The bar for contributing is higher. Whether because editing is more technically challenging, or because the rules and standards are more complex, or simply because more of what people know is documented than it was 4 years ago... it's harder in a variety of ways for people to contribute significantly on a regular basis (i.e. become regular editors, as opposed to making several contributions and not returning).
We can try to relax some of these barriers, but they grew naturally along with the project; the needs of the project have evolved over time, so winding back the clock to 2006 may not be beneficial in as many was as some might think. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l