Wikipedia Is Losing Editors, But Why?

The number of people writing and amending content on the world's most expansive knowledge experiment, Wikipedia, has been in gradual decline for six years. A recent study from the University of Minnesota suggests that new rules and algorithms for quality control implemented in 2007 may be partially responsible.

The study looked at a random sampling of 100 new editors between 2006 and 2010 and found that rejection rates by established editors have increased sharply. Only 6% of new editors' changes were reverted in 2006, compared with 25% in 2010.

While at first glance, this might seem like a conflict between the old guard and newbies, Wikipedia expert and longtime editor William Beutler…
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