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Wikipedia Is Losing Editors, But Why?
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The number of people writing and amending content on the world’s most expansive knowledge experiment, Wikipedia, has been in gradual decline for six years. A recent study from the University of Minnesota suggests that new rules and algorithms for quality control implemented in 2007 may be partially responsible.
The study looked at a random sampling of 100 new editors between 2006 and 2010 and found that rejection rates by established editors have increased sharply. Only 6% of new editors’ changes were reverted in 2006, compared with 25% in 2010.
While at first glance, this might seem like a conflict between the old guard and newbies, Wikipedia expert and longtime editor William Beutler… Continue reading…
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2013-01-08 13:20:34
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