[Wiki-research-l] Retention of Wikimedians for the long term

Hi Research-l, A human resources problem that I am experiencing is a shortage of human resources of community members who are willing, available, and have the skills to work on a variety of useful initiatives. Is anyone on this list aware of research that talks about motivations of long-term

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Retention of Wikimedians for the long term

Pine, It sounds to me that there are two separate parts to your question. One relates to the survival of such editors to being ongoing active editors. The second seems to relate to recruiting them and perhaps upskilling them for specific purposes, eg administration, guild of copy editors, and

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Retention of Wikimedians for the long term

Hi Kerry, Thanks for the ideas. Jonathan Morgan, Aaron Halfaker, and I have had more than one conversation about wikiprojects as a way to engage with new editors. Unfortunately, there are a lot of derelict wikiprojects. I have some ideas about how to improve the training system for ENWP and

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Retention of Wikimedians for the long term

Hmm. Integrating "push notifications" into training, as well as using them for recognition and suggestions for skill development, sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion! Pine On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Stuart A. Yeates wrote: > I have thought about writing

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Retention of Wikimedians for the long term

I have thought about writing a bot that congratulated active users on account creation anniversaries and suggested directions for growth. "Grats X you've been editing for 2 years, here's a picture of a kitten. Have you thought about doing New Page Patrol?" "Grats Y you've been editing for a