All pages have now been checked so here is the first update on minor character articles for all years up to 2012.
| Year | No of new characters | Articles created | Articles completed | % | Articles completed (im) | % | Stubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 100 | 13 | 100 | 0 |
| 1961 | 114 | 62 | 58 | 50.1 | 61 | 53.5 | 1 |
| 1962 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 15.4 | 8 | 30.1 | 0 |
| 1963 | 68 | 22 | 20 | 29.4 | 22 | 32.4 | 0 |
| 1964 | 68 | 11 | 8 | 11.8 | 10 | 14.7 | 1 |
| 1965 | 78 | 19 | 13 | 16.7 | 13 | 16.7 | 6 |
| 1966 | 79 | 14 | 11 | 13.9 | 12 | 15.2 | 2 |
| 1967 | 105 | 19 | 13 | 12.4 | 19 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 102 | 18 | 11 | 10.1 | 17 | 16.7 | 1 |
| 1969 | 84 | 52 | 22 | 26.2 | 52 | 61.9 | 0 |
| 1970 | 63 | 27 | 7 | 11.1 | 26 | 41.3 | 1 |
| 1971 | 112 | 67 | 13 | 11.6 | 67 | 59.8 | 0 |
| 1972 | 79 | 28 | 9 | 11.4 | 27 | 34.2 | 1 |
| 1973 | 75 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 37.3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 75 | 26 | 11 | 14.7 | 26 | 34.7 | 0 |
| 1975 | 97 | 60 | 17 | 17.5 | 58 | 59.8 | 2 |
| 1976 | 125 | 47 | 35 | 28 | 43 | 34.4 | 4 |
| 1977 | 81 | 17 | 17 | 20.1 | 17 | 20.1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 116 | 23 | 20 | 17.2 | 21 | 18.1 | 2 |
| 1979 | 68 | 22 | 14 | 20.6 | 21 | 30.1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 87 | 52 | 50 | 57.5 | 52 | 59.8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 88 | 22 | 11 | 12.5 | 20 | 22.7 | 2 |
| 1982 | 85 | 12 | 9 | 10.6 | 11 | 12.9 | 1 |
| 1983 | 93 | 16 | 11 | 11.8 | 15 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 1984 | 75 | 9 | 8 | 10.7 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 73 | 11 | 10 | 13.7 | 10 | 13.7 | 1 |
| 1986 | 84 | 13 | 10 | 11.9 | 12 | 14.3 | 1 |
| 1987 | 96 | 12 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 82 | 11 | 11 | 13.4 | 11 | 13.4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 134 | 16 | 16 | 11.9 | 16 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 137 | 26 | 20 | 14.6 | 24 | 17.5 | 2 |
| 1991 | 109 | 24 | 13 | 11.9 | 21 | 19.3 | 3 |
| 1992 | 117 | 21 | 16 | 13.7 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 85 | 18 | 15 | 17.7 | 17 | 20 | 1 |
| 1994 | 89 | 15 | 10 | 11.2 | 14 | 15.7 | 1 |
| 1995 | 108 | 21 | 20 | 18.5 | 20 | 18.5 | 1 |
| 1996 | 122 | 10 | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | 5.7 | 3 |
| 1997 | 106 | 53 | 29 | 27.4 | 48 | 45.3 | 5 |
| 1998 | 133 | 19 | 5 | 3.8 | 15 | 11.3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 125 | 18 | 7 | 5.6 | 11 | 8.8 | 7 |
| 2000 | 192 | 53 | 41 | 21.4 | 45 | 23.4 | 8 |
| 2001 | 134 | 19 | 11 | 8.2 | 15 | 11.2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 130 | 66 | 59 | 45.4 | 64 | 49.2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 159 | 145 | 134 | 84.3 | 143 | 89.9 | 2 |
| 2004 | 139 | 82 | 74 | 53.2 | 74 | 53.2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 160 | 18 | 6 | 3.8 | 12 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 100 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 2 |
| 2007 | 142 | 124 | 114 | 80.3 | 117 | 82.4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 149 | 138 | 128 | 85.9 | 130 | 87.3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 128 | 52 | 47 | 36.7 | 48 | 37.5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 221 | 191 | 186 | 84.2 | 188 | 85.1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 188 | 176 | 136 | 72.3 | 161 | 85.6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 134 | 34 | 31 | 23.1 | 31 | 23.1 | 3 |
Combined stats...
| Year | No of new characters | Articles created | Articles completed | % | Articles completed (im) | % | Stubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 737 | 238 | 173 | 23.5 | 227 | 30.8 | 11 |
| 1970s | 891 | 345 | 152 | 17.1 | 334 | 37.5 | 11 |
| 1980s | 897 | 174 | 147 | 16.4 | 168 | 18.7 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1131 | 225 | 138 | 12.2 | 198 | 17.5 | 27 |
| 2000s | 1433 | 730 | 644 | 45 | 679 | 47.4 | 51 |
| 2010s | 543 | 401 | 353 | 65 | 380 | 70 | 21 |
| Overall | 5632 | 2113 | 1607 | 28.5 | 1986 | 35.3 | 129 |