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Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« on: November 25, 2009, 22:06 »
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia "lost" 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests.

The figure compares with a loss of 4,900 over the same period in 2008.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8379566.stm
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 22:09 »
it'll turn out to be one guy in the end, called Geoff.
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 22:21 »
 ;D
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 22:52 »
Quote from: sam on November 25, 2009, 22:09
it'll turn out to be one guy in the end, called Geoff.

Is that your pseudonym Sam?  ;D
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 23:44 »
not that I know of..
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2009, 00:17 »
It's probably because there's not so much to edit, now it's established.
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2009, 00:38 »
Quote from: Simon on November 26, 2009, 00:17
It's probably because there's not so much to edit, now it's established.

and its fully of picky, pretentious arses. I put an article together once and got told it was copyrighted text and I could use it - stupid thing is I wrote the text that they were moaning about and it was on a website I maintain, argh!
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Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2009, 10:01 »
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