User blog comment:BertH/Introducing WAM/@comment-4151266-20130430134641/@comment-5275700-20130510000106

WWII Wiki has pretty healthy and consistent numbers for page views (many hundreds each day) and edits (usually between 10-20 per day, but with frequent spikes into the 40/day range). It's got a WAM score today of 2007, and was in the 1700's at times during the last few months.

Good Eats Wiki has page views a little lower than that, averaging around 200/day; daily edits are usually in the single digits (with occasional spikes). Its WAM score today is 4746, with recent peaks in the 4100's.

Mayochiki Wiki was also averaging about 200 page views per day, but has been more consistently around 300/day since the end of March. Fewer edits than Good Eats, though (many days with no edits at all). It's not in WAM today, but its recent peak was 4575 on April 26.

So this shows how an increase in page views can raise the WAM score higher for a short time, like when Mayochiki was higher than Good Eats. But wikis with both consistently active communities and steady page views, like Good Eats, will probably have higher WAM scores over the long term.

We are looking at the best way to offer more than just the daily snapshot of a wiki's WAM score, and show trends and graphs to indicate performance over time.