[Wikipedia-l] Mediametry survey (was )Re: Language versions' popularity vs. number of articles...)

Thu Mar 30 12:16:00 UTC 2006

> To write a wiki with 100K articles, you don't need the 480M
> speakers of Hindi, the 46M speakers of Polish or the 4.6M speakers
> of Norwegian.  All you need is 20 or 50 very determined people,
> who really want to write a wiki with 100K articles. This
> determination is a mindset, which can be very hard to reach.
> Have you tried to convince your parents to contribute actively to
> Wikipedia?  I suppose that pyramid schemes, religious cults, and
> even suicide bombings need a similar mindset.  Most people just
> wouldn't get it into their head, that this is a good idea.  But
> once you are determined, the actual job is not so hard to do.
>
> Perhaps we have an understanding of ideas, ideologies, and
> mindsets today that is similar to the medical understanding of
> viruses and bacteria 200 years ago.

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