How about ideas focused on building entire new wikis that support and encourage new communities of contributors?
On Mon., May 13, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Jonathan Morgan, <jmor...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > The Community Growth > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth> space at > Wikimania 2019 is now accepting submissions! The deadline for submission > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions> is June 1. See > below for submission topics and session formats. > > > In the Community Growth space, we will come together for discussions, > presentations, and workshops that address these questions: > > > - > > What is and is not working around attracting and retaining newcomers? > - > > How should Wikimedia activities evolve to help communities grow and > flourish? > - > > How should our technology and culture evolve to help new populations to > come online, participate and become community members? > > > *Recommended topics. *While proposals related to all aspects of community > growth and newcomer experience are welcome, organizing team is particularly > interested in proposals related to: > > > - > > Research on recruitment, activation and retention. > - > > Technological approaches > - > > On- and off-wiki engagement strategies > - > > Supporting diversity and cross-cultural newcomer experiences > - > > Lessons learned from beyond Wikimedia, and > - > > The future of newcomers and editing > > > If you are interested in seeing presentations around additional topics, but > do not plan to submit a proposal, you can suggest additional topics here > < > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth#Topics_suggested_by_community_members > >. > > > *Types of session.* We prefer sessions that are participatory, interactive, > promote conversations, and give a voice to parts of our movement that are > heard less often. We welcome the following session formats: > > > - > > Roundtable discussion > - > > Panel discussion > - > > Lightning talk > - > > Working session > - > > Teaching session > - > > Conference presentation > > > *Poster submissions.* Posters are also a good way to introduce a topic, or > show some results of an action. Please consider submitting one > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Poster_session>! > > > More information about the Community Growth space, topics, and submission > formats is available on the proposal page > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth>. > > Sincerely, > > Jonathan Morgan > > On behalf of the Community Growth leadership team > > -- > Jonathan T. Morgan > Senior Design Researcher > Wikimedia Foundation > User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> > _______________________________________________ > 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
