>> I think the reasons for less active editors is primarily because a large >> part of common knowledge is already now created and being held in Wikipedia, >> unlike at the start and first few years of it's existence.
> No, I think the problem is the impenetrable thicket of jargon and bureaucracy > and the bias for deletionism. Can’t it be both? Because the more general areas of knowledge is covered, we’re less inclined to be understandable towards newer editors and more inclined to delete. The problem I think we have now is trying to attract subject matter experts, possibly along with their students/proteges, who can contribute reliable sources to Wikipedia. From, I dream of horses She/her > On Oct 4, 2024, at 9:57 AM, The Cunctator <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, I think the problem is the impenetrable thicket of jargon and bureaucracy > and the bias for deletionism. > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 10:22 AM Thad Guidry <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I think the reasons for less active editors is primarily because a large >> part of common knowledge is already now created and being held in Wikipedia, >> unlike at the start and first few years of it's existence. >> >> I think generally that as any knowledge base grows, such as Wikimedia, that >> edits tend to be fewer as general knowledge articles are set in place, and >> thus remains creating only articles that cover the long tail of remaining >> knowledge. Hence, we are in a position in many of the larger language >> Wikipedia's having less of a need for general article authorship, and >> instead a need for creating articles that cover the long tails of knowledge >> with domain experts. >> >> -Thad >> From: Anders Wennersten <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2024 8:52 PM >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Trend of number of active editor >> >> We have often discussed the trend of fewer active editors, and some of >> us have just discussed this at nowp and swwp and one of my fellow >> wikiedian has made a very interesting comparison graph where the numbers >> are normalized according to number of speakers, https://puu.sh/Kg6xQ.png >> >> As can be seen av very positive trend on frwp and plwp and reassuring >> one on enwp. Do we others have important lessons to be learnt from pl >> and frwp? >> >> Anders >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/Y6WFUJNFNN63QGUDXVJKDK4EMU2GFUDQ/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>_______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/MTN6RCBQKX2QF5MMSCSTTECE4BG4MSVB/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/2FISWVQY326DTAO45RCZV5C6BCA5Z7PD/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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