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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/WikiMedia-Research-f1477409.html I don't know why I cannot use google.com with the parameter "site:" for this mailing list archive <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l>. Tom On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > In the past few months, I read a paper (or a draft paper?) that I think was > shared on this mailing list. Unfortunately I seem to have lost both the > paper and the email (job change), so I would be grateful if anyone could > send me the paper or a link or whatever. > > > > IIRC, the paper was looking at editor retention, particularly the retention > of new editors. I think there were about 8 hypotheses given and some > experiments conducted to test these. The one I remember most clearly was the > finding that new good-faith editors were highly likely to see their > contributions deleted, by either bots or more experienced editors, and this > was likely to be de-motivating for them. > > > > If anyone can help with this, it would be much appreciated. > > > > Kerry > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
