A bittersweet moment.

[grandmaster-huon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... nistrators

[Bbb23sucks]

They've been declining since ~2007, but it's really sped up recently. In the last 1.5 years, they lost ~170 admins, compared to only ~60 in the 1.5 years before then.

[DexterPointy]

Sorry, but "Admins" ("Admins" corpus) aren't the disease, but merely a symptom.
I'll apologise for not reiterating the pillars/fundamentals of Wikipedia's dire tar pit, and simply skip to what lies ahead:

• Wikipedia is going to be a thing of the past (and thus, there'll be no need to tell students that it's not reliable)
• AI will be the successor (neural network trained on ... well, - known "facts", common knowledge/ignorance, unreliable/tainted data: i.e. human gullibility, short sited agendas, stupidity, etc.)

And that's where the circle either ends, or becomes full (full: meaning classic strength display, ... and I'm very uncertain how to eradicate ~80% of humans and alienate the Dunning–Kruger effect altogether)

[grandmaster-huon]

What about TFA and article quality awareness?

Has TFA led to an increase of article viewership.

[Bbb23sucks]

Sorry, but "Admins" ("Admins" corpus) aren't the disease, but merely a symptom.
I'll apologise for not reiterating the pillars/fundamentals of Wikipedia's dire tar pit, and simply skip to what lies ahead:

• Wikipedia is going to be a thing of the past (and thus, there'll be no need to tell students that it's not reliable)
• AI will be the successor (neural network trained on ... well, - known "facts", common knowledge/ignorance, unreliable/tainted data: i.e. human gullibility, short sited agendas, stupidity, etc.)

And that's where the circle either ends, or becomes full (full: meaning classic strength display, ... and I'm very uncertain how to eradicate ~80% of humans and alienate the Dunning–Kruger effect altogether)

Wow! You're back. I was just thinking about you earlier today.

[grandmaster-huon]

Has wikipedia always been niche?

Is wikipediocracy declining too?

[DexterPointy]

Wow! You're back. I was just thinking about you earlier today.

LOL - If only I had a hoard of women telling me that, then ... I have not idea what I'd do,

[grandmaster-huon]

Sorry, but "Admins" ("Admins" corpus) aren't the disease, but merely a symptom.
I'll apologise for not reiterating the pillars/fundamentals of Wikipedia's dire tar pit, and simply skip to what lies ahead:

• Wikipedia is going to be a thing of the past (and thus, there'll be no need to tell students that it's not reliable)
• AI will be the successor (neural network trained on ... well, - known "facts", common knowledge/ignorance, unreliable/tainted data: i.e. human gullibility, short sited agendas, stupidity, etc.)

And that's where the circle either ends, or becomes full (full: meaning classic strength display, ... and I'm very uncertain how to eradicate ~80% of humans and alienate the Dunning–Kruger effect altogether)

What about TFA and article quality awareness?

Has TFA led to an increase of article viewership and awareness?

[grandmaster-huon]

Wikipedia viewership started to decline around here:
https://youtu.be/Ko8Pz4Y-tYo?si=0k0-yJMsJWPflYMQ&t=471

[DexterPointy]

What about TFA and article quality awareness?
Has TFA led to an increase of article viewership and awareness?

Todays Featured Article : Honestly! Who the hell ever notices a TFA, just by it being a TFA?!?
(When did anyone ever wanr to read a Wikipedia article about "Termite Colonies in Uganda," just because - OMG - it's a "Wikipedia RandomPeople featured" thingy)