[WikiEN-l] Lies, damned lies, and statistics

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/4/16 Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com>:
> "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics".  - Mark
> Twain
>
> Since Citizendium is all the rage on this mailing list, a review and
> comparison of Alexa stats seemed like a good idea.  Here's how things stack
> up:
>
> TRAFFIC RANK:
> Citizendium: 63,929
> Wikipedia: 7
>
> REACH:
> (Percent of global Internet users who visit the site, 3 month average)
> Citizendium: 0.00155%
> Wikipedia: 8.711%

I don't think those are the relevant statistics. Take a look at
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Statistics - the article growth is
linear and has been from the start. Citizendium will never become
significant without exponential growth, and I see nothing to suggest
that is going to happen.