On 14/01/14 15:38, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 01/13/2014 11:20 PM, Tim Starling wrote:
The English Wikipedia edit rate has been declining since about January 2007, and is now only 67% of the rate at that time. A linear regression on the edit rate from that time predicts death of the project at around 2030.
That's... come /on/ Tim! You know better than to say silly things like that.
The abuse filter alone could very well account for this (the prevented edits and the revert that would have taken place). :-) I used to do a lot of patrol back in those years and - for nostalgia's sake - I tried doing a bit over a year ago. The amount of "surface" vandalism has gone down a *lot* since.
Reversing the decline in editor population has been a major strategic priority of WMF for many years. You are saying you have never heard of it before? Well, here is some reading material for you:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/11/26/wikipedias-volunteer-story/
https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Movement_Strategic_Plan_Summary/Increase_Participation
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/22/year-in-review-and-the-road-ahead-for-global-development/
http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1061
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/63549
-- Tim Starling