Hi People,
I am working on a news story about the people behind the India-specific
Wikipedia pages and how a bunch of really eclectic personalities spend tons
of time to ensure pages are clean and useful. However one of them mentioned
that it is slowly becoming more and more difficult for new writers to join
in as contributions have become extremely complicated. Some of the simplest
things lead to disputes and trivialities cause locks on certain articles.
I was wondering if you guys had an opinion on this? Is Wikipedia
increasingly becoming more and more difficult for first-timers? I am talking
about those who intend to specialize in certain topics and be active and
regular. I work for the mint-Wall Street Journal in Mumbai. I was asked to
mail this group by Angela Beesely.
Thanks and regards,
Sidin Sunny Vadukut.
www.livemint.com