Diminishing ability to contribute

I agree with Vasiliy Faronov and Lambiam that the Gold Rush is over, and we are no longer in the phase where any sort of content was wanted and applauded. The 'pedia is now in a more considered and sophisticated phase where quality matters more than quantity, and this requires a different sort of editor - one who has a willingness to learn and follow our quality standards. Such an editor is harder to find than the slap and dash editor, so numbers will fall. A more pertinent study would be: has the quality growth of the 'pedia occured despite the fall in numbers of editors or as a result of it? SilkTork 12:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

The token mistake though is that quantity is a kind of quality.