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Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, says it is losing contributors.

04 August,2011 02:09 pm

Founder Jimmy Wales said that administrators were scrambling to simplify what he called “convoluted” editing templates that may be discouraging people from writing and editing Wikipedia’s entries.In another effort to encourage volunteers to stay active, Wales said the site had introduced a new feature called WikiLove that lets users post positive feedback.The nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia announced it was encouraging professors in India, Brazil and Europe to assign the editing and writing of Wikipedia entries to students.