MyWiki:WikiProject Editor Retention/Groups and discussions

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Discussions & Links

Initiatives

• Create an easy-to-understand essay for requesting unblocks
• Reward established editors that might not be noticed otherwise via Wikipedia's Editor of the Week

Current working groups

• Editor Retention Pact
• Retain new editors

• An essay on guidance for younger editors by User:Newyorkbrad

• Retention and return team

Other areas of the project

• Retired editors list
• Retired editors questionnaire
• The care and handling of New Editors
• Tips for returning administrators

Why do editors leave?

• Wikipedia:Why is Wikipedia losing contributors - Thinking about remedies
• Discovered reasons given for leaving Wikipedia

Identifying editors who have left, or who are at risk of leaving

• FA editors list
• Retired editors list

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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Discussion}} Peripheral links suggested by editors

• The directory of Wikimedia research projects
• Editor engagement
• Editor Trends Study
• Employee retention – A similar concept
• Findings from the Wikimedia Summer of Research
• Former Contributors Survey Results
• Imagine others complexly
• Modelling Wikipedia's growth
• The MoodBar
• Morbidity and mortality conference
• Nine Reasons Why Women Don't Edit Wikipedia by Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
• Snuggle, a browser-based newcomer observation and support system.
• The Teahouse
• Reading lounge for editors who want to take a break and read through some interesting links
• Wikimedia Foundation Growth Project
• Wikipedia founder worries about future of editorial community
• WikiStats 2 - English Wikipedia, the WMF engagement metrics.

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