On 2/12/06, Jesse W jessw@netwood.net wrote:
On Feb 12, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Jon wrote:
Mind you, when WP has more people keeping the idiots at bay rather than writing content (as most likely is the case now), something has gone wrong.
My first thought was, No, wait - it means something has gone *right* , we have so much already covered that the balance shifts to defending what we have, rather than adding more. But then I thought, yeah, in that case, why are we keeping it in a wiki format? If it's actually stable, then put it in straight HTML, mirror it everywhere (oh wait, we already do that), and shake hands on a job well done... ;-)
In any case, what evidence do you have that suggests this? What comes to mind could be: percentage of RC edits that are reversions, rather than additions - this is invalid because people may add content in large pieces, not in lots of edits. Any other measurements people can think of?
Just wanted to bring this up, Jesse Weinstein
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I suspect most people spend time doing both especially as an admin. I normally spend a lot of time of the help desk responding to reports of vandalism and other problems. I also spend part of my time editing articles of my own and creating articles. If we have 1,000 people combatting vandalism, it doesn't mean that they spend all their time doing it.
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Keith Old
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