Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-10-22/Living people

Hmm?

"Despite arguments that editing activity on Wikipedia has slowed down overall, the downward slope at the end of the graph is not necessarily significant. When an article is started, it commonly does not have categories, which are more likely to be added by subsequent editors as time passes. Data pulled in this fashion from newer articles is thus less likely to be stable or complete."

This does not make any sense to me. Am I being obtuse? Rich Farmbrough, 10:24 30 October 2007 (GMT).

OK it appears the graph is based on the creation dates of all articles currently in "living people", so the above argument makes sense. It may also be that there is maturity to the concept of "notable" which is reining in the addition of new people. Rich Farmbrough, 10:42 30 October 2007 (GMT).