[Wiki-research-l] Re: Generation gap widens between admins and other editors on the English Wikipedia.

2023-08-15 Thread Samuel Klein
The iron law of gaps... On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 5:44 PM The Cunctator wrote: > IMHO: The amount of jargon and legalistic booby traps to navigate now to > become an admin is gargantuan, and there isn't a strong investment in a > development ladder. Yes. More generally, a shift towards a

[Wiki-research-l] Re: Generation gap widens between admins and other editors on the English Wikipedia.

2023-08-15 Thread The Cunctator
IMHO: The amount of jargon and legalistic booby traps to navigate now to become an admin is gargantuan, and there isn't a strong investment in a development ladder. And this even though the majority of admin work that needs doing hasn't changed significantly from 2003-2004. This is not a

[Wiki-research-l] Generation gap widens between admins and other editors on the English Wikipedia.

2023-08-15 Thread WereSpielChequers
Hi, Thirteen years after I wrote about the emergence of a Wikigeneration gap between Wikipedia's admins and its editors, I have revisited the topic, recalculated the gap and published a new signpost article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-15/Special_report To