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 | This page in a nutshell: Stack Exchange is a more successful, efficient, and scalable model for user generated content than wikis in general and Wikipedia in particular. |
Wikipedia is currently experiencing an editor retention problem. At the same time, Stack Exchange is growing faster than ever. It may help to compare and contrast our methodology with theirs.