> Hi, > I realized today that surprinsingly the Russian Wikiversity is better > ranked by Alexa than the English version (ru.wikiversity.org = 53.66% of > wikiveritsy.org´s traffic, en.wikiversity.org only 33.28%). > The description says: > "(...) it is relatively popular among users in the city of Velikiy > Novgorod (where it is ranked #121). While roughly 11% of visitors to > Wikiversity.org come from Russia, where it is ranked #6,106, it is also > popular in Algeria, where it is ranked #4,570." > http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiversity.org# > > On the other hand, according to Wikimedia stats, the English Wikiversity > site has much more Views/hr (4,068) than the Russian one (271) and it > also has much more articles (15,718 vs. 1,917). > http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/EN/ > > So, I wonder what´s the reason for this discrepancy. Does anybody have > an idea? > Best, > > René
Hunger for learning in Russia and Algeria. English speakers have many other opportunities. Just a guess though... I'm sure peer group communication, or lack of it, is mainly responsible. Fred _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
