I’m glad to pass this update on regarding Wikipedia – apparently the stats are wrong and they are not losing lots of editors:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8382477.stm

A big relief I am sure. I for one really appreciate Wikipedia as an easy way to get quick information and to start research into an area of interest. As Cory Doctorow wrote recently, it’s “facts about facts”

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