[WikiEN-l] Bigger or Better

[WJhonson at aol.com]

The title of this thread is a false dichotomy.
There is not necessarily any loss in "quality" in making something more 
comprehensive.  What you get rather is a bell-curve where the tailings have few, 
perhaps only one editor.

However if that one editor is moderately good at being a Wikipedian, they may 
be generating top-notch articles.  Just ones with few other interested 
parties.

The idea that we need to stick to a smaller set of core articles in order to 
maintain quality has no evidence.  Some of the articles with many editors are 
in sad shape.

Will Johnson


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