Hi,
I realized today that surprinsingly the Russian Wikiversity is better
ranked by Alexa than the English version (
ru.wikiversity.org = 53.66% of
wikiveritsy.org´s traffic,
en.wikiversity.org only 33.28%).
The description says:
"(...) it is relatively popular among users in the city of Velikiy
Novgorod (where it is ranked #121). While roughly 11% of visitors to
Wikiversity.org come from Russia, where it is ranked #6,106, it is also
popular in Algeria, where it is ranked #4,570."
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiversity.org#
On the other hand, according to Wikimedia stats, the English Wikiversity
site has much more Views/hr (4,068) than the Russian one (271) and it
also has much more articles (15,718 vs. 1,917).
http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/EN/
So, I wonder what´s the reason for this discrepancy. Does anybody have
an idea?
Best,
René
Hunger for learning in Russia and Algeria. English speakers have many
other opportunities. Just a guess though... I'm sure peer group
communication, or lack of it, is mainly responsible.
Fred