[Foundation-l] Outdated manual

[Milos Rancic]

On 04/09/2011 10:18 AM, Svip wrote:
> On 9 April 2011 10:14, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> May someone update manual in which it is written that Wikipedia is the
>> fifth site by traffic? For the most of 2010 and whole 2011 it has varied
>> between 6th and 8th place [1].
>>
>> Repeating that it's on the 5th place says about us one or both of the
>> next two things:
>>
>> * We are out of reality.
>> * We are using false information in our PR.
>>
>> I would say that it is about repeating an information written somewhere
>> again and again. However, it is not so obvious to outsiders.
> 
> I dunno if we need to be that specific.  I doubt people take the '5th
> place' wording as literal.  It is more to get a sense of Wikipedia's
> popularity online rather than stating specifically where we are.
> Though, perhaps a more imprecise wording like 'in the top 10' might be
> a better offer.

Then, more accurate wording would "one of the top ten sites by traffic".
Which still says a lot about Wikipedia's popularity.