The famous online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has lost over
49,000 editors, but has denied allegations that the site is struggling,
according to BBC News.
Wikipedia encourages editorial changes from anyone who
comes onto the site.
Wikipedia UK, a
chapter of the organization that operates Wikipedia, has denied that the
website is struggling, just simply, "seeking more expert contributors."
"We're trying to
engage a bit more at the moment with people who are very knowledgeable, people
who are experts, so working with museums was the obvious next step," said
Michael Peel of Wikimedia UK.
Peel also claims
that Wikipedia is not dying. "It's freely licensed which means that content
that has been added will be there forever," he added in an interview with The New York Times
newspaper."
Felipe Ortega, researcher from the University Rey Juan
Carlos in Madrid, said if the downward trend continued there will be issues
with the site.
"If the
negative trend is maintained for too much time, say one or two years,
eventually the project could enter a problematic phase," he said.
Links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379566.stm
