On 14/01/14 15:38, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 01/13/2014 11:20 PM, Tim Starling wrote: >> The English >> Wikipedia edit rate has been declining since about January 2007, and >> is now only 67% of the rate at that time. A linear regression on the >> edit rate from that time predicts death of the project at around 2030. > > That's... come /on/ Tim! You know better than to say silly things like > that. > > The abuse filter alone could very well account for this (the prevented > edits and the revert that would have taken place). :-) I used to do a > lot of patrol back in those years and - for nostalgia's sake - I tried > doing a bit over a year ago. The amount of "surface" vandalism has gone > down a *lot* since.
Reversing the decline in editor population has been a major strategic priority of WMF for many years. You are saying you have never heard of it before? Well, here is some reading material for you: <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/11/26/wikipedias-volunteer-story/> <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Movement_Strategic_Plan_Summary/Increase_Participation> <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/22/year-in-review-and-the-road-ahead-for-global-development/> <http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1061> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/63549> -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
