Erik Zachte ran another analysis on the numbers and concluded that the number of new editors on the English Wikipedia is *growing*, and that the number of editors who edit regularly is basically holding steady. It still looks like we hit a peak of new editor growth in late '06, but the ongoing loss of editors is not as pronounced as previously reported.

http://infodisiac.com/blog/2009/12/new-editors-are-joining-english-wikipedia...

-- phoebe