[WikiEN-l] declining numbers of EN wiki admins

[David Katz]

Yes, "stagnation" is far more accurate. Thing is, it used to be a
source of pride to tell your real world associates that you're a
wikipedia admin. You'd even put it on your resume. Now, it's a bit of
an embarassing secret and you definitely would not raise it in a job
interview.

On 3/25/10, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 March 2010 20:51, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
>> By all measures, en.wiki has been in decline for years as an active
>> project.
>> It's just the typical death by bureaucracy that most projects like this
>> undergo.
>
> I think "death" is overstating it. Many things show rapid growth
> followed by a small decline before stabilising. That's what I think is
> happening with enwiki (the rate of decline in many metrics has
> massively reduced compared to just after their peaks). You are,
> however, right to state that what we're seeing with admin numbers is
> replicated by most other statistics. It would probably be best to look
> at the ratio of active admins to active Wikipedians. Since both groups
> have shrunk since around 2006/2007, the ratio may have stayed roughly
> steady.
>
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