On 04/09/2011 10:18 AM, Svip wrote: > On 9 April 2011 10:14, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> May someone update manual in which it is written that Wikipedia is the >> fifth site by traffic? For the most of 2010 and whole 2011 it has varied >> between 6th and 8th place [1]. >> >> Repeating that it's on the 5th place says about us one or both of the >> next two things: >> >> * We are out of reality. >> * We are using false information in our PR. >> >> I would say that it is about repeating an information written somewhere >> again and again. However, it is not so obvious to outsiders. > > I dunno if we need to be that specific. I doubt people take the '5th > place' wording as literal. It is more to get a sense of Wikipedia's > popularity online rather than stating specifically where we are. > Though, perhaps a more imprecise wording like 'in the top 10' might be > a better offer.
Then, more accurate wording would "one of the top ten sites by traffic". Which still says a lot about Wikipedia's popularity. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
