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Wikipedia's Participation Problem

Posted by Unknown on from the too-lazy-to-edit dept.

holy_calamity writes "More people use Wikipedia than ever but the number of people contributing to the project has declined by a third since 2007, and it still has significant gaps in its quality and coverage. MIT Technology Review reports on the troubled efforts to make the site more welcoming to newcomers, which Jimmy Wales says must succeed if Wikipedia is to address its failings."

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  1. I was planning to help out... by Mister_Stoopid · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but then my motivation to ever help Wikipedia in any way whatsoever was deleted due to "lack of notability".

    1. Re:I was planning to help out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Citation needed.

      And there's the single greatest problem. There are assholes out there who spend their days sprinkling "citation needed"s around like they were pixie dust.

      [citation needed]

  2. Re:Unfriendly Elitists by RenderSeven · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real experts don't want to go to the trouble of battling with presumptuous morons over the Internet.

    The more you know, the less you say. And vice versa.

  3. Re:How Does One Become an Editor? by NoMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the problem with Wikipedia is basically described by Animal House. Initially conceived as a criticism of communism ... Basically, Wikipedia's goal is an encyclopedia where "Everyone is equal". But as we all know the full quote is "Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others".

    Dude, you like totally saw the wrong movie...

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    What part of "a well regulated militia" do you not understand?