Wikipedia:Imminent death of Wikipedia predicted

Nostradamus's prediction of the imminent death of Wikipedia: A forest of words in glass enshrined, set upon by brass men and nameless foes; no leaf without speak of the people's arts. Knowledge of Eastern fighting beasts is unrivalled.

...film at 11.

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

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

• all the serious editors are leaving
• the only people who hang around are children, mad, or mad children
• most edits are now made by robots
• article syntax is too complicated for normal human beings
• 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
• nobody bothers to capitalize and punctuate (mostly because they are depraved parents)
• The Great Space Wombat said it was
• insert additional reasons here

Wikipedia has been dying since at least 100 years ago.

See also

• List of premature obituaries
• "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
• Going off the boil (serious essay)
• Wikipedia:Hasten The Day
• Predictions of Wikipedia's end (yes, we even have an article about it)