Current Events > How does the guy who made Wikipedia know all that stuff?

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He must be the smartest guy in the world.

He didn't he made a page where he can share information and other people share.

So tired of hearing people say "the problem with Wikipedia is anyone can edit it..." the problem with it is NO ONE can edit it. I've had revisions I've made on subjects in my field of expertise reverted without reason only for the exact same edit to be made by someone else hours later.
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And the number of editors has actually been in a sharp decline because of it.
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It's hard to edit Wikipedia now? What is happening? I love that website, and have been using it for over 10 years, but have rarely edited it. What's going on?
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Sunhawk posted...

It's hard to edit Wikipedia now? What is happening? I love that website, and have been using it for over 10 years, but have rarely edited it. What's going on?

The policies and guidelines for editing are so convoluted that it's very unfriendly to new/inexperienced editors. They've been declining in editors for years now. Even experts in their field have had their edits reverted because they broke what some obscure WP:Whatever page told them not to do.

Wikipedia is great for reading. But trying to actually get involved with editing is a nightmare.
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It's been that way for years.

I've had edits reverted because the information I added "was not significant"

Not that it was wrong, or not properly sourced, or anything. Just some wiki crazy decided that information was not worthy of being on the page.
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