See the graphs for 5+ editors here: http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm It is wikinews that has been loosing contributors since mid 2008, and new articles per day has dropped since late 2010. Wikibooks contributor count fluctuates a lot. Wikiquote is fairly static, but using a constant number of contributors to justify 'stagnant' isnt accurate. The content metrics of Wikiquote indicate it is still growing, at a fairly constant rate. On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:07 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- John Vandenberg

As noted, the graph highlights that editors of Wikiquote are stable, while Wikinews (as well known) is dropping. The long-term graphs are at <http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/PlotsPngWikipediansEditsGt5.htm> (<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/42318> to have it functional). Wikiquote keeps expanding, especially Italian and Russian, and with the exception of German and Portuguese (all of this since several years ago; Polish and French go up and down): * <http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/TablesDatabaseSize.htm> * <http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/TablesWikipediansEditsGt5.htm> Note that it's easy for stats on Wikiquote active editors to give a false picture, especially in English where over half of edits come from unregistered users and the top class of editors only has 21 % of edits. <http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#anonymous> Wikiquote attracts new and occasional contributors, in most languages. That's a feature, not a bug. ;-) Nemo