With over two million articles to its name, the English-language edition of Wikipedia is far from dead. But new statistics indicate that it may be hurt, as participation has dropped in almost every way possible.
Robert Rohde (AKA “Dragons_flight”) deserves credit for spotting this trend; official Wikipedia stats have been unavailable for some time, so Rohde dug into the site’s log files and history pages. Here’s what he found:
It may be that recent arguments and scandals have hurt the community; heated disputes aren’t always the best way to attract new members or encourage participation. On the other hand, perhaps Wikipedia is simply all grown up - most trends top out eventually.
Just the same, with its impending move to San Francisco and an integration with Yahoo oneSearch, it looks like Wikipedia is trying to reverse the downward slide.
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