Who The Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway?
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“The bulk of Wikipedia is written by 1400 obsessed freaks who do little else but contribute to the site, says a post racing up the Hacker News charts. The post pulls this number from an essay Aaron Swartz wrote more than two years ago, based on some comments by Jimmy Wales.
“Wikipedia’s growth has exploded in the past two years, so today’s number would presumably be a lot higher. But Swartz conducted his own study after hearing Jimmy’s comments, and his more detailed findings are even more interesting. …”
Who The Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway? –Silicon Alley Insider
3 Comments
Andrew
January 4th, 2009
at 4:21am
Wikipedia being a open database letting anyone write whatever they want. Since it’s growth has expanded the past 2 years I guess it would have a lot of writers. I would estimate 1/10 out of internet users have or do edit wikipedia.
Bill
January 4th, 2009
at 10:32am
Wow, that many? How did you come up with your figures?
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at 11:11am
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