how many minutes a wikipedia edit lasts

wikilifetimes.py

import requests
r=requests.get('http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Credit_card_interest&offset=&limit=5000&action=history')

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text)
date_strings = (a.text for a in  soup.select('a.mw-changeslist-date'))

from dateutil import parser
dates = (parser.parse(date) for date in date_strings)

import itertools
dates1, dates2 = itertools.tee(dates)
next(dates2)
date_diffs = (d1-d2 for d1,d2 in zip(dates1, dates2))
secondss = (date_diff.total_seconds() for date_diff in date_diffs)

print(', '.join(str(s) for s in sorted(secondss)))