Hi Jan, This paper may be useful in answering some of your questions: O. Arazy, H. Lifshitz-Assaf, O. Nov, J. Daxenberger, M. Balestra, and C. Cheshire. On the “how” and “why” of emergent role behaviors in Wikipedia <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oded_Nov/publication/307863823_On_the_How_and_Why_of_Emergent_Role_Behaviors_in_Wikipedia/links/57d953e508ae6399a39ad124.pdf>. Proceedings of CSCW 2017: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.
Oded On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:34 AM, Jan Dittrich <jan.dittr...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for research on how editors transition through various levels > of involvement in their time as editors. The questions I ask myself are: > > - How many people to come each month? > - How many editors leave? > > …those are not too difficult to answer but… > > - How many people become more involved over time? E.g. How many each month > come to a level where they are interested in handling many pages on the > watchlist, learn the less obvious aspects of wiki culture etc. > > In my work as designer I am often involved in features for intermediate > and/or very involved users and I’m wondering if there are any ballpark > estimates of how many people learn these features each month. > > Jan > > -- > Jan Dittrich > UX Design/ User Research > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 > http://wikimedia.de > > Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
