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...film at 11.
It's often said that Wikipedia is dying. This is the latest in a long line of technological deaths. Earlier, the WikiWikiWeb died. Before that, Usenet died.
Reasons why Wikipedia is dying include and may not be limited to:
- most of the major editors are leaving
- most edits are now made by robots
- article syntax is too complicated for readers and new editors
- pop culture articles are longer than science or history articles
- power-hungry administrators are warring against content creators so they can delete everything and rule a perfect, empty wiki [Is this right? -- Ed.]
- the people with the most time to edit are also those with the most time and inclination to argue in perpetuity
- the Great Space Wombat said it is dying
- bias is going to destroy the entire neutral point of view we uphold so much
- vandalism. No elaboration required
- the WMF is more corrupt than governments
- discussion here is more toxic than on Twitter
- nobody is donating (why else do they keep asking for money?)
- people will stop visiting the main site and just get blurbs from search engines or chatbots instead
- Wikipedia has been dying since at least 100 years ago.
- there is going to be a PR disaster at Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source
- there is an article about ██████ ███ █████ ██████
- loss of traffic as users flock to Uncyclopedia
- governments were tired of it and decided to wipe it out once and for all
- its server burns down
- you're not notable enough for an article
- civil debate will be plagued by social media traffic
- There is only one article about Geometry Dash
- There is an article that makes you lose the game
- The internet ran out of space
- Insert additional reasons here
- ↑ "Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted". Archived from the original on 2023-06-18.
- ↑ Gertner, Jon (2023-07-18). "Wikipedia's Moment of Truth". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.