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Users generally retire due to either a loss of interest in contributing to Wikipedia, out of necessity due to personal reasons, or a combination of those factors. Personal reasons for retiring may include starting a new job, going off to university or college or otherwise experiencing a life-changing event that will no longer allow the person ...
A 2014 trend analysis published in The Economist stated that "The number of editors for the English-language version has fallen by a third in seven years." [25] The attrition rate for active editors in English Wikipedia was described by The Economist as substantially higher than in other (non-English Wikipedias).
detailed knowledge of Wikipedia guidelines, procedures and biases - Everyone knows intuitively what an encyclopedia is -- it's a place to look up information -- but people should not be confused or smacked down for being confused about all the things Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, or oddities like its inclusion of Pokémon but exclusion of ...
I know some people will question the validity of this retirement, given the fact that it is not my first one, but I have decided to leave for several reasons: 1) I want to prove that I can, 2) my enjoyment of Wikipedia has been severely depleted, if not wiped out entirely, 3) the Wikimedia Foundation has made it clear that they want to ...
This article was originally published by Wikipedia@20.The authors have generously allowed The Signpost, and others, to publish it under a CC-BY license. —S. That which enabled Wikipedia to grow and become an invaluable free and open information resource have changed—both within Wikipedia itself and in the wider world.
Before proceeding, consider whether a simple retirement or a clean start would be more appropriate than vanishing. Vanishing is a last resort , intended only for those who wish to stop editing permanently and minimize their visible past associations.
Wikipedia is a community encyclopedia, and works by collaboration and consensus. If something becomes too much work for you, try to network with others to get the job done. Dive in, have fun, and don't be afraid to ask for help.
Wikipedia’s death has been predicted many times in its twenty years. Reagle groups these dour prognostications into four periods. Though this history shows making predictions is foolhardy, Reagle predicts Wikipedia has many years of life ahead of it. Reagle is the co-editor of Wikipedia @ 20 with Jackie Koerner.