MyWiki:WikiProject Editor Retention

"WP:RETENTION" and "WP:WPER" redirect here. For the page about retaining subject-matter experts in particular, see WP:Expert retention. For WikiProject Edit requests, see WP:WikiProject Edit requests. For WikiProject Elections and Referendums, see WP:WPE&R.

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General research process ('Incubation')

• Planning: Defining goals and methods
• Action: Implementing the plan
• Tracking: Quantitatively determining degree of success

Resources

• Wikipedia Statistics
• en.wikipedia user retention: graph showing histograms of number of edits made in a given month for all editors who started editing in the same month. Retention can be seen as how far from the starting month activity persists.
• meta:Research:Teahouse - WMF funded research on reasons new users depart. The references are particularly valuable.

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards
• Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign

External links

• Playing for keeps: Recruiting and retaining volunteer staff in volunteer-run organizations
• Attracting and Retaining Volunteers - Philantrophic Giving Resources
• Recruiting and managing volunteers — Knowhow Nonprofit