2012 - 2016 Editor retention test edit
| Cohort | Active in 2012 | Active in Dec 2016 | percentage active | Type of group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedians attending Hoxne Hoard editathon June 2010 | 9 | 9 | 100 | GLAM[1] |
| 100 highest edit counts in Dec 2012 | 87 | 72 | 83 | Edit count [2] |
| New admins on EN wiki July 2012-December 2012 | 18 | 15 | 83 | RFA[3] |
| Teahouse questioner 4 December 2012 | 7 (Dec/12) | 0 (Dec/16) | 0 | Teahouse questioner[4] |
| Teahouse answerer 4 December 2012 | 9 (Dec/12) | 6 (Dec/16) | 67 | Teahouse answerer[5] |
This table is intended to explore what might contribute to editor retention in Wikimedia. It does so by collecting datapoints relating to editor retention.
Anyone is welcome to join in this exercise. Just identify and count a group of definable active editors in a month in late 2012, see how many of them also edited in the same month in 2016, Then add a row to the table putting them in the appropriate sequence.
Groups it would be good to measure and add here include:
- Editors who had FAs promoted in 2012
- Editors who were deletion tagging in 2012
- Editors who were active in particular projects in 2012
- Editors who reviewed GAs in 2012
Ideally comparing Dec 2012 activity to Dec 2016
There is another version of this at User:WereSpielChequers/2010-2014 Editor retention test, both are still live, but they measure two different four year time periods. You are welcome to add to either, but running the same test on two different time periods is useful as a reality check to see if a similar percentage emerges.
References edit
- ^ Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Museum/Hoxne_challenge#Participants plus Witty Llama who organised it and is in the video
- ^ 72 still active 15 went inactive in 4 years, 13 were inactive in Dec 2012
- ^ WP:Successful_requests_for_adminship/2012 on 15th Dec 2016 15 had edited in the last month
- ^ Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions&action=history&year=2012&month=12
- ^ Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions&action=history&year=2012&month=12