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It's often said thatWikipedia is dying. This is the latest in a long line of technological deaths. Earlier,the WikiWikiWeb died. Before that,Usenet died.^[1]

Reasons why Wikipedia is dying include and may not be limited to:

• most of the major editors are leaving
• most edits are now made byrobots
• article syntax is too complicated for readers and new editors
• pop culture articles are longer than science or history articles
• power-hungry administrators are warring against content creators so they can delete everything and rule a perfect, empty wiki[Is this right? -- Ed.]
• the people with the most time to edit are also those with the most time and inclination to argue in perpetuity
• the Great Space Wombat said it is dying
• bias is going to destroy the entireneutral point of view we uphold so much
• vandalism.No elaboration required
• theWMF is more corrupt than governments
• discussion here is moretoxic than onTwitter
• nobody is donating (why else do they keep asking for money?)
• people will stop visiting the main site and just get blurbs from search engines or chatbots instead^[2]
• Wikipedia has been dying sinceat least 100 years ago.
• there is going to be a PR disaster atWikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source
• there is a greater risk of an article about    
• loss of traffic as users flock toUncyclopedia
• governments were tired of it and decided to wipe it out once and for all
• Insert additional reasons here

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