[Foundation-l] Analysis of statistics

Pavlo Shevelo pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com
Fri Jul 24 13:59:41 UTC 2009


> Do you have any ideas how to get them? As I still believe, for many
> articles this is a meta issue, meaning that it is likely that only a few
> people in the world have necessary expertise AND a wish to edit the
> articles, and they all speak English, but may have random mothertongues
> (not necessarily German speakers).

You're right, but it's only part of the story.
 Another side of the coin is: even relatively young PhDs don't like
the idea to contribute to the progect which is of the "youth and
teenagers for youth and teenagers" type.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter<putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
>> It is the logical step to look for retired academics, because they have
>> the expertise needed. The demographics in the 15-35 range therefore are
>> completely irrelevant for de-WP.
>>
>> Ciao Henning
>>
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> Do you have any ideas how to get them? As I still believe, for many
> articles this is a meta issue, meaning that it is likely that only a few
> people in the world have necessary expertise AND a wish to edit the
> articles, and they all speak English, but may have random mothertongues
> (not necessarily German speakers).
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
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