Lies, damned lies, and statistics. There are more growth metrics behind the most visible one - number of articles, which is displayed on the main page. http:/

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. There are more growth metrics behind the most visible one - number of articles, which is displayed on the main page. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm Compare charts "New articles per day" vs. "Edits per article". Former has declined during last two years, but latter has increased significantly. New articles per day average was 171 in 2007, 149 in 2009. Edits per article was 51 in 2007, 65 in 2009. Bytes per article (=quality) is also growing (http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesArticlesBytesPerArticle.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesArticlesBytesPerArticle....). These tell a different story. Wikipedia's growth isn't just in the number of new articles anymore.