Research:External Reuse of Wikimedia Content/Wikidata Transclusion/Examples/Article Sample
This random sample of 100 articles on English Wikipedia was qualitatively coded by me to catalog the most common types of transclusion that happened on English Wikipedia, how these instances were recorded by the wbc_entity_usage table, and guide implementation of automated analyses of transclusion on English Wikipedia. The sample was generated by choosing a random float in [0-1] and selecting the next 100 articles (namespace=0, not a redirect) with a page_random greater than that random float.
For comparison, as of July 2020, from analysis of the wbc_entity_usage table, we know that 99.9% of English Wikipedia articles have an associated Wikidata item and 61.95% of English Wikipedia articles have some evidence of Wikidata transclusion.
Results
editOut of the 100 articles that I evaluated:
- All 100 had an associated Wikidata item `S` aspect on wbc_entity_usage table for that article's Wikidata item) -- this aligns with the 99.9% statistic from above.
- 59 had aspects other than sitelinks in the wbc_entity_usage table, suggesting possible Wikidata transclusion in the article -- this aligns within a reasonable margin of error with the 62% statistic from above.
- Out of these 59 with potential transclusion:
- 2 (3%) were at best high-importance:
- 3 (5%) were at best medium-importance:
- 1 added an external link, 1 added a Commons category, and 1 added a reference template.
- The remaining 54 (92%) were at best low-importance:
- 21 (36%) of these were metadata templates: Authority Control (11), Taxonbar (9), and Infobox_anatomy (1), which does add values to an infobox but is restricted to just a few metadata links like Authority Control. Another 3 articles had authority control templates but also higher importance transclusion as detailed above and thus aren't counted here.
- 33 (56%) of these were just tracking categories -- mainly coordinates or birth date and age.
- Separate from these transclusion analyses (wbc_entity_usage does not track this), 40 of the 100 articles relied on the Wikidata description for supporting Search on the mobile apps (though not all of these actually had a Wikidata description to insert).
Summary
editIn other words, this analysis suggests that instead of 62% of articles having Wikidata transcluded, the situation is much closer to:
- Only 26% of articles have Wikidata transcluded in a way that affects the article seen by the reader. This number drops to 5% for transclusion that changes the main content of the article (excluding metadata templates) and 2% for transclusion that actually changes the facts read by the reader (i.e. changes infobox values).
- An additional 33% of articles do not transclude content but do generate tracking categories based on Wikidata.
- The remaining 41% of articles have no form whatsoever of transclusion.
- Overlapping with the above numbers, 40% of articles rely on Wikidata for generating the descriptions used in search of the mobile apps.
Full Data
edit| Page Title | Item ID | Sitelink Only | Tracking Only | Wikidata Description Used | Metadata Template | Content Template | Transclusion Category | Observations | C Aspect | L Aspect | O Aspect | S Aspect | T Aspect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't_Go_Breaking_My... | Q30605335 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q30605335:S'] | ||||||||
| Donja_Raštelica | Q3036389 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc generated via infobox settlement | ['Q3036389:C.P625'] | ['Q3036389:S'] | ['Q3036389:T'] | ||||||
| Salió_el_Sol | Q6117359 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q6117359:S'] | ||||||||
| Archimantis_sobrina | Q4786876 | 1 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P830:C.P1630', 'P3151:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'P6055:C.P1630', 'Q4786876:C', 'P685:C.P1630'] | ['Q4786876:S'] | ['Q4786876:T'] | ||||||
| Fiafia | Q5446285 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q5446285:S'] | ||||||||
| Daniel_Webster | Q106231 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | AC + Tracking Template:Birth_date | ['Q106231:C'] | ['P570:L.en', 'P569:L.en'] | ['Q106231:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q106231:S'] | ['Q106231:T'] | |||
| 1997_European_Athlet... | Q18344942 | 1 | 1 | None | No page description on Wikidata | ['Q18344942:S'] | |||||||
| Urige_Buta | Q3377623 | Authority Control | Sports links | Medium | Shortdesc exists. Tracking Template:Birth_date. External links generated via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Sports_links | ['P8286:C.P1630', 'P1146:C.P1630', 'Q3377623:C', 'P1447:C.P1630'] | ['Q3377623:L.en'] | ['Q3377623:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q3377623:S'] | ['Q3377623:T'] | |||
| Wolfgang_Martin_Stro... | Q27045097 | Authority Control | Low | Shortdesc exists. | ['Q27045097:C'] | ['Q27045097:O'] | ['Q27045097:S'] | ['Q27045097:T'] | |||||
| Olu_Irame | Q93804386 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc exists. | ['Q93804386:C.P18'] | ['Q93804386:O'] | ['Q93804386:S'] | ||||||
| Travis_McGee | Q3538234 | 1 | 1 | Low | External links template but used in references and tracking only | ['Q3538234:C.P345'] | ['Q3538234:O'] | ['Q3538234:S'] | |||||
| Online_Bible | Q2024371 | 1 | 1 | None | No page description on Wikidata | ['Q2024371:S'] | |||||||
| Caledonian_Brewery | Q5019422 | 1 | Infobox company | High | ['Q5019422:C.P112', 'Q5019422:C.P1128', 'Q5019422:C.P154', 'Q5019422:C.P155', 'Q5019422:C.P156', 'Q5019422:C.P2139', 'Q5019422:C.P2295', 'Q5019422:C.P2403', 'Q5019422:C.P3362', 'Q5019422:C.P576', 'Q5019422:C.P856', 'Q5019422:C.P946'] | ['Q5019422:O'] | ['Q5019422:S'] | ['Q5019422:T'] | |||||
| Networking_cables | Q387683 | 1 | Authority Control | Commons Category | Medium | Authority Control is only tracking; Commons Category via Wikidata too | ['Q387683:C'] | ['Q387683:O'] | ['Q387683:S'] | ['Q387683:T'] | |||
| Arachno_Creek | Q30066195 | Authority Control | Low | Shortdesc exists. AC doesn't populate and coords is tracking | ['Q30066195:C'] | ['Q30066195:O'] | ['Q30066195:S'] | ['Q30066195:T'] | |||||
| Malinvestment | Q1735646 | 1 | 1 | None | No page description on Wikidata | ['Q1735646:S'] | |||||||
| Steirastoma_poeyi | Q14716861 | Taxonbar | Low | Shortdesc exists | ['P838:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'Q14716861:C'] | ['Q14716861:S'] | ['Q14716861:T'] | ||||||
| 1927_William_&_Mary_... | Q22026309 | 1 | None | Shortdesc exists | ['Q22026309:S'] | ||||||||
| 1919_Uruguayan_parli... | Q7901496 | 1 | 1 | None | No page description on Wikidata | ['Q7901496:S'] | |||||||
| Abbey_of_the_Holy_Gh... | Q4664087 | 1 | 1 | Low | No page description on Wikidata. Wrote over Wikidata Infobox template params | ['Q4664087:C.P18'] | ['Q4664087:O'] | ['Q4664087:S'] | |||||
| Lucky_Lynx | Q16844096 | 1 | 1 | None | No page description. | ['Q16844096:S'] | |||||||
| South_West_Pacific_(... | Q7568867 | 1 | 1 | Low | Overwrote IMDb titles params | ['Q7568867:C.P345'] | ['Q7568867:O'] | ['Q7568867:S'] | |||||
| Lawrence_Townsend | Q15998594 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q15998594:C'] | ['Q15998594:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q15998594:S'] | ['Q15998594:T'] | |||||
| Anahuarque | Q16251142 | 1 | 1 | Low | A bunch of unused categories from Wikidata for Infobox Mountain | ['Q16251142:C.P18', 'Q16251142:C.P2044', 'Q16251142:C.P2659', 'Q16251142:C.P2660', 'Q16251142:C.P3137', 'Q16251142:C.P361', 'Q16251142:C.P625', 'Q11573:C.P5061'] | ['Q11573:L.en'] | ['Q16251142:O', 'Q11573:O'] | ['Q16251142:S'] | ['Q16251142:T'] | |||
| Platycephalus_fuscus | Q2128274 | 1 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P3151:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'P850:C.P1630', 'P938:C.P1630', 'P815:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'P685:C.P1630', 'Q2128274:C'] | ['Q2128274:S'] | ['Q2128274:T'] | ||||||
| Cambarus_williami | Q4848088 | 1 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P830:C.P1630', 'Q4848088:C', 'P3151:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'P850:C.P1630', 'P627:C.P1630', 'P815:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'P685:C.P1630', 'P6018:C.P1630'] | ['Q4848088:S'] | ['Q4848088:T'] | ||||||
| Senoussi_(cigarette) | Q2271221 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q2271221:S'] | ||||||||
| Nuhiji | Q7068790 | 1 | None | ['Q7068790:S'] | |||||||||
| Songs_of_Life_(The_G... | Q7561550 | 1 | None | ['Q7561550:S'] | |||||||||
| Darren_McKenzie-Pott... | Q87116242 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc exists. Sports ref overwritten | ['Q87116242:C.P1447', 'Q87116242:C.P31', 'Q87116242:C.P569'] | ['Q87116242:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q87116242:S'] | ['Q87116242:T'] | |||||
| List_of_aircraft_(Sb... | Q56274214 | 1 | None | ['Q56274214:S'] | |||||||||
| Res_Gestae_Divi_Augu... | Q734095 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc exists. Commons category tracking | ['Q734095:S'] | ['Q734095:T'] | |||||||
| Nightrider_(chess) | Q2413259 | 1 | None | ['Q2413259:S'] | |||||||||
| Afonso_V_of_Portugal | Q299119 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q299119:C'] | ['Q299119:O'] | ['Q299119:S'] | ['Q299119:T'] | ||||||
| Panikos_Hatziloizou | Q27187370 | 1 | Low | Tracking: Birth date, NFT Player, Infobox Image | ['Q27187370:C.P18', 'Q27187370:C.P2574', 'Q27187370:C.P31', 'Q27187370:C.P569'] | ['Q27187370:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q27187370:S'] | ['Q27187370:T'] | |||||
| Bongo_Comics | Q892419 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q892419:S'] | ||||||||
| Gustavia_longepetiol... | Q5471396 | 1 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P3151:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'Q5471396:C', 'P961:C.P1630', 'P627:C.P1630', 'P960:C.P1630', 'P5037:C.P1630'] | ['Q5471396:S'] | ['Q5471396:T'] | ||||||
| 1935_SANFL_season | Q19576580 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q19576580:S'] | ||||||||
| Cat_Orgy | Q834915 | 1 | Low | IMDb episode filled. Short desc | ['Q834915:C.P345'] | ['Q834915:O'] | ['Q834915:S'] | ||||||
| Ulex | Q393278 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P1745:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'P5945:C.P1630', 'P850:C.P1630', 'P2036:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'P815:C.P1630', 'P2752:C.P1630', 'P4728:C.P1630', 'P3101:C.P1630', 'P685:C.P1630', 'P3151:C.P1630', 'P6933:C.P1630', 'Q393278:C', 'P3031:C.P1630', 'P3240:C.P1630', 'P5037:C.P1630', 'P961:C.P1630', 'P7715:C.P1630', 'P1772:C.P1630', 'P5984:C.P1630', 'P830:C.P1630', 'P960:C.P1630', 'P838:C.P1630'] | ['Q393278:O'] | ['Q393278:S', 'Q8857075:S'] | ['Q393278:T'] | ||||||
| Roseate | Q7368049 | 1 | None | ['Q7368049:S'] | |||||||||
| Tourism_Corporation_... | Q7829088 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q7829088:S'] | ||||||||
| Fever_121614 | Q24877484 | 1 | None | ['Q24877484:S'] | |||||||||
| Inside_Detroit | Q6037562 | 1 | 1 | Low | Four movie title trackers | ['Q6037562:C.P1562', 'Q6037562:C.P2631', 'Q6037562:C.P345', 'Q6037562:C.P3593'] | ['Q6037562:O'] | ['Q6037562:S'] | |||||
| KKSE | Q56697212 | 1 | None | ['Q56697212:S'] | |||||||||
| Philip_II,_Count_of_... | Q68635 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q68635:C'] | ['Q68635:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q68635:S'] | ['Q68635:T'] | |||||
| Lyndon,_Ohio | Q22133943 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q22133943:C'] | ['Q22133943:O'] | ['Q22133943:S'] | ['Q22133943:T'] | |||||
| Principality_of_Lipp... | Q14551680 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q14551680:C'] | ['Q14551680:O'] | ['Q14551680:S'] | ['Q14551680:T'] | |||||
| They_Are_Billions | Q47206077 | 1 | 1 | Low | Infobox Video game all overwritten | ['Q47206077:C.P162', 'Q47206077:C.P179', 'Q47206077:C.P2670', 'Q47206077:C.P287', 'Q47206077:C.P3080', 'Q47206077:C.P50', 'Q47206077:C.P856', 'Q47206077:C.P880', 'Q47206077:C.P943'] | ['Q47206077:O'] | ['Q47206077:S'] | ['Q47206077:T'] | ||||
| List_of_fellows_of_t... | Q16000751 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q16000751:S'] | ||||||||
| Epiphysis | Q1801229 | 1 | Template:Infobox_anatomy | Low | Template:Infobox_anatomy inserts metadata | ['Q1801229:C'] | ['P1323:L.en'] | ['Q1801229:O'] | ['Q1801229:S'] | ['Q1801229:T'] | |||
| João_Valente_Bank | Q1710210 | 1 | 1 | Low | Coord and Infobox Mountain | ['Q1710210:C.P18', 'Q1710210:C.P2044', 'Q1710210:C.P2659', 'Q1710210:C.P2660', 'Q1710210:C.P3137', 'Q1710210:C.P625', 'Q11573:C.P5061'] | ['Q11573:L.en'] | ['Q1710210:O', 'Q11573:O'] | ['Q1710210:S'] | ['Q1710210:T'] | |||
| Clitophon | Q1874192 | 1 | None | ['Q1874192:S'] | |||||||||
| Johnstown_Center,_Wi... | Q6268773 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc exists | ['Q6268773:C'] | ['Q6268773:O'] | ['Q6268773:S'] | ['Q6268773:T'] | |||||
| List_of_mergers_in_S... | Q2855252 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q2855252:S'] | ||||||||
| Highbury_Union_F.C. | Q21181216 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q21181216:S'] | ||||||||
| Babaha | Q5798173 | 1 | Low | Shortdesc per Infobox settlement | ['Q5798173:C.P625'] | ['Q5798173:S'] | ['Q5798173:T'] | ||||||
| Metropolis_(Anatolia... | Q1497156 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q1497156:C'] | ['Q1497156:O'] | ['Q1497156:S'] | ['Q1497156:T'] | |||||
| Mat_Latos | Q1075015 | 1 | 1 | Low | Birthdate and age. | ['Q1075015:C.P31', 'Q1075015:C.P569'] | ['Q1075015:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q1075015:S'] | ['Q1075015:T'] | ||||
| Woodstock_Railway | Q603069 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q603069:S'] | ||||||||
| Megachile_osea | Q2753663 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P830:C.P1630', 'P815:C.P1630', 'Q2753663:C', 'P846:C.P1630'] | ['Q2753663:S'] | ['Q2753663:T'] | |||||||
| Public_holidays_in_J... | Q1195354 | 1 | None | ['Q1195354:S'] | |||||||||
| Danish_Contemporary_... | Q96375935 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q96375935:C'] | ['Q96375935:O'] | ['Q96375935:S'] | ['Q96375935:T'] | |||||
| Onion_River_(Minneso... | Q7093922 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q7093922:C'] | ['Q7093922:O'] | ['Q7093922:S'] | ['Q7093922:T'] | |||||
| Zémidjan | Q3576466 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q3576466:S'] | ||||||||
| Mena_(album) | Q6816326 | 1 | None | ['Q6816326:S'] | |||||||||
| Volvarina_habanera | Q7941186 | 1 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P846:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'Q7941186:C', 'P850:C.P1630', 'P6018:C.P1630'] | ['Q7941186:S'] | ['Q7941186:T'] | ||||||
| Flying_High_(1931_fi... | Q5463440 | 1 | Low | Movie ID templates | ['Q5463440:C.P1562', 'Q5463440:C.P2631', 'Q5463440:C.P345'] | ['Q5463440:O'] | ['Q5463440:S'] | ||||||
| Myponie_Point | Q21883386 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q21883386:C.P625'] | ['Q21883386:S'] | ['Q21883386:T'] | ||||||
| Elizabeth_Mayer | Q5363177 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q5363177:C'] | ['Q5363177:O'] | ['Q5363177:S'] | ['Q5363177:T'] | |||||
| Notre_Dame_Catholic_... | Q7063380 | 1 | Low | Coords | ['Q7063380:C.P625'] | ['Q7063380:S'] | ['Q7063380:T'] | ||||||
| List_of_Canadian_Hot... | Q30674888 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q30674888:S'] | ||||||||
| Arthur_Koegel | Q4799384 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q4799384:S'] | ||||||||
| Lists_of_Bulgarian_f... | Q6565201 | 1 | None | ['Q6565201:S'] | |||||||||
| 6th_Parliament_of_Ki... | Q42878706 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q42878706:S'] | ||||||||
| DK_King_of_Swing | Q211858 | 1 | 1 | Low | Infobox video game | ['Q211858:C.P2670', 'Q211858:C.P287', 'Q211858:C.P3080', 'Q211858:C.P408', 'Q211858:C.P50', 'Q211858:C.P880', 'Q211858:C.P943'] | ['Q211858:O'] | ['Q211858:S'] | ['Q211858:T'] | ||||
| Benjamin_Dwyer | Q22959040 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q22959040:C'] | ['Q22959040:O'] | ['Q22959040:S'] | ['Q22959040:T'] | |||||
| Patton_Glacier | Q7148635 | 1 | USGS gazetteer | Medium | ['Q7148635:C.P625', 'Q7148635:C.P804'] | ['Q7148635:O'] | ['Q7148635:S'] | ['Q7148635:T'] | |||||
| McAfee_Peak | Q14705212 | 1 | 1 | Low | Infobox mountain, coords | ['Q3710:C.P5061', 'Q14705212:C.P18', 'Q14705212:C.P2044', 'Q14705212:C.P2659', 'Q14705212:C.P2660', 'Q14705212:C.P3137', 'Q14705212:C.P361', 'Q14705212:C.P625'] | ['Q3710:L.en'] | ['Q3710:O', 'Q14705212:O'] | ['Q14705212:S'] | ['Q14705212:T'] | |||
| Sommatino | Q477777 | Authority Control | Infobox Italian Comune | High | ['Q477777:C'] | ['Q214195:L.en'] | ['Q477777:O'] | ['Q477777:S'] | ['Q22321052:T', 'Q5637226:T', 'Q477777:T'] | ||||
| Pay_Takht-e_Varzard | Q5835615 | 1 | Low | Infobox settlement short desc | ['Q5835615:C.P625'] | ['Q5835615:S'] | ['Q5835615:T'] | ||||||
| 89_Albert_Embankment | Q19460066 | 1 | Low | Coords tracking | ['Q19460066:C.P625'] | ['Q19460066:S'] | ['Q19460066:T'] | ||||||
| Acalles_carinatus | Q54983455 | Taxonbar | Low | ['P3151:C.P1630', 'P846:C.P1630', 'Q54983455:C', 'P815:C.P1630', 'P5055:C.P1630', 'P2464:C.P1630'] | ['Q54983455:S'] | ['Q54983455:T'] | |||||||
| Saudia_Aerospace_Eng... | Q17070128 | 1 | 1 | Low | ['Q17070128:C'] | ['Q17070128:O'] | ['Q17070128:S'] | ['Q17070128:T'] | |||||
| FromeFM | Q5505726 | 1 | 1 | None | ['Q5505726:S'] | ||||||||
| Clonakilty_Cowboys | Q5134943 | 1 | None | ['Q5134943:S'] | |||||||||
| Gorilla_(James_Taylo... | Q943151 | 1 | None | ['Q943151:S'] | |||||||||
| Union_Township,_Lawr... | Q9045420 | 1 | Low | ['Q9045420:C'] | ['Q9045420:O'] | ['Q9045420:S'] | ['Q9045420:T'] | ||||||
| Radio_KAOS | Q7280870 | 1 | None | ['Q7280870:S'] | |||||||||
| Ralph_Emery | Q7287455 | 1 | Low | Birthdate + IMDb | ['Q7287455:C'] | ['Q7287455:O', 'Q5:O'] | ['Q7287455:S'] | ['Q7287455:T'] | |||||
| Marine_Technology_So... | Q6764232 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q6764232:C'] | ['Q6764232:O'] | ['Q6764232:S'] | ['Q6764232:T'] | ||||||
| ABMA | Q2819016 | 1 | None | ['Q2819016:S'] | |||||||||
| Sten_Heckscher | Q4126210 | 1 | Authority Control | Low | ['Q4126210:C'] | ['Q4126210:O'] | ['Q4126210:S'] | ['Q4126210:T'] | |||||
| Keiokaku_Velodrome | Q6383792 | 1 | 1 | Low | Coords | ['Q6383792:C.P625'] | ['Q6383792:S'] | ['Q6383792:T'] | |||||
| Mena_(given_name) | Q1757257 | 1 | None | ['Q1757257:S'] | |||||||||
| Speed_skating_at_the... | Q1005823 | 1 | None | ['Q1005823:S'] | |||||||||
| List_of_Gintama._Shi... | Q48845176 | 1 | None | ['Q48845176:S'] | |||||||||
| The_Singing_Hotel | Q17354098 | 1 | Low | IMDb title | ['Q17354098:C.P345'] | ['Q17354098:O'] | ['Q17354098:S'] | ||||||
| Kedrick | Q96477644 | 1 | None | ['Q96477644:S'] | |||||||||
| Arbinda_Department | Q657177 | 1 | Low | Coords + Infobox Settlement for shortdesc | ['Q657177:C.P625'] | ['Q657177:S'] | ['Q657177:T'] |
Automated Analysis
editI attempted to automate the qualitative coding above to get a more complete picture for English Wikipedia. This was not straightforward for infoboxes, so I skipped them in this analysis, but I was able to analyze usage of coordinate, authority control, taxonbar, birth date, and all external link templates. See code here: https://github.com/geohci/wikidata-transclusion/blob/master/check_tracking.py
The results are as follows:
- 6,125,693 articles were evaluated. 1,815,995 (29.6%) of them were determined to likely have Wikidata transclusion and an additional 1,669,478 (27.3%) of them were determined to likely show up on the wbc_entity_usage table because they generate Wikidata tracking categories. The rest of the results below reflect the number of times a template was found (a page could have many instances of a template) not the number of articles that used the template. This distinction doesn't matter for something like Authority Control but is important for something like Coordinates or the external link templates.
- The coordinate template was used 1,841,505 times, 1,838,775 (99.9%) as tracking and 2,730 (0.1%) as transclusion.
- The external link templates were used 3,132,833 times, of which 1,489,314 (47.5%) was transclusion and 1,643,519 (52.5%) was tracking.
- The Taxonbar template was used 405,785 times and Authority Control template was used 1,348,117 times. For both of these, they transcluded Wikidata almost 100% of the time (in just a few thousand instances were parameters overwritten locally, and presumably even then there was some potential for transclusion).
- Various forms of the birth date templates showed up on 1,027,719 articles -- these templates only ever track the birth date property.