2012/5/3 Richard Jensen <rjensen(a)uic.edu>du>:
Shakespeare received 648,000 views in April 2012,
compared to 585,000 in
April 2010 and 575,000 in April 2008. As for the often heard fear that
anyone can edit it, note that 1100 editors are watching over that article
and are alerted to any changes. However none of them has added anything
from the ton of scholarship that has appeared since 2006. ~~~~
First, I'm simply surprised that there aren't more people who publish
articles about Shakespeare (or any other topic) and run to add its
summary to the relevant article. It's supposed to be good for them,
because it gives them and their research (and their opinions!) more
exposure, and it's supposed to be fine for Wikipedia, because they add
information which can be referenced in a peer-reviewed journal.
Second, maybe it's not that bad that not everything ends up on
Wikipedia. If they publish it in freely-accessible journals, it's
perfectly well-aligned with Wikimedia's goals - people should have
access to information and it doesn't have to happen through
wikipedia.org.
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“We're living in pieces,
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