On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 23:36, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been part of the wiki community for 6 years now. As I reflect > on what I've seen over the years, I've developed a definite sense that > the enthusiasm and energy in the community has waned. (I'm going to > frame this discussion mostly in terms of the English Wikipedia, though > I think it applies to most of the large, mature wikis.) > If you miss the excitement, learn the Sakha language, or at least Russian. Many small wikis in African and post-Soviet languages are mostly abandoned, but the small group of editors of the Wikipedia in Sakha are very excited. At the root, I think that Wikipedia is something of a victim of it's > own success. We've written the largest encyclopedia in history, > become a household name, and created a top web destination. Great > job. What now? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog I find it pretty exciting. I don't see a big difference between writing new articles and improving existing ones. -- אָמִיר אֱלִישָע אַהֲרוֹנִי Amir Elisha Aharoni http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace." - T. Moore _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
