Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-11-28 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
David Gerard, 19/11/2014 13:12: The increase in efficiency through the banner campaign has been truly remarkable! Are you able to provide data for any of these claims? If you take a moment to do the obvious thing and look on Meta, specifically at the obvious page ([[Fundraising]]), you'll

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-11-19 Thread David Gerard
On 19 November 2014 11:36, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Chris Keating, 02/11/2014 10:52: The increase in efficiency through the banner campaign has been truly remarkable! Are you able to provide data for any of these claims? If you take a moment to do the obvious thing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Keating
Of course the stark reality is that A/B testing on users (typically readers, not editors) during the annual Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser has been a major component of the Wikimedia Foundation's growth. In part that's a myth. The income has been increased simply by making the banners

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-11-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to Research and Analytics for discussion. Pine On Oct 30, 2014 8:13 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Hi. Splitting this out from the GLAMs/Chapters thread, I continue to regularly wonder whether we need stricter guidelines and guidance in the area of experimenting on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-10-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
An interesting piece of corporate communication on the topic was http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/ I've expanded the Meta-Wiki page a bit, including the following additions: * They number in the dozens and are usually documented in the Meta-Wiki [[Research]]