Hi pine, I'd probably state it open that we desire it, maybe by using a banner for a short period if time every year. just like we state if every reader of the fundraising notice would give a small sum then fundraising would be over in a couple of hours. With it we would have then three banners a year, one fundraising, one contributor searching, and one for a competition like wlm. A fourth one would be nice as well, a call for new software development.
Rupert Am 04.01.2014 07:23 schrieb "ENWP Pine" <[email protected]>: > Hi Rupert, > > I agree that individual outreach can be effective. How do you suggest that > we get a substantial number of our existing editors to feel motivated to > recruit new editors? > > I think our problems with editor retention are widespread enough that they > need to be addressed on a meta scale, even if that is "simply" to find > effective ways of motivating existing users to assume good faith, be civil, > and invite new people to edit on an individual basis. > > Pine > > > > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:14:45 +0100 > > From: rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] New year's plans for editor engagement > > Message-ID: > > < > cajs9az_zyndu8jeeeahzjekiu3rieh7vcrj2vwuddwf9a0o...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > hi pine, > > > > as a volunteer, my personal stance is that editor engagement is best > > experienced on a personal, pragmatic, and not-meta level. let me give an > > example: > > > > when i met anasuya sengupta last year i was very impressed by her. such a > > nice and welcoming person to talk to. such a bright person, making > > intelligent suggestions to topics we have. she told us at wikimedia ch, > > that we do not reach the volunteers very well - basically 50 times more > > people edit wikipedia than the ones willing to engage in any form with an > > organisation around the movement, like wikimedia.ch. besides that, she > is > > kind of the "dream wikimedian" who would be able to correct two of the > most > > prominent editor statistics: she is woman, she is from india. and she is > > educated, she is organized, she is successful. > > > > after meeting, i did what i usually do, look on the contributions. to my > > great surprise, anasuya seems not have any billable edits ("billable" is, > > in my personal definition, an edit on a page where a donor would click > and > > give money, so no talk page, meta, etc.). she as well does not seem to > > write open source software used by the movement. i cannot say if she > really > > does not edit - she just does it in a way that a regular volunteer like > me > > would not notice. > > > > funny enough, anasuya sits for one and a half years next to sue gardner > in > > the san francisco office of the wikimedia foundation. sue gardner > supported > > the editor engagement program, and the india program, she put efforts in > > making wikipedia nicer for women. and wmf put hundred thousands of > dollars > > into efforts which basic target is to win anasuya as a contributor. > > > > happy new year as well! > > > > rupert. > > > > ps: if this mail is the cause to have one additional editor, its goal is > > fullfilled ;) and if every volunteer convinces one person to become > > wikimedia volunteer this year, you, pine, will write a different mail at > > the beginning of 2015. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:32 AM, ENWP Pine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > We had a good 2013 year for readership statistics, fundraising, website > > > reliability, and many other metrics. > > > > > > We are continuing to have challenges with our editor population > declining. > > > Statistics are at http://reportcard.wmflabs.org. WMF discussed some of > > > the research around these issues a monthly metrics meeting. > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2013-07-11 > > > . > > > > > > We have thousands of new accounts registered each month. However we are > > > still losing more active editors than we gain each month. To date WMF > and > > > the chapters haven't solved this problem although resources are being > spent > > > on it. Projects include Echo, VisualEditor, Snuggle, GettingStarted, > and > > > education outreach. > > > > > > Some discussion of these issues for English Wikipedia is happening at > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Editor_Retention#Possible_paths.2C_after_some_thoughts > > > . > > > > > > Also check out the book review that is being published in this week's > > > Signpost > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus/Sandbox/Notes#.C5.BBycie_Wirtualnych_Dzikich > , > > > and the 2010 editor study results > > > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf > > > . > > > > > > I hope there will be many and sustained conversations in 2014 about > > > questions such as these: > > > > > > * What should WMF, Jimmy, chapters and affiliates, and the online > > > communities do differently regarding editor retention in 2014 and > beyond? > > > > > > * What non-technical initiatives should be done to improve editor > > > recruiting and retention? > > > > > > * How can we make Wikipedia editing be as mainstream as playing mobile > > > games? I would like to see WMF take leadership on this issue and make > a big > > > push in 2014-2015 to make mobile editing a popular activity. > > > > > > * Since negative feedback is a major reason that editors leave, should > we > > > review how we revert and warn editors, how we handle content disputes, > and > > > how we deal with editors who are uncivil or disruptive? > > > > > > * How can we be a community that is efficient while being civil and > > > hospitable? > > > > > > In the next Annual Plan I hope that someone at WMF will be appointed > as a > > > point person for promoting all editor engagement initiatives and > regularly > > > initiate discussions such as this one. > > > > > > Closing thought: > > > > > > "Whatever the weather > > > We must move > > > together" > > > > > > from a Marshall Plan poster, > > > https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Marshall_Plan_poster.JPG, seen on > the > > > English WikiQuote main page on December 31, 2013. > > > > > > Happy new year, > > > > > > Pine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 118, Issue 2 > > ******************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
