On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Swaroop Rao <raul.swaroop(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>)
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 20:29, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
I think we need to contact dormant editors and
ask them why they
stopped editing.
Here is something to think about - is there such a thing as a
"lifecycle of a Wikipedia" where a person goes through stages &
finally burns out?
Just found some WikiHumor related to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Seven_Ages_of_Wikipedians
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Only one 'age' appears to be missing: the age when the Wikipedian
decides
that one might as well earn some money editing Wikipedia, even though it is
expressly forbidden and hugely frowned upon. They then hire themselves out
to ponytailed education businessmen, and when this is discovered, many
Wikipedians express their deep sorrow and regret, and remember the good old
days when X was such a straight arrow.
--
Vickram
Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>