Comments on: A watershed in the history of Wikipedia? http://ragesoss.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-watershed-in-the-history-of-wikipedia/ assorted blogging by Sage Ross Fri, 11 May 2012 13:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sage http://ragesoss.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-watershed-in-the-history-of-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Sage Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:55:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=72#comment-12 David, you estimate of "well over half" getting deleted looks accurate to me. My back-of-the-envelope calculation is as follows:<br/><br/>Out of the first 100 entries in the deletion log, 58 were article deletions. Over 24 hours, there were approximately 4000 entries in the log. So if about 2400 articles are deleted each day, and the net of new articles is about 1800, then somewhere around 60% of new articles get deleted. The largest share of these are deleted under CSD A7, for not asserting notability/importance. David, you estimate of “well over half” getting deleted looks accurate to me. My back-of-the-envelope calculation is as follows:

Out of the first 100 entries in the deletion log, 58 were article deletions. Over 24 hours, there were approximately 4000 entries in the log. So if about 2400 articles are deleted each day, and the net of new articles is about 1800, then somewhere around 60% of new articles get deleted. The largest share of these are deleted under CSD A7, for not asserting notability/importance.

]]> By: David Gerard http://ragesoss.com/blog/2007/03/22/a-watershed-in-the-history-of-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-11 David Gerard Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:53:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=72#comment-11 What's the total of articles <i>created</i> each day, not articles <i>surviving</i>? I still see well over half the articles created each day being shot on sight.<br/><br/>I think the reason for the increased media coverage is: we're a top 10 website. We're mainstream. What’s the total of articles created each day, not articles surviving? I still see well over half the articles created each day being shot on sight.

I think the reason for the increased media coverage is: we’re a top 10 website. We’re mainstream.

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