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Title: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: Simon on November 25, 2009, 22:06
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia "lost" 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests.

The figure compares with a loss of 4,900 over the same period in 2008.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8379566.stm
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: sam on November 25, 2009, 22:09
it'll turn out to be one guy in the end, called Geoff.
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: Simon on November 25, 2009, 22:21
 ;D
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: Clive on November 25, 2009, 22:52
Quote from: sam on November 25, 2009, 22:09
it'll turn out to be one guy in the end, called Geoff.

Is that your pseudonym Sam?  ;D
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: sam on November 25, 2009, 23:44
not that I know of..
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: Simon on November 26, 2009, 00:17
It's probably because there's not so much to edit, now it's established.
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: sam on November 26, 2009, 00:38
Quote from: Simon on November 26, 2009, 00:17
It's probably because there's not so much to edit, now it's established.

and its fully of picky, pretentious arses. I put an article together once and got told it was copyrighted text and I could use it - stupid thing is I wrote the text that they were moaning about and it was on a website I maintain, argh!
Title: Re: Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
Post by: Simon on November 26, 2009, 10:01
 ::)