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Wikipedia:Imminent death of Wikipedia predicted

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Nostradamus's prediction of the imminent death of Wikipedia: A forest of words in glass enshrined, set upon by brass men and nameless foes; no leaf without speak of the people's arts. Knowledge of Eastern fighting beasts is unrivaled.

...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.[1]

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[2]
  • 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 a greater risk of an article about Ba       nd
  • loss of traffic as users flock to Uncyclopedia
  • Insert additional reasons here
  1. ^ "Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted". Archived from the original on 2023-06-18.
  2. ^ 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.