Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-08 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
I echo Amir. On 8 Mar 2013 06:42, "Amir E. Aharoni" wrote: > Hi Nikhil, and everyone else, > > I thought about writing a detailed reply about how that article is > exaggerated ("*Nobody* wants to edit anymore"? Really, nobody?), and > how the problems that you describe are just one side of the st

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > And besides, Wikipedia in ANY language other than English needs more > articles, more writers, and more love. The people who speak that > language will appreciate you immensely. Maybe they won't tell you > directly that they appreciate it i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Abhijeet Safai
I second Amir. Thanks ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-07 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi Nikhil, and everyone else, I thought about writing a detailed reply about how that article is exaggerated ("*Nobody* wants to edit anymore"? Really, nobody?), and how the problems that you describe are just one side of the story (because the bureaucracy may be annoying, but it's a necessary evi

[Wikimediaindia-l] decline in editors

2013-03-06 Thread Nikhil Sheth
Sharing an article I came across on Daily Dot (followed it from the vandalism article shared in an earlier mail), dated January 04, 2013 Nobody wants to edit Wikipedia anymore : http://www.dailydot.com/business/wikipedia-editors-decline-wikimedia-fellows/ excerpt (and I've underlined what I f