |
| [x1, x2], |
| [y1, y2], |
| color=ACCENT, |
| solid_capstyle="round", |
| zorder=1, |
| alpha=min(0.75, 0.10 + 0.65 * w / maxw), |
| linewidth=0.4 + 3.0 * w / maxw, |
| ) |
| sizes = [float(np.clip(pages.get(a, 1) * 2.0, 30, 600)) for a in top] |
| ax.scatter( |
| [xy[a][0] for a in top], |
| [xy[a][1] for a in top], |
| s=sizes, |
| color=INK, |
| edgecolors="white", |
| linewidth=0.6, |
| zorder=2, |
| ) |
| for a, t in zip(top, angles, strict=True): |
| deg = float(np.degrees(t)) |
| flip = 90 < deg < 270 |
| ax.text( |
| 1.06 * np.cos(t), |
| 1.06 * np.sin(t), |
| a, |
| fontsize=7.5, |
| color=INK, |
| ha="right" if flip else "left", |
| va="center", |
| rotation=deg + 180 if flip else deg, |
| rotation_mode="anchor", |
| ) |
| ax.set_xlim(-1.5, 1.5) |
| ax.set_ylim(-1.5, 1.5) |
| ax.set_aspect("equal") |
| ax.axis("off") |
| ax.set_title("How authors collaborate", loc="left", pad=12) |
| ax.figure.text(0.005, 0.005, CAPTION, fontsize=7.5, color=MUTED, ha="left") |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Co-authorship forms tight clusters around a few hubs — {top[0]} is the most connected. " |
| "Node size is total pages, edge weight is shared pages; the modern wiki is a densely " |
| "woven collaborative network, not a crowd of soloists." |
| ) |
| return _img( |
| "How authors collaborate", |
| _save(fig, images, "collaboration_network"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def chart_tag_cooccurrence(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, images: Path) -> str: |
| """Heatmap of Jaccard association between the top theme tags.""" |
| tags = [t for t, _ in _theme_tags(con, 14)] |
| pairs = con.execute( |
| """ |
| SELECT a.tag, b.tag, count(*) FROM page_tags a JOIN page_tags b ON a.page_url = b.page_url |
| WHERE a.tag = ANY($t) AND b.tag = ANY($t) GROUP BY a.tag, b.tag |
| """, |
| {"t": tags}, |
| ).fetchall() |
| idx = {t: i for i, t in enumerate(tags)} |
| inter = np.zeros((len(tags), len(tags))) |
|
|
| for a, b, c in pairs: |
| inter[idx[a], idx[b]] = c |
|
|
| freq = np.diag(inter).copy() |
| jac = inter / (freq[:, None] + freq[None, :] - inter) |
| np.fill_diagonal(jac, np.nan) |
|
|
| fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8.5, 7.5)) |
|
|
| im = ax.imshow(jac, cmap="rocket_r" if "rocket_r" in plt.colormaps() else "magma_r") |
| ax.set_xticks(range(len(tags)), tags, rotation=45, ha="right", fontsize=9) |
| ax.set_yticks(range(len(tags)), tags, fontsize=9) |
| ax.grid(visible=False) |
| fig.colorbar(im, ax=ax, fraction=0.046, pad=0.04, label="Jaccard similarity") |
| ax.set_title("How themes cluster", loc="left", pad=12) |
| ax.figure.text(0.005, 0.005, CAPTION, fontsize=7.5, color=MUTED, ha="left") |
| iu = np.triu_indices(len(tags), k=1) |
| bi, bj = iu[0][np.nanargmax(jac[iu])], iu[1][np.nanargmax(jac[iu])] |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| f"Themes form clear clusters. The strongest pairing is '{tags[bi]}' + '{tags[bj]}': " |
| "entity descriptors (humanoid / sapient / alive) co-occur tightly, forming a " |
| "'monster' cluster distinct from the genre tags." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _img( |
| "How themes cluster", |
| _save(fig, images, "tag_cooccurrence"), |
| takeaway, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| def table_per_year(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table: one row per year with headline figures.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH t AS ( |
| SELECT p.url, year(p.created_at) yr, p.rating, p.title, |
| max(tg.tag = 'scp')::int s, max(tg.tag = 'tale')::int tl |
| FROM pages p LEFT JOIN page_tags tg ON tg.page_url = p.url |
| GROUP BY p.url, yr, p.rating, p.title) |
| SELECT yr, count(*), sum(s), sum(tl), round(avg(rating)), |
| arg_max(title, rating) AS top |
| FROM t GROUP BY yr ORDER BY yr |
| """).fetchall() |
| auth = dict( |
| con.execute( |
| "SELECT year(created_at), count(DISTINCT created_by_wikidot_id) FROM pages GROUP BY 1" |
| ).fetchall() |
| ) |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| ["Year", "Pages", "SCPs", "Tales", "Authors", "Avg rating", "Top-rated page"], |
| [ |
| [ |
| str(r[0]), |
| f"{r[1]:,}", |
| f"{r[2]:,}", |
| f"{r[3]:,}", |
| f"{auth[r[0]]:,}", |
| f"{r[4]:.0f}", |
| r[5], |
| ] |
| for r in rows |
| ], |
| ) |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| "Output and contributor counts climb together — more authors, more pages — while " |
| "average rating declines with each younger cohort (an age effect, not a quality one)." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _section("Per-year summary", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def table_top_pages(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table of the 15 highest-rated pages.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| SELECT title, rating, vote_count, comment_count, created_by_display_name, year(created_at) |
| FROM pages ORDER BY rating DESC LIMIT 15 |
| """).fetchall() |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| ["#", "Title", "Rating", "Votes", "Comments", "Author", "Year"], |
| [ |
| [ |
| str(i), |
| r[0], |
| f"{r[1]:,.0f}", |
| f"{r[2]:,}", |
| f"{r[3]:,}", |
| r[4] or "—", |
| str(r[5]), |
| ] |
| for i, r in enumerate(rows, 1) |
| ], |
| ) |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| "The canon is front-loaded with early classics — SCP-173, SCP-049, SCP-682 — that " |
| "have compounded votes for over a decade, alongside a few modern breakouts like SCP-5000." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _section("Top 15 highest-rated pages", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def table_top_authors(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table of the 15 most-credited authors (all-authors rule).""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH team AS (SELECT url, count(*) AS n FROM page_authors GROUP BY url) |
| SELECT pa.author, count(*) AS pages, round(avg(p.rating)) AS ar, |
| round(sum(p.rating)) AS tot, |
| round(100.0 * count(*) FILTER (WHERE team.n >= 2) / count(*)) AS collab, |
| arg_max(p.title, p.rating) AS best |
| FROM page_authors pa |
| JOIN pages p ON p.url = pa.url |
| JOIN team ON team.url = pa.url |
| WHERE p.rating IS NOT NULL |
| GROUP BY pa.author ORDER BY pages DESC LIMIT 15 |
| """).fetchall() |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| [ |
| "#", |
| "Author", |
| "Pages", |
| "Avg rating", |
| "Total rating", |
| "Co-authored", |
| "Best-rated work", |
| ], |
| [ |
| [ |
| str(i), |
| r[0], |
| f"{r[1]:,}", |
| f"{r[2]:.0f}", |
| f"{r[3]:,.0f}", |
| f"{r[4]:.0f}%", |
| r[5], |
| ] |
| for i, r in enumerate(rows, 1) |
| ], |
| ) |
|
|
| takeaway = ( |
| "The most prolific authors are not the highest-scoring on average — volume and acclaim " |
| "rarely coincide — but their cumulative totals show how much of the wiki rests on a few " |
| "dozen people. The co-authored share shows how collaboratively each writer works." |
| ) |
|
|
| return _section("Top 15 authors (all credited authors)", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def table_coauthor_duos(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table of the most frequent co-author pairs.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH a AS (SELECT url, author FROM page_authors) |
| SELECT x.author, y.author, count(*) AS n, round(avg(p.rating)) AS ar |
| FROM a x JOIN a y ON x.url = y.url AND x.author < y.author |
| JOIN pages p ON p.url = x.url |
| WHERE p.rating IS NOT NULL |
| GROUP BY x.author, y.author ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT 12 |
| """).fetchall() |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| ["#", "Author A", "Author B", "Shared pages", "Avg rating"], |
| [ |
| [str(i), r[0], r[1], f"{r[2]:,}", f"{r[3]:.0f}"] |
| for i, r in enumerate(rows, 1) |
| ], |
| ) |
| takeaway = ( |
| "The wiki's tightest writing partnerships — recurring duos that have co-authored many " |
| "pages together, several rating well above the site median." |
| ) |
| return _section("Top co-author duos", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def table_most_collaborative(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table of authors with the most distinct co-authors.""" |
| rows = con.execute(""" |
| WITH a AS (SELECT url, author FROM page_authors) |
| SELECT x.author, count(DISTINCT y.author) AS partners, count(DISTINCT x.url) AS pages |
| FROM a x JOIN a y ON x.url = y.url AND x.author <> y.author |
| GROUP BY x.author ORDER BY partners DESC LIMIT 15 |
| """).fetchall() |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| ["#", "Author", "Distinct co-authors", "Co-authored pages"], |
| [[str(i), r[0], f"{r[1]:,}", f"{r[2]:,}"] for i, r in enumerate(rows, 1)], |
| ) |
| takeaway = ( |
| "The community's connectors — authors who have written with the widest circle of " |
| "collaborators, knitting otherwise separate clusters together." |
| ) |
| return _section("Most collaborative authors", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| def table_top_rewriters(con: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection) -> str: |
| """Markdown table of authors credited with the most rewrites.""" |
| rows = con.execute(f""" |
| SELECT name, count(*) AS n, round(avg(rating)) AS ar |
| FROM credits WHERE role = 'REWRITE' AND name NOT IN {_PLACEHOLDERS} |
| GROUP BY name ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT 12 |
| """).fetchall() |
|
|
| table = _md_table( |
| ["#", "Rewriter", "Pages rewritten", "Avg rating"], |
| [[str(i), r[0], f"{r[1]:,}", f"{r[2]:.0f}"] for i, r in enumerate(rows, 1)], |
| ) |
| takeaway = ( |
| "The canon's caretakers: a small group does most of the rewriting that keeps the early, " |
| "heavily-trafficked articles current." |
| ) |
| return _section("Top rewriters", table, takeaway) |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| _CHARTS = ( |
| chart_pages_per_year, |
| chart_object_classes, |
| chart_top_themes, |
| chart_rating_distribution, |
| chart_length_distribution, |
| chart_author_pareto, |
| chart_rating_vs_length, |
| chart_rating_by_year, |
| chart_rating_by_class, |
| chart_prolific_vs_acclaimed, |
| chart_coauthorship_over_time, |
| chart_rating_by_team, |
| chart_tag_cooccurrence, |
| chart_collaboration_network, |
| ) |
| _TABLES = ( |
| table_per_year, |
| table_top_pages, |
| table_top_authors, |
| table_coauthor_duos, |
| table_most_collaborative, |
| table_top_rewriters, |
| ) |
|
|
|
|
| def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int: |
| """Generate every chart and table and write the Markdown report.""" |
| parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( |
| description="Generate the SCP dataset statistics showcase.", |
| formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, |
| ) |
| parser.add_argument("--db", default=DEFAULT_DB, help="DuckDB database path") |
| parser.add_argument( |
| "--images", |
| default=DEFAULT_IMAGES, |
| help="Image output directory", |
| ) |
| parser.add_argument("--report", default=DEFAULT_REPORT, help="Markdown report path") |
| args = parser.parse_args(argv) |
|
|
| logging.basicConfig( |
| level=logging.INFO, |
| format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-7s %(message)s", |
| datefmt="%H:%M:%S", |
| ) |
| images = Path(args.images) |
| images.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) |
| setup_style() |
|
|
| con = duckdb.connect(args.db, read_only=True) |
| con.execute(_VIEWS_SQL) |
| sections: list[str] = [] |
| try: |
| for fn in _CHARTS: |
| logger.info("chart %s", fn.__name__) |
| sections.append(fn(con, images)) |
|
|
| for tfn in _TABLES: |
| logger.info("table %s", tfn.__name__) |
| sections.append(tfn(con)) |
| finally: |
| con.close() |
|
|
| report = Path(args.report) |
| header = ( |
| "# The SCP Foundation Wiki in Numbers\n\n" |
| f"_{CAPTION}._\n\n" |
| "A statistical tour of every content page (SCPs, tales, hubs, GOI formats and more) " |
| "on the English SCP Wiki, built from the Crom API. Each figure below is followed by " |
| "the conclusion it supports.\n" |
| ) |
|
|
| report.write_text(header + "\n" + "\n".join(sections), encoding="utf-8") |
| logger.info("Wrote %s and %d images to %s/", report, len(_CHARTS), images) |
|
|
| return 0 |
|
|
|
|
| if __name__ == "__main__": |
| raise SystemExit(main()) |
|
|