Desilets, Alain schrieb:
Interesting. So, in summary:
- Most edits done by a small core
- But, most of the text created by the long tail
- However, most of the text that people actually read, was created
by
the small core
Is that a good summary of what we know about this question?
Oh... that's pretty, I want to show that around! Care to, err, blog
it?
Yes, it's pretty, but I have no idea if it's true yet ;-). Still trying to get a handle on that question based on what the experts on this list are saying.
One thing that struck me this AM is that, while most of Wikipedia MAY have been written by a small core, it is doubtful that you would have been able to recruit that small core without a massively collaborative platform. In other words, the magic of Wikipedia is that it is able to engage millions of people into creating it, some of whom will become part of that core.
Alain
PS: I don't have a blog yet. Shame on me ;-).