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This is a good description of the editing system on Wikipedia, but I'm curious to know what exactly you saw on the recent changes page of Friday Night Lights? Of those 500 edits, how many were from the same person? Are there a lot or a few people working together on the article? Like you said, the article is part of the scope of wikiproject disambiguation, but has that affected how people have collaborated on it as compared to other parts of the site?
ReplyDeleteFor a series airing that long I would assume the wikipedia article probably changes with each season. Newer information concerning the show in every aspect gets add each session while other information is either deleted or condensed. Either way their must be alot of information that is lost when the show begins a new season. Is this true, did the history reflect such behavior among the edit history of the article or does the article just grow larger and larger with each year the show airs?
ReplyDeleteI agree with enduro, it was a good description of the editing system on Wikipedia and an interesting choice pages to view. I would have to think that the editing of this page would have a cyclical pattern with more edits being made during the season and not as many being made during the off season of the show.
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