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Nearly All of Wikipedia Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors
Of the more than 46 million people who have edited Wikipedia, only around 100,000 contribute regularly,
Daniel Napsha • Editing Wikipedia｜Dirt
Fewer than two percent of Wikipedia users ever contribute, yet that is enough to create profound value for millions of users.
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody
Generally, we find most people out there on the Internet are good, says Jimmy Wales. It's one of the wonderful humanitarian discoveries in Wikipedia, that most people only want to help us build this free nonprofit, charitable resource.
Andrew Lih • The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia
The lack of top down editorial oversight resulted in uneven development of Wikipedia's articles, oftentimes with stark examples: The biography of Britney Spears takes up nearly twice the space as the one for Socrates.
Andrew Lih • The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia
on any given social media platform or website where users can participate, 1% of the users create the content, 9% of the users curate, organize, and update the content, and 90% of the users consume the content.
Eddie Yoon • Snow Leopard
population, 90% of people lurk, 9% contribute intermittently, and 1% are heavy contributors.[