Number of articles, pictures and other contributions by volunteers are driving Wikipedia. When people have doubt or in search of something they use internet .Wikipedia is the site which offers most of the information and links related to that search. Wikipedia is 5th most popular website. Wikipedias are places where people work together to write Encyclopedias in different languages. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported that “Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages”. In this article a comprehensive study was given on the Wikipedia challenges and findings on the number of Wikipedia editors.
The article quoted “In the first three months of 2009, the English-language Wikipedia suffered a net loss of more than 49,000 editors, compared to a net loss of 4,900 during the same period a year earlier, according to Spanish researcher Felipe Ortega.”
Number of news story based on this recent research by Spanish researcher Felipe Ortega also argues that Wikipedia is losing volunteers and soon the site will face imminent demise. In this regard today Wikipedia published a blog which informs everything in detail about its Wikipedia current status and future prospects.
Not only this ,the blog is perfect answer to quest the thirst of readers that how long Wikipedia will survive? The blog answers that http://blog.wikimedia.org/ ‘Wikipedia’s Volunteer Story’
“ Studying the number of actual participants in a given month shows that Wikipedia participation as a whole has declined slightly from its peak 2.5 years ago, and has remained stable since then. (See WikiStats data for all Wikipedia languages combined.)
“On the English Wikipedia, the peak number of active editors (5 edits per month) was 54,510 in March 2007. After a more significant decline by about 25%, it has been stable over the last year at a level of approximately 40,000. (See WikiStats data for the English Wikipedia.) Many other Wikipedia language editions saw a rise in the number of editors in the same time period. As a result the overall number of editors on all projects combined has been stable at a high level over recent years. We’re continuing to work with Dr. Ortega to specifically better understand the long-term trend in editor retention, and whether this trend may result in a decrease of the number of editors in the future.
To conclude this the blog has given information that no need to panic,the Wikistats shows that the volunteering participation at website is stable till date.
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