Re: [Wiki-research-l] FW: What works for increasing editor engagement?

2014-09-26 Thread WereSpielChequers
Scott, That's why the rest of my email focussed on things that we could that would improve editor retention and which would be uncontentious, but also there is a third question, are people's assumptions re newbie behaviour true? This is where research would be useful. Where the problem lies in

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Fwd: FW: What works for increasing editor engagement?

2014-09-26 Thread Luca de Alfaro
Dear James, very well argued, thanks for the insightful post. Saving drafts on the other hand could help avoid many conflicts on less-trafficked pages. Right now, on a page that is edited infrequently, this happens: - User A starts an edit - User A saves not to lose work, not quite done yet.

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Fwd: FW: What works for increasing editor engagement?

2014-09-26 Thread James Forrester
On 26 September 2014 11:43, Luca de Alfaro l...@dealfaro.com wrote: Saving drafts on the other hand could help avoid many conflicts on less-trafficked pages. Right now, on a page that is edited infrequently, this happens: - User A starts an edit - User A saves not to lose work, not quite

Re: [Wiki-research-l] FW: What works for increasing editor engagement?

2014-09-26 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Did you read this [1] the notion that bots are good for increasing the number of editors is contentious. However, numbers from the Swedish Wikipedia experience confirim exactly that bots are good. They not only increase the number of readers but also the number of editors.. BIG GRIN Thanks,