[Foundation-l] Analysis of statistics

[Milos Rancic]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Pavlo Shevelo<pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Let me illustrate by example:
> I started to invest good portion of my time into comforting 11 (!)
> years old boy despite the fact that his usage of "be bold" rule to
> several most popular templates was like hurricane that not each vandal
> may create :)
>
>> 17 is probably interested more in music than in nuclear physics, but
>> just in two years she or he may be a valuable contributor in that
>> scientific field.
>
> Let's be realistic (though not cynical ;) ):
>
> 1. Far not in two years - not less than in 10 years. Will we be
> satisfied by popmusics/games-pedia until than +2-3 years (to create
> articles);
> 2. She or he may and may not became contributor in some scientific
> field. If she/he will see work of elders (in best - eventually pass
> the aprenticeship under control of master) during all these years it
> will increase both that probability to became and quality of future
> contribution.

I have quite opposite experiences. One of them had become Wikimedian
with 16-17 and two years later became a steward (by passing elections
with ~95% of support).