Hi; It is an interesting topic, but also, I think that a difficult one. It is said that editcount is not the real value of an user. It is correct, but, how do you compare the value of different actions like editing a page, fixing a typo, adding a paragraph, converting a png diagram to svg, taking a pic, developing a bot, ect? There is no a comparison table.
I can help with the tech side of this task, if help is needed. Regards, emijrp 2010/8/12 Steven Walling <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > I'm Steven Walling, a longtime Wikimedia volunteer. Damian Finol (also a > longtime volunteer) and I are working on the beginnings of a new research > project in cooperation with the Foundation's Community Department. > > Everyone knows that editors are publicly listed based on edit count, and > some other details are visible related to the type of contributions an > individual user makes. > > The goal of this project is to try and highlight highly active volunteers > who may not participate in tasks that produce a high edit count. By creating > a detailed taxonomy of sorts for all the different roles users can take in a > project, we hope to get a better picture of who the most active contributors > are and what they are doing. > > If anyone has done similar roles-based investigations into volunteer > participation or has any suggestions at all, please feel free to contact us > at [email protected] or via the project's page on Meta at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contribution_Taxonomy_Project > > Thanks, > > Steven Walling > http://enwp.org/User:Steven_Walling > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >
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