[WikiEN-l] Is Wikipedia dying?

[The Cunctator]

It really is interesting how few people not involved in Wikipedia get the
dynamic.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:55 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/11/5 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>:
>
> > Rumours much exaggerated. What it says in the penultimate para is false:
> > "It needs a major upgrade". WP actually needs numerous minor upgrades.
> > The trouble is that Lih's approach is rather from the fluffy end,
> > anyway. Anyone who engages with the more scholarly end would say: "I can
> > see that a huge amount of work still needs to go into improving the
> > content; but on the other hand, as a first draft and technical approach
> > to an Internet encyclopedia, this site has much more going for it than
> > the more acrid debates would indicate".
>
>
> The history of the success of Wikipedia: [[Worse is better]].
>
>
> - d.
>
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