Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

s came from slowing submits? (disclaimer : all of the above is only my personal opinion) -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Robert Rohde Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 21:00 To: Wikimedia Mailing List

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

ly my personal opinion) -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Robert Rohde Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 21:00 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

For enwiki, whose stats I happen to know best, one might say the bottom was actually around mid-to-late 2013. The plateau and subsequent modest upward trend was visible first with occasional/new editing metrics like new active editors (>= 5 edits per month), but has since also appeared in measures

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

On 10 September 2015 at 10:56, Pine W wrote: > James, > > Yes, there is more to the story than can be told in the data that we have. > On the other hand, it seems to me that it's a bit harsh to respond like > that to WSC's attempt to share good news. ​Then in my e-mail I have failed entirely, a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

] Increase in size of the core editing community On 10 September 2015 at 07:21, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > A quick follow up to the signpost article of a couple of weeks ago < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-08-26/ &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

Hi! In economics there is a business cycle with ups and downs. This is a naturally process that also exists in the number of editors. If there would be a trend that only exists in more and more users editing, just like the dot-com buble , a growth that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

James, Yes, there is more to the story than can be told in the data that we have. On the other hand, it seems to me that it's a bit harsh to respond like that to WSC's attempt to share good news. Perhaps you can also think of positive ways to interpret the data, such as that the increased speeds o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

Greetings James. Your response here seems unhelpful and mind I suggest, snarky. You are essentially arguing over semantics. You object to the usage of a term - "core editing community", then suggest his titles is faulty and misleading while suggesting almost antithetical alternatives. You end by qu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

On 10 September 2015 at 07:21, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > A quick follow up to the signpost article of a couple of weeks ago > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-08-26/In_focus > >We > now have the August figures >

[Wikimedia-l] Increase in size of the core editing community

A quick follow up to the signpost article of a couple of weeks ago We now have the August figures , and August has continued what we might reasonably start calling t