Not so much an ARTICLE, as a table ...
An editor asked me about the old WikiGuides pages, and that prompted me to look around what actually DID happen to them, as it was such a promising idea when it was started.
As it only lasted a few months, and caused a few stirs in the community, like this one, I wanted to see why it died ... and sooo quickly !!!
The table I made was VERY upsetting. It seems we were 10% worse off by 2019.
| Editor edits >= | 2011 | Percentage | 2019 | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,434,408 | 100% | 7,280,006 | 100.0% |
| 3 | 1,387,363 | 40.4% | 2,693,770 | 37% |
| 10 | 667,570 | 19.4% | 1,259,055 | 17.3% |
| 32 | 260,945 | 7.6% | 483,416 | 6.6% |
| 100 | 106,814 | 3.1% | 190,593 | 2.6% |
| 316 | 46,728 | 1.4% | 80,182 | 1.1% |
| 1,000 | 20,851 | 0.6% | 35,635 | 0.5% |
| 3,162 | 8,420 | 0.2% | 15,049 | 0.2% |
| 10,000 | 2,506 | 0.1% | 5,403 | 0.1% |
| 31,623 | 473 | 0.0% | 1,475 | 0% |
| 100,000 | 40 | 0.0% | 262 | 0% |
| 316,228 | 5 | 0.0% | 31 | 0% |
| 1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |