[Foundation-l] Minor projects withering and dying? Really?

[Philippe Beaudette]

Usage statistics alone, I would agree with you.

But stats can tell so much more than just what you get from usage stats.
 For instance:
http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm   (be
sure to scroll all the way to the right).
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> On 09/20/11 10:11 PM, とある白い猫 wrote:
> > Certain projects are bound to loose active contributors. Projects like
> > Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikispecies or even Wiktionary do not have the
> same
> > growth curve as a general purpose encyclopedia. These tools have serious
> > competition as well. Statistically looking at numbers is unwise unless
> you
> > are going to look at it with a perspective. This is not to say these
> > projects are without problem, but that doesn't mean the wikis are
> failures.
> >
> >
> This is all very true. The important thing is to keep focused on your
> own project.  If you look at competing projects, rather than looking at
> their usage statistics, a better question is "What are they failing to
> do that you could do better?"
>
> Ray
>
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