Usage statistics alone, I would agree with you. But stats can tell so much more than just what you get from usage stats. For instance: http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm (be sure to scroll all the way to the right). ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > On 09/20/11 10:11 PM, とある白い猫 wrote: > > Certain projects are bound to loose active contributors. Projects like > > Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikispecies or even Wiktionary do not have the > same > > growth curve as a general purpose encyclopedia. These tools have serious > > competition as well. Statistically looking at numbers is unwise unless > you > > are going to look at it with a perspective. This is not to say these > > projects are without problem, but that doesn't mean the wikis are > failures. > > > > > This is all very true. The important thing is to keep focused on your > own project. If you look at competing projects, rather than looking at > their usage statistics, a better question is "What are they failing to > do that you could do better?" > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
