Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows anyone to edit its entries, says it is losing contributors. Founder Jimmy Wales says administrators are scrambling to simplify what he called “convoluted” editing templates that may be discouraging people from writing and editing Wikipedia’s entries. In another effort to encourage volunteers to stay active, Wales says the site
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Wikipedia is now an undeniably good source of information on almost any topic. In order to continue improving, the community-edited site needs a continuous flow of volunteer editors willing to put time and energy into making new edits. And studies show that people are more willing to do that if they have been shown support
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