Wikipedia seems to be slowing down in terms of popularity growth. The website seems to be reaching its peak of contributions from the general public. The encyclopedia-esque site has seen hundreds of thousands of edits since its creation five years ago but not so many in the recent past. The people who started the site are worried and think that Wikipedia will be obsolete in five to ten years. At its first introduction, Wikipedia was being filled up with information by him, her, and whoever. Nowadays, however, there are Wikipedia-elitist types who have the website under a proverbial lock and key. Whatever edits are made, if they are not accurate or backed up or perfect, they will probably not even make it to the web. The only edits that seem to be left are those involving punctuation, wording, and grammar issues. The site creators think that this lack of addition and upkeep will make the site die.

I have to disagree with the owners of Wikipedia. Yes, it is true that less people have been making edits to the site. I personally don’t know one person who has even attempted to edit a Wikipedia page, but I do know several people who visit Wikipedia to seek out information. If the website were obsolete, it would be used by no one. Yes, the site seems filled to the brim, but when something new in history happens the edits will kick in again. For now, though, the website is serving its purpose, being an online, user edited encyclopedia.