Wikipedia In Need Of Editors?
A recent university study showed that Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, "lost" some 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of this year.
BBC compared this figure to a loss of 4,900 over the same period last year.
Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, carried out the research and said that if the trend continues, it could spell problems for the site.
"If the negative trend is maintained for too much time, say one or two years, eventually the project could enter a problematic phase," Ortega stated.
Wikimedia UK has denied the site is struggling and added that it is merely looking for more expert contributors.
Michael Peel of Wikimedia UK told BBC News, "We’re trying to engage a bit more at the moment with people who are very knowledgeable, people who are experts, so working with museums was the obvious next step."
"Wikipedia is definitely not dying. It’s freely licensed which means that content that has been added will be there forever," he added in an interview with The Times newspaper.
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