Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-08 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
I echo Amir. On 8 Mar 2013 06:42, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Hi Nikhil, and everyone else, I thought about writing a detailed reply about how that article is exaggerated (*Nobody* wants to edit anymore? Really, nobody?), and how the problems that you describe are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi Nikhil, and everyone else, I thought about writing a detailed reply about how that article is exaggerated (*Nobody* wants to edit anymore? Really, nobody?), and how the problems that you describe are just one side of the story (because the bureaucracy may be annoying, but it's a necessary

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Abhijeet Safai
I second Amir. Thanks ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: And besides, Wikipedia in ANY language other than English needs more articles, more writers, and more love. The people who speak that language will appreciate you immensely. Maybe they won't tell you directly

[Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-06 Thread Nikhil Sheth
Sharing an article I came across on Daily Dot (followed it from the vandalism article shared in an earlier mail), dated January 04, 2013 Nobody wants to edit Wikipedia anymore : http://www.dailydot.com/business/wikipedia-editors-decline-wikimedia-fellows/ excerpt (and I've underlined what I