On 14/02/2011 22:31, WereSpielChequers wrote:
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If something like WYSIWYG editing were to bring in a new wave of editors then the model would break and it would be possible to think in terms of how many potential articles qualify.
I think there is a point here. There are certainly a number of valid topics without articles in enWP (a million is a good enough figure), but the question is how many people will (a) think they should be written, and then (b) do something about it. The demographics of "new editors" have something to do with (a). We certainly need new editors upgrading our older articles where that has not been done, also (which is on-topic for the thread).
Much of this discussion seems to work still with a rather primitive model of how editors assign themselves to tasks. Among tasks is seeing what the encyclopedia needs by direct inspection of existing content.
Charles