On 01/04/2010 12:45 PM, David Gerard wrote: > > What was Aaron Swartz's numbers - a huge percentage of the actual text > kept in articles added by anons? Then heavily processed by the > regulars. > > But keeping out the n00bs is how to make Wikipedia decline into complacency. >
Makes sense to me. If nothing else, the non-garbage noob article contributions are great signals that a) there is a topic that some reader wants covered, b) where they expect to find it, and c) what they want to see there. All those are very valuable. Any actual content they provide strikes me as a bonus. Plus, if we do it right, we've given them a taste of the heady power of making something happen on the internet. If you look at every editor active today who has been around more than a year, what percentage of their earliest contributions do you think have stayed? Pretty low, I'd guess. I just looked and my first contribution is long gone, but I don't care. It was enough to hook me for at least 5 years of intermittent involvement and cash donations, with many more to come. William _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l