Thank you for your response Srishti.
I'll read through the article and get back to you if I have any questions,
suggestions or concerns.


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Tochi

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 12:55 AM Srishti Sethi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Thank you so much for taking the time to review the proposal and for
> sharing your thoughts and questions. Please see my response inline.
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 5:25 AM Sotiale Wiki <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I haven't read the details so I don't know the criteria for the random
>> samples that the feature shows, but if we rule out other criteria, it looks
>> like rsk, tdd definitely meet the community sustainability criteria. I
>> think it's probably just a list of the most likely ones in ascending order.
>> But this alone could be very useful. It's definitely more convenient than
>> having to manually check recent activity all the time.
>>
>
> That's very helpful to hear that metrics like this could be useful tools
> for monitoring activity.
>
>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 9:29 PM Denis Smajlović <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I am unable to get an overview of the exact changes that you are proposing
>> to the process. I am specifically interested in:
>
> Why does the current system not work?
>
> What specific changes do you suggest be implemented?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your question! This experiment addresses the issue of languages
> spending many years in the Incubator before they can graduate, as well as
> the technical challenges they face while editing. The technical challenges
> faced by contributors to small language versions of Wikipedia are also
> highlighted in the Language Diversity Hub’s research findings <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barriers_experienced_by_contributors_to_small_language_versions_of_Wikipedia.pdf>.
> This experiment is a step forward, aiming to understand whether granting 5
> test wikis (that meet the experiment’s selection criteria) access to their
> own Wikipedia sites and domains improves their editing experience compared
> to when they were in the Incubator. Specifically, it seeks to determine if
> access to modern wiki features that are available to Wikimedia wikis (e.g.,
> Content Translation, Wikidata) play a role in their editing productivity.
>
> 2024년 8월 27일 (화) 오전 5:51, Tochi Precious <[email protected]>님이 작성:
>>
> I've checked through the criteria, and I have nothing more to add but a
>> suggestion:
>> Why don't you also make it a combination of recently added wikis, as well
>> as the older wikis. I noticed that the most recent one in the list has
>> spent at least 2yrs in the incubator, maybe something a year or less. I
>> would also like to see the kind of results this will produce.
>
>
> Thanks, Tochi, for your suggestion! For this experiment, the curated list
> of 35 languages meeting the inclusion and selection criteria ranges from 6
> months to 16 years in the Incubator, with only 6 of these wikis having
> spent slightly less than 2 years. Since we need 5 wikis for the pilot, we
> have formed 5 clusters of languages ranging from low to mid to high
> activity (and across all time periods), with one language randomly selected
> from each cluster. We will observe the impact of the treatment at the
> cluster level and determine how this varies depending on the activity level
> of the project. Given the way we are clustering data and forming sets of
> languages, with each cluster meeting a specific set of criteria, it is
> essential to select a different language if we were to choose from within
> the same cluster. Regarding the 2-year time period, the closest we have is
> Pannonian Rusyn, which is about 2.24 years old.
>
> We have also published a report about the methodology used, various
> approaches considered, and how we reached the current set of languages at <
> https://analytics.wikimedia.org/published/reports/languages_onboarding_experiment/1b_group_select.html>.
> For a quick read, you can refer to the “Background” and “Approach” sections
> and summary in the “Clustering” and “Sampling” sections.
>
> We would like to hear any more thoughts and suggestions preferably by the
> end of this week!
>
> Cheers,
> Srishti
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024, 4:52 PM Srishti Sethi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Language Committee,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing today to share a proposal for an experiment addressing a
>>>> new approach to onboarding a language wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Since December 2023, we have had conversations with 35 relevant
>>>> stakeholders, including three members from the Language Committee (Tochi,
>>>> Mf-Warburg, and Jon), to develop recommendations addressing a few current
>>>> challenges with the incubation journey. As a result of these discussions,
>>>> several recommendations emerged, which are documented here
>>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Future_of_Language_Incubation/Recommendations
>>>> which can be broadly grouped into the following two key areas:
>>>>
>>>>    1.
>>>>
>>>>    Streamlining technical infrastructure
>>>>    2.
>>>>
>>>>    Exploring social pathways
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For the 2024-25 annual planned work of the Wikimedia Foundation and as
>>>> part of the Content Growth objective (WE2/Knowledge Equity)
>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/Goals/Equity#Closing_Knowledge_Gaps>,
>>>> the Language and Product Localization team with guidance from the Language
>>>> Committee members, identified a recommendation that addresses some of the
>>>> difficulties of content creation in the Incubator due to technical
>>>> limitations of the platform. To address this, we would like to try the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> Identify a set of requests (maximum 5) from the list in the new wiki
>>>> approval backlog which have been either already approved by the Language
>>>> Committee and, prioritize their creation on the production infrastructure
>>>> so that they do not have to continue writing content on the incubator wiki.
>>>> At the end of a stipulated period we evaluate progress of these prioritized
>>>> wikis compared to other test projects (approved or otherwise) still in the
>>>> incubator.
>>>>
>>>> Please see the detailed proposal
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpwimVyhLOJVMnIos4cAAquTglbjdKfiHcdUmHROc3s/edit?usp=sharing>,
>>>> including selection and inclusion criteria, timeline, implementation plan,
>>>> and more information.  We also presented this proposal at Wikimania 2024:
>>>> https://youtu.be/BbGrkYK8FEk?t=20299
>>>>
>>>> After consultations with several other teams inside the WMF relevant to
>>>> this area of work we believe this is a feasible starting point towards
>>>> better content creation experiences for newer communities. To move onwards
>>>> we would like to reach a shared agreement with the Language Committee and
>>>> start off the pilot. Based on the criteria listed in the email, we would
>>>> like to include as part of the experiment following list of wikis (also see
>>>> attached screenshot):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    Mapudungun
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    Southern Ndebele
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    Obolo
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    Tai Nüa
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    Pannonian Rusyn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We would like to kick off this experiment as early as possible and
>>>> would really appreciate hearing your suggestions on changes or additions to
>>>> the selection criteria and initial list of wikis by August 24th.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Srishti
>>>>
>>>> *Srishti Sethi*
>>>> Senior Developer Advocate
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>> [image: screenshot_from_2024-08-07_19-41-25.png]
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