On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Asaf Bartov, 25/01/2014 03:12: > > Thanks! The most interesting datum I've noticed so far is the rate of >> active editor (5+ edits/month) retention among new contributors after >> six months, which is about 0.4%. >> > > Is "active editor retention" a metric defined somewhere? > It's not in <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WMF_ > standardized_editor_classes>. >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_ >> portal/Library/WLM#New_users >> >> >>Yes - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Metric_definitions#Active_editor >>Thank you for asking, and mentioning that it is not linked in the section. I will reference that link there. I would like to point out that the overview page to the set of reports does contain a lot of important information about how things were defined and are reported in each programs evaluation report. > That (along with the easy-to-measure and already known sheer quanities >> of photos generated) seems to me to be the most robust number to use in >> evaluating WLM (and comparable) funding requests. 0.4% may be >> considered worthwhile or not enough, depending on local contexts, so I'm >> not drawing a universal conclusion from it, just noting it. >> > > >>>>I find the return rate for the next event even more interesting! >>>>Yes, it is important to remember that there are many other potential outcomes that have not been measured and are not included in this first round of evaluation reporting. See http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/wiki-loves-monuments-footprint/ for > more. > > >>Thank you for sharing this link Jaime -- Jaime Anstee, Ph.D Program Evaluation Specialist Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869 www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
