Activity on the wiki phenomenal
The amount of activity on the CZ wiki has been phenomenal and increasing since Monday. Pre-launch, we were dancing around 500 edits per day — respectable. Now, I estimate traffic is up to about 2000-2500 edits per day. Of course, it will probably settle; but who knows? It might not. After all, we still have a steady stream of new applications, more than our constables can keep up with, which is why we’re trying to get some new constables on board. (Also, we’re trying to kick Jason’s butt into overdrive on our Semi-Automated Hand-Approval System, but he’s been optimizing the servers and squashing bugs.) Over 300 authors, I’m pretty sure — all of them with biographies — so we now are about to break 1200 authors, and probably another 50 editors, but we’re taking longer to get through them (as usual — sorry, folks). Also, Google and other search engines have slowly started spidering us…but we’re already #2 for a certain obscure search…and we’re sure to get increasing traffic from them.
Opening up the website did more than just bring traffic, attention, and many new contributors. I think the new folks and the old folks are all pretty energized by the attention the website has gotten, and their own energy then feeds on itself.
All in all, I’d count the launch and the aftermath of the launch a solid success. We have had some extremely interesting new partnership proposals, by the way, which is another reason to call the launch a success.
Well done! *champagne* The more good open content there is, the better for all of us. CZ has a good community and excellent publicity so far.
(After saying I’d edit, I’ve made one edit in a coupla months … *blush* Mind you, I hardly actually edit on WP …)
Have you made any decision on a licence yet?
Comment by David Gerard — March 29, 2007 @ 12:57 pm