[Foundation-l] Analysis of lists statistics: community in decline

[Milos Rancic]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good work Milos.  I like the breadth and depth of your stats.
>
> On the more general point though, I don't think this is mailing list
> problem.  As Wikipedia matures, the community at the largest scales
> has been contracting.  Hopefully we will stabilize at some reasonably
> productive level, but in many ways the peak level of activity already
> appears to be behind us.

Yes, it is not a mailing list problem. Mailing lists activities just
show other trends.

At the other side, I think that Wikimedian community and culture are
too precious for the world to be left far below its peak.