救救"最受欢迎的参考网站"维基百科吧_时事

救救"最受欢迎的参考网站"维基百科吧

WASHINGTON — WIKIPEDIA has come a long waysince it started in 2001. With around 70,000volunteers editing in over 100 languages, it is by farthe world’s most popular reference site. Its futureis also uncertain.

华盛顿——自2001年创立以来，维基百科(Wikipedia)取得了很大进步。它是迄今为止全世界最受欢迎的参考网站，有大约七万名志愿者用100多种语言对其进行编辑。但它的未来也充满了不确定性。

One of the biggest threats it faces is the rise of smartphones as the dominant personalcomputing device. A recent Pew Research Center report found that 39 of the top 50 news sitesreceived more traffic from mobile devices than from desktop and laptop computers, sales ofwhich have declined for years.

维基百科面临的最大威胁之一是智能手机的崛起，它已成为占据主导地位的个人计算设备。皮尤研究中心(PewResearch Center)最近发布的一项报告发现，在前50家资讯网站中，39家网站接收的来自移动设备的流量，超过来自台式机和笔记本电脑的流量。而台式机和笔记本电脑的销量多年来一直呈下滑趋势。

This is a challenge for Wikipedia, which has always depended on contributors hunched overkeyboards searching references, discussing changes and writing articles using a special markupcode. Even before smartphones were widespread, studies consistently showed that theseare daunting tasks for newcomers. “Not even our youngest and most computer-savvyparticipants accomplished these tasks with ease, a 2009 user test concluded. The difficulty ofbringing on new volunteers has resulted in seven straight years of declining editorparticipation.