Recent studies have indicated the University of Minnesota may be due to the departure of the editors of the rules and a new algorithm implemented in 2007.
Quoted from Mashable, Wednesday, January 9, 2013, research published in the journal American Behavioral Scientist looked at 100 random new editor between 2006 and 2010, and found the rejection rate has increased sharply editor.
USA Today wrote, in 2006, Wikipedia has about 50,000 editors English, but now live 35 000 editor. About 15,000 are left.
The researchers found that since 2006, the contribution of new editors who refused to reach 6 percent, while in 2010 to more than 25 percent.
In a glance, it looks like a conflict between the old editor with new editor. But experts simultaneously Wikipedia senior editor, William Beutler see these dynamics as an important maturation of tissue Wikipedia.
According to him again, a reduced number of editors on Wikipedia is a general phenomenon of the previous business grow. "Wikipedia article comes from zero to 4 million articles in about 10 years. Should be noted that Wikipedia growth can not last forever," said Buetler.
Decrease the number of editors, he added, also is a form of natural selection quality editor for Wikipedia. "This is especially because Wikipedia editors find stable arrangement naturally," he said.
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