I think that it would be best to emphasize global diversity and drop the implication that all editors are volunteers. For example: "Wikipedia is one of the most popular knowledge resources in the world; it is read by nearly half a billion people every month. From its humble origins nearly fifteen years ago, it now offers more than 35 million articles in 288 languages—including a number of indigenous languages—written by people from around the globe."
Pine On Jun 18, 2015 1:40 AM, "Ed Erhart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Pine, that's a simplification that has been made by everyone because it's > accurate, broadly speaking. > > --Ed > On Jun 18, 2015 2:36 AM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ed, just in general I would avoid saying that Wikipedia is written >> entirely by volunteers, because we know that it's not. There are student >> editors who may not have exactly volunteered for Wikipedia assignments, and >> there are paid editors who range from the transparent and ethical to the >> opaque and dishonest. >> >> Pine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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