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Don't put all your eggs in one Wikipedia

3 pointsby aashiksover 9 years ago

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brownbatover 9 years ago
&gt; I recently tried creating a page for Swathanthra Malayalam Computing ... it was soon deleted.<p>Sounds typical.<p>I used to be a frequent contributor. I started a few stubs that later became large articles, and helped research a few more established articles.<p>Felt great.<p>Nowadays, though, it&#x27;s like a gold rush happened, everyone&#x27;s staked out their territory. You edit a page, you get a lot more pushback. You create a new page, marked for speedy deletion.<p>I don&#x27;t bother editing very often anymore, sometimes I just comment on pages. I guess I&#x27;m part of the trend:<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins&#x2F;259829&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;3-char...</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stats.wikimedia.org&#x2F;EN&#x2F;SummaryEN.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stats.wikimedia.org&#x2F;EN&#x2F;SummaryEN.htm</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.technologyreview.com&#x2F;featuredstory&#x2F;520446&#x2F;the-decline-of-wikipedia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.technologyreview.com&#x2F;featuredstory&#x2F;520446&#x2F;the-dec...</a>