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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>What does it mean to "retain new contributors"?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_does_it_mean_to_"retain_new_contributors"?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Background" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Background"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Background</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Background-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Principles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Principles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Principles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Principles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Growth_team_mission" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Growth_team_mission"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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translated)" lang="nl" dir="ltr">Nederlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/tl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Growth (2% translated)" lang="tl" dir="ltr">Tagalog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/vi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Tăng trưởng (48% translated)" lang="vi" dir="ltr">Tiếng Việt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/tr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Büyüme (48% translated)" lang="tr" dir="ltr">Türkçe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/da" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Growth/da (0% translated)" lang="da" dir="ltr">dansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Crecimiento (47% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Croissance (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" 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class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="வளர்ச்சி (3% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Growth/th (2% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="成长 (49% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Growth (97% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="增長 (1% translated)" lang="yue" dir="ltr">粵語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/syl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ꠛꠟꠣꠘꠤ (2% translated)" lang="syl" dir="ltr">ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growth/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="성장 (19% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <style 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projects</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Category:WMF_Projects" title="Category:WMF Projects"> </a></span></div> <div class="wmf-engineering-project-box-title">Growth</div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg/270px-Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg/405px-Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg/540px-Growth_team_logo_-_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div class="wmf-engineering-project-box-description">Increasing new editor retention in mid-size wikis.</div> <table class="wmf-engineering-project-box-data"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Start:</th> <td>2018-07-01</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Team members:</th> <td><a href="/wiki/User:Trizek_(WMF)" title="User:Trizek (WMF)">Benoît Evellin</a> (community relations specialist), <a href="/wiki/User:Etonkovidova_(WMF)" title="User:Etonkovidova (WMF)">Elena Tonkovidova</a> (senior test engineer), <a href="/wiki/User:SGimeno_(WMF)" title="User:SGimeno (WMF)">Sergio Gimeno</a> (senior software engineer), <a href="/wiki/User:Martin_Urbanec_(WMF)" title="User:Martin Urbanec (WMF)">Martin Urbanec</a> (senior software engineer), <a href="/wiki/User:CSimiyu_(WMF)" title="User:CSimiyu (WMF)">Cynthia Simiyu</a> (software engineer), <a href="/wiki/User:MWang_(WMF)" title="User:MWang (WMF)">Morten Warncke-Wang</a> (staff data scientist), <a href="/wiki/User:RHo_(WMF)" title="User:RHo (WMF)">Rita Ho</a> (principal user experience designer), <a href="/wiki/User:JFernandez-WMF" title="User:JFernandez-WMF">Julieta Fernández</a> (user experience designer)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Backlog:</th> <td><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/growth-team/" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/growth-team/">#Growth-Team</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Management:</th> <td><a href="/wiki/User:DMburugu_(WMF)" title="User:DMburugu (WMF)">Dennis Mburugu</a> (engineering), <a href="/wiki/User:KStoller-WMF" title="User:KStoller-WMF">Kirsten Stoller</a> (senior product manager)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Updates:</th> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth team updates">Current project updates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Growth/Growth team updates"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities"><b>Work with us</b> and involve your community</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Communities" title="Growth/Communities"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters">Get updates</a> on your talk page!</li></ul></td> </tr> <tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6706488">.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard{border:1px solid #ccc;box-shadow:0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-radius:2px;padding:1em;display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:space-between;align-content:stretch}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title{padding:0 0 0.5625em 0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-content{clear:both;flex:1 1 auto}.mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-footer{padding-top:1.5em}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title img{filter:invert(1)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wiki-template-infocard-title img{filter:invert(1)}}</style> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Welcome_to_the_Growth_team_pages" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Welcome_to_the_Growth_team_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Welcome_to_the_Growth_team_pages"></span>Welcome to the Growth team pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Welcome_to_the_Growth_team_pages"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content"><br/> The Wikimedia Foundation's <b>Growth team</b> works on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature_summary" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature summary">a set of features</a> to encourage newcomers to make edits. These features have been shown to increase engagement by newcomers. <p><br/> </p> 📰 <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters">Newsletter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Newsletters" title="Growth/Newsletters"> </a></span> | 👤 <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Team" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Team">Team</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Team" title="Growth/Team"> </a></span> | 💬 <a href="/wiki/Talk:Growth" title="Talk:Growth">Contact</a> | ⚙️ <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GrowthExperiments" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GrowthExperiments">Developer docs</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:GrowthExperiments" title="Extension:GrowthExperiments"> </a></span> | 📈<a class="external text" href="https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/bSDW0wJ7z/growth-team-product-kpis?orgId=1">Metrics</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Current_initiatives" data-mw-thread-id="h-Current_initiatives"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Current_initiatives"></span>Current initiatives<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Current_initiatives"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Current initiatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6713801">.mw-parser-output .tpl-contentgrid{margin:1em 0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(300px,1fr));gap:2em;grid-auto-rows:minmax(100px,auto)}.mw-parser-output .tpl-contentgrid .mw-tpl-colorbox{margin:0}</style> <div class="tpl-contentgrid" style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Community_configuration" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_configuration-Current_initiatives"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_configuration-Current_initiatives"></span><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Community configuration">Community configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Community_configuration" class="mw-redirect" title="Community configuration"> </a></span><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Community_configuration_2.0" title="Community configuration 2.0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png/120px-Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png/180px-Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png/240px-Screenshot_of_community_configuration_on_Test_Wikipedia_2021-06-30.png 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="1522"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_configuration-Current_initiatives"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">Communities will gain autonomy by being able to configure editing features.</div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Community_Updates" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_Updates-Current_initiatives"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_Updates-Current_initiatives"></span><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community_Updates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community Updates">Community Updates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Community_Updates" title="Growth/Community Updates"> </a></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_Updates-Current_initiatives"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">Share important community news, campaigns, events, or Wiki Projects, with newcomers.</div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Constructive_activation_experimentation" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Constructive_activation_experimentation-Current_initiatives"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Constructive_activation_experimentation-Current_initiatives"></span><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Constructive_activation_experimentation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Constructive activation experimentation">Constructive activation experimentation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Constructive_activation_experimentation" title="Growth/Constructive activation experimentation"> </a></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Constructive_activation_experimentation-Current_initiatives"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">The Growth team will explore various ways to increase constructive activation on mobile.</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stay_informed!" data-mw-thread-id="h-Stay_informed!-Current_initiatives"><span id="Stay_informed.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Stay_informed!-Current_initiatives"></span>Stay informed!<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Stay_informed!-Current_initiatives"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stay informed!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Annual_Plan_2024-2025" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Annual Plan 2024-2025">Growth team annual plan</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Annual_Plan_2024-2025" title="Growth/Annual Plan 2024-2025"> </a></span> details the projects we will work on this year.</li> <li>Our current work is documented through <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth team updates">Growth team weekly updates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Growth/Growth team updates"> </a></span></li> <li>Sign up for <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newsletters">our multilingual newsletter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Newsletters" title="Growth/Newsletters"> </a></span>, distributed every two months.</li></ul> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Learn_more_about_Growth_features" data-mw-thread-id="h-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span>Learn more about Growth features<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Learn more about Growth features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6713801"> <div class="tpl-contentgrid" style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Discover_Growth_Features" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Discover_Growth_Features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Discover_Growth_Features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span>Discover Growth Features<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Discover_Growth_Features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">A new set of tools to help newcomers in their first steps at the wikis.<br/> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature_summary" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Feature summary">All features explained in one page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Feature_summary" title="Growth/Feature summary"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth team updates">Growth team updates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Growth_team_updates" title="Growth/Growth team updates"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Results" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Results">Impact of Growth features</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Results" title="Growth/Results"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/FAQ" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/FAQ">Frequently asked questions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/FAQ" title="Growth/FAQ"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How_to_configure_the_mentors%27_list" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/How to configure the mentors' list">Create and configure the mentors' list</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Communities/How_to_configure_the_mentors%27_list" title="Growth/Communities/How to configure the mentors' list"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/How_to_claim_a_mentee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/How to claim a mentee">How to claim a mentee</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/How_to_claim_a_mentee" title="Help:Growth/Tools/How to claim a mentee"> </a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Use_Growth_features" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_Growth_features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_Growth_features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span>Use Growth features<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_Growth_features-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">Looking for some help on how to use the Growth features?<br/> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth">How to use the Features</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth" title="Help:Growth"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Help_panel" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Help panel">How to use the help panel</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Help_panel" title="Help:Growth/Tools/Help panel"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Enable_the_Homepage" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Enable the Homepage">How to enable the Homepage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Enable_the_Homepage" title="Help:Growth/Tools/Enable the Homepage"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Suggested_edits" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Suggested edits">How to work with Suggested edits</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Suggested_edits" title="Help:Growth/Tools/Suggested edits"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Add_a_link" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Add a link">How to use the "Add a link" feature</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Add_a_link" title="Help:Growth/Tools/Add a link"> </a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard"> <h3 id="Growth_features_at_your_community" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-Growth_features_at_your_community-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Growth_features_at_your_community-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span>Growth features at your community<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Growth_features_at_your_community-Learn_more_about_Growth_features"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content">Communities can change how the features work. We also provide some resources for the communities to interact with newcomers.<br/> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/Get_the_Growth_experiments_on_your_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Communities/Get the Growth experiments on your wiki">Get the tools at your wiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Communities/Get_the_Growth_experiments_on_your_wiki" title="Growth/Communities/Get the Growth experiments on your wiki"> </a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-growthexperiments&language=&filter=&action=translate">Translate the interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/How_to_create_help_contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/How to create help contents">Create help contents</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/How_to_create_help_contents" title="Help:Growth/How to create help contents"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community configuration">Community configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Community_configuration" class="mw-redirect" title="Growth/Community configuration"> </a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/><p><span class="anchor" id="deploymentstable"></span> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Projects" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Projects">See our past projects</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Projects" title="Growth/Projects"> </a></span> | <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Team#History_and_Objective" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Team">Growth's History and objectives</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Team#History_and_Objective" title="Growth/Team"> </a></span> | <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Deployment_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Deployment table">Deployment table</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Deployment_table" title="Growth/Deployment table"> </a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Potential_future_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Potential_future_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Potential_future_projects"></span>Potential future projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Potential_future_projects"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Potential future projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Article_creation_for_new_editors" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Article creation for new editors">Article check</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Article_creation_for_new_editors" title="Growth/Article creation for new editors"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Non-editing_participation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Non-editing participation">Non-editing participation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Non-editing_participation" title="Growth/Non-editing participation"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Engagement_emails" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Engagement emails">Engagement emails</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Engagement_emails" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Engagement emails"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Copyedit" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Copyedit">Copyedit</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Copyedit" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Copyedit"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/User_profile" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/User profile">User profile</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/User_profile" title="Growth/Personalized first day/User profile"> </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Previous_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Previous_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Previous_projects"></span>Previous projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Previous_projects"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Previous projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To see updates on these initiatives and the specific projects underneath them <a href="#Stay_informed!">stay informed!</a>. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Understanding_first_day" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Understanding first day">Understanding first day (EditorJourney)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Understanding_first_day" title="Growth/Understanding first day"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day">Personalized first day</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day" title="Growth/Personalized first day"> </a></span></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Welcome_survey" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Welcome survey">Welcome survey</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Welcome_survey" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Welcome survey"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Newcomer_homepage" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Newcomer homepage">Newcomer homepage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Newcomer_homepage" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Newcomer homepage"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Newcomer_tasks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Newcomer tasks">Newcomer tasks</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Newcomer_tasks" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Newcomer tasks"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks">Structured tasks</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks"> </a></span></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_a_link" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add a link">Add a link</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_a_link" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add a link"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_an_image" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add an image">Add an image</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_an_image" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add an image"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_an_image#"Add_an_image"_to_a_Section" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add an image">Add an image, section level</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_an_image#"Add_an_image"_to_a_Section" title="Growth/Personalized first day/Structured tasks/Add an image"> </a></span></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor_dashboard" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Mentor dashboard">Mentor dashboard</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Mentor_dashboard" title="Growth/Mentor dashboard"> </a></span></b></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Focus_on_help_desk" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Focus on help desk"><b>Focus on help desk</b></a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Focus_on_help_desk" title="Growth/Focus on help desk"> </a></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Focus_on_help_desk/Help_panel" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Focus on help desk/Help panel"><b>Help panel</b></a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Focus_on_help_desk/Help_panel" class="mw-redirect" title="Growth/Focus on help desk/Help panel"> </a></span></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Positive_reinforcement" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Positive reinforcement">Positive reinforcement</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Positive_reinforcement" title="Growth/Positive reinforcement"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Community configuration">Community configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Community_configuration" class="mw-redirect" title="Growth/Community configuration"> </a></span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newcomer_experience_projects" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Newcomer experience projects">Newcomer Experience Projects</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Newcomer_experience_projects" title="Growth/Newcomer experience projects"> </a></span></b></li></ul> <p><span class="anchor" id="deploymentstable"></span> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Deployment_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Deployment table">Deployment table</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Deployment_table" title="Growth/Deployment table"> </a></span> </p><p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Why_Growth?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_Growth?"><span id="Why_Growth.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_Growth?"></span>Why Growth?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_Growth?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Why Growth?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_does_it_mean_to_"retain_new_contributors"?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_does_it_mean_to_"retain_new_contributors"?-Why_Growth?"><span id="What_does_it_mean_to_.22retain_new_contributors.22.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_does_it_mean_to_"retain_new_contributors"?-Why_Growth?"></span>What does it mean to "retain new contributors"?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_does_it_mean_to_"retain_new_contributors"?-Why_Growth?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: What does it mean to "retain new contributors"?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the purposes of this team, “new contributors” are people who have registered accounts on a wiki project, even if they have not made an edit. To “retain” them means that they make edits and continue to make edits over time. Though we hope that contributors are retained for months and years, we know that they will first have to make it through their first days and weeks. Those first days and weeks are more likely to be the Growth team’s focus. </p><p>There are different periods of time over which we can measure retention. One definition might be “second month retention”, meaning a contributor is "retained" if they edit during their first month and also edit during their second month. But another definition might be “second week retention”, meaning a contributor is "retained" if they edit during their first week and also edit during their second week. </p><p>As we work, the Growth team will determine which types of retention are most important to track and to increase. See <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Research:Surviving_new_editor" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Research:Surviving new editor">this page</a> for a formal definition of retention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background" data-mw-thread-id="h-Background-Why_Growth?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Background-Why_Growth?"></span>Background<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Background-Why_Growth?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikimedia projects need to have a constant stream of new contributors in order to become hubs for broad and deep content. New contributors replace experienced contributors who stop editing. They also increase the diversity of the editing community. This stream of new editors allows projects to grow their content while increasing the diversity of their content. But in many Wikimedia projects, the number of active contributors is decreasing or staying the same, and the retention rate of new contributors is also decreasing or staying the same. This issue was studied in the 2013 paper <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~halfaker/publications/The_Rise_and_Decline/halfaker13rise-preprint.pdf">The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to popularity is causing its decline</a>.</i> The authors showed that active contributors in English Wikipedia began to shrink in 2007, with the major cause being increasing technical and cultural barriers for contributors. Since then, similar patterns have been seen in other Wikimedia projects. </p> <dl><dd><i>Data showing the state of active contributors and contributor retention in Wikimedia projects is forthcoming.</i></dd></dl> <p>Beyond the high-level numbers themselves, additional research suggests that many new contributors do not reach their full potential because contributing is both technically and culturally complicated. For instance, it is common for excited new contributors to have their first edits reverted or their first pages deleted without an informative explanation. This causes them to be confused and disappointed, and ultimately not to continue editing. </p><p>Together, the numbers, research, and stories, mean that <b>we can do better to engage and retain new contributors</b>. In particular, the Wikimedia Foundation decided to focus on mid-size Wikipedias because those projects need to grow their content, have challenges with contributor retention, and there is potential for software to help. </p><p>To better understand what causes new contributors to stay and to leave, the Wikimedia Foundation completed the <a href="/wiki/New_Editor_Experiences" title="New Editor Experiences">New Editor Experiences</a> research project in 2017. The project identified the main challenges experienced by new contributors to Wikipedia, and a set of potential solutions. See the “Challenges” and “Solutions” sections below for the details. </p><p>The Growth team formed to take action on the challenges and solutions identified by the research project. We will continue our relationship with the Czech and Korean communities by testing changes in those wikis first. When we discover changes that increase contributor retention, we will engage other communities to consider deploying those changes in more wikis. </p><p>Although much valuable research has already been done to help our team understand new editors, important open questions remain. The team records and prioritizes our open questions <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Long-term_open_questions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Long-term open questions">on this page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Long-term_open_questions" title="Growth/Long-term open questions"> </a></span>. We will be deliberate about using research, data, surveys, and feature instrumentation to answer them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Principles-Why_Growth?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Principles-Why_Growth?"></span>Principles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Principles-Why_Growth?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Principles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of healthy characteristics that we think wikis should exhibit with respect to new contributors. They are guiding principles for our team, and we hope to help make them a reality in the wikis we work with. </p> <ul><li>Diverse contributors lead to wikis with broad and deep content.</li> <li>Contributors who want to make useful improvements to a wiki should all be able to find a place in the community where they fit in.</li> <li>Contributors should be able to learn to edit on their own.</li> <li>Contributors of any skill level should be able to ask for and receive help from other community members.</li> <li>Contributors should be able to learn and edit in a supportive and non-confrontational environment.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Growth_team_mission" data-mw-thread-id="h-Growth_team_mission-Principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Growth_team_mission-Principles"></span><b>Growth team mission</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Growth_team_mission-Principles"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Growth team mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation's Growth team is to support new account holders by designing and building engaging, intuitive, and inclusive products that make it easier to join the Wikimedia movement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Growth_team_vision" data-mw-thread-id="h-Growth_team_vision-Principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Growth_team_vision-Principles"></span><b>Growth team vision</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Growth_team_vision-Principles"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Growth team vision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>We envision a thriving Wikimedia community where the barrier to entry for contributing to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects is lower, allowing more people to successfully become active editors, and advance into roles that require more experience, leading to a sustainable and diverse knowledge commons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Challenges" data-mw-thread-id="h-Challenges-Why_Growth?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Challenges-Why_Growth?"></span>Challenges<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Challenges-Why_Growth?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are challenges that stand in the way of the principles above. The main challenges were identified by the New Editor Experiences research project that was completed in 2017. With the help of Czech and Korean community members, researchers interviewed 64 contributors to Czech and Korean Wikipedias to learn about why they started editing, what they found easy or difficult, and if they've stopped editing, why they stopped. The project surfaced a set of <a href="/wiki/New_Editor_Experiences#Research_findings" title="New Editor Experiences">technical, conceptual, and cultural challenges</a>, summarized below (2017 observations). Growth team’s work, along with other Wikimedia Foundation teams, helps wikis overcome these challenges so that the principles can become reality. </p> <ul><li><b>Technical</b>: new contributors struggle with specific skills needed to contribute. <ul><li><b>Editing</b>: though Visual Editor is helpful for new contributors, it is hard for them to learn the process of building, citing, and publishing.</li> <li><b>Communication</b>: new contributors have trouble finding and using Talk pages. This is because Talk pages do not use Visual Editor, and because they work differently than other internet discussion systems.</li> <li><b>Finding help</b>: many wikis have scattered and inconsistent help materials that are difficult for new contributors to find and use.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Conceptual</b>: new contributors have trouble learning core wiki policies and best practices. The following are the concepts that are most challenging. <ul><li><b>Community</b>: many new contributors do not realize there is an active community behind each wiki project.</li> <li><b>Verifiability and citations</b>: all content must be attributed to reliable sources.</li> <li><b>Notability</b>: all content must have garnered enough broad attention to deserve an article.</li> <li><b>Encyclopedic style and neutral point of view</b>: articles should present content without bias toward one side of an argument.</li> <li><b>Copyright</b>: content should not violate the licensing of its sources.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Cultural</b>: the wiki environment can be discouraging to new contributors who are trying to find where they fit in. <ul><li><b>Personas</b>: new contributors have different objectives for why they are editing, but it is hard to figure out how to accomplish them.</li> <li><b>Framing</b>: the way that contributors communicate impacts whether new contributors stay. Negative feedback can discourage further contribution.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solutions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Solutions-Why_Growth?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Solutions-Why_Growth?"></span>Solutions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Solutions-Why_Growth?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Solutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Growth team will attempt multiple solutions to the above challenges, and we will learn and expand as we go along. These are the findings from the New Editor Experiences project that will guide the solutions we attempt: </p> <ul><li><b>Intermediaries</b>: many new contributors have succeeded because a partner or mentor helped them learn to edit. These partners are frequently found in off-wiki places like schools, libraries, or meetups.</li> <li><b>Iterative learning</b>: new contributors have more success when they learn editing skills over time in safe environments.</li> <li><b>Outside help</b>: new contributors frequently search for help outside of Wikipedia, either in off-wiki communications, or through other internet resources.</li></ul> <p>Those trends lead to two main categories of solutions to the challenges described above. The work of our team will usually fit into one of these categories: </p> <ul><li><b>Human-to-human help</b>: forums and programs that connect contributors to each other so that experienced contributors can help newer contributors succeed. This can include help desk forums, mentorship opportunities, or even off-wiki connections.</li> <li><b>In-context help</b>: changes to the Wikipedia editing experience to surface helpful guidance around technical and conceptual challenges. This is guidance surfaced at the time it is needed, in the place where it is needed -- as opposed to on a separate page that may be difficult to find.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Discussing_potential_Growth_ideas" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Discussing potential Growth ideas">This page contains the list of ideas that the team has considered and discussed with communities.</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Discussing_potential_Growth_ideas" title="Growth/Discussing potential Growth ideas"> </a></span></b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_work_with_us" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_work_with_us"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_work_with_us"></span>How to work with us<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_work_with_us"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: How to work with us"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>We want to hear from you! Please check out <a href="/wiki/Growth/Engage_with_the_Growth_team" title="Growth/Engage with the Growth team">this guide on engaging with the Growth team</a>! </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Growth&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are links and research that underpin the background, principles, challenges, and solutions above, and that continue to shape our team’s thinking. </p> <ul><li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~halfaker/publications/The_Rise_and_Decline/halfaker13rise-preprint.pdf">The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to popularity is causing its decline</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Editor_Experiences" title="New Editor Experiences">New Editor Experiences</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Post-registration_editor_survey" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Research:Post-registration editor survey">Post-registration editor survey</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Surviving_new_editor" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Research:Surviving new editor">Formal definitions of editor retention</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://files.grouplens.org/papers/mentoringinwikipedia.pdf"><i>Mentoring in Wikipedia: A Clash of Cultures</i></a></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pensivepuffin.com/dwmcphd/syllabi/info447_wi14/readings/01-IntroToWikipedia/morgan.et.al.TeaSympathy.CSCW2013.pdf">Tea & Sympathy: Crafting Positive New User Experiences on Wikipedia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth_2014" title="Special:MyLanguage/Growth/Growth 2014">The original Growth team from 2013 - 2014.</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Growth_2014" title="Growth/Growth 2014"> </a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mako.cc/academic/narayan_etal-the_wikipedia_adventure-cscw2017.pdf">Research on the impact of the Wikipedia Adventure</a></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensym.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/OpenSym2018_paper_15.pdf">Evaluating the impact of the Wikipedia Teahouse on newcomer socialization and retention</a></i></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jodischneider.com/pubs/opensym2014.pdf">Accept, decline, postpone: How newcomer productivity is reduced in English Wikipedia by pre-publication review</a></i></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180301134833/https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/68/1/143/4915319">The Pipeline of Online Participation Inequalities: The Case of Wikipedia Editing</a></i></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_editors%27_first_session_and_retention" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Research:New editors' first session and retention">Research on New editors' first session and retention</a></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2540">Fostering Public Good Contributions with Symbolic Awards: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment at Wikipedia</a></i></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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