On 9/5/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I also bet that if you ranked editors by surviving words in the encyclopedia (not project or talk) you might be quite surprised to see who ranks high. People get noticed on Wikipedia for participating in project-space, for one reason or another, not for their article contribs.
Not so, I primarily know Violetriga for his/her odd-ball yet encyclopedic article creations. People with multiple FA's to their name are recognized for it. No doubt will I know most people for their project edits, but people who spend a lot of time creating good articles are very much noticed.
But it is also may not be the best approach for the future, if we are really
switching to a "quality over quantity" mentality.
Are we?
Yes, it's one of the things Jimmy mentioned at the latest Wikimania.
Mgm