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> In 2005, during Wikipedia’s peak years, there were months when more than 60 editors were made administrator — a position with special privileges in editing th
by hartror 11y ago
> In 2005, during Wikipedia’s peak years, there were months when more than 60 editors were made administrator — a position with special privileges in editing the English-language edition. For the past year, it has sometimes struggled to promote even one per month.
Or has Wikipedia reached a point of maturity where the group of contributors is largely stable and the core content written and refined?
- pbreit 11y agoYeah, normally once an encyclopedia has been produced there is only a fraction of ongoing work.
- DanBC 11y agoAdministrator used to be no big deal. Users got a small number of extra tools to help them do the work. Now adminship is a big deal. Getting adminship is hard and has caused some editors to make sub-optimal choices. (See vandal patrol or the various admin-wannabe schemes.)