Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia “lost” 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests.The figure compares with a loss of 4,900 over the same period in 2008.The encyclopaedia-style website encourages editorial changes from everybody who comes to the site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379566.stmAlso see:Have you stopped editing Wikipedia? And if so, is it doomed?
Research shows that the number of Wikipedia editors is plunging at an alarming rate. Are you one of the drop-outs, and will it make any difference to Wikipedia’s future?Wikipedia editors seem to be dropping like flies, according to research by Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. He analysed Wikipedia’s data on the editing histories of its more than three million active contributors in 10 languages and found that “in the first three months of 2009, the English-language Wikipedia suffered a net loss of more than 49,000 editors, compared to a net loss of 4,900 during the same period a year earlier,” reports The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/25/wikipedia-editors-declineWikipedia shows signs of stalling as number of volunteers falls sharply
It was one of the internet’s most ambitious, radical and ultimately successful ideas.Eight years ago Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia that allows anyone to write and edit articles, declared that it would provide access to “the sum of all human knowledge”. It soon became one of world’s most popular websites.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6930546.ece
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