Re: [Wiki-research-l] Has the recent increase in English wikipedia's core community gone beyond a statistical blip?

WereSpielChequers writes: > Could you be more specific re "In general I'm not sure the 100+ count is > among the most reliable." What in particular do you think is unreliable > about that metric? The main thing I have questions about with that metric is whether it's a good proxy for editing acti

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Has the recent increase in English wikipedia's core community gone beyond a statistical blip?

Hi Nemo, Month-over-month growth isn't what I was talking about, not least because the seasonal stuff and different month lengths override that. What I noticed was that Jan 2015 the >100 edits count was ahead of Jan 2014, as was every month until June 2015 which was ahead of June 2014 < https://s

[Wiki-research-l] Notes from OpenSym @ Wikimedia Research meeting.

Hey folks, Since OpenSym was in San Francisco this year, we welcomed researchers working in the Wikimedia space to join us for breakfast at the Wikimedia Foundation on the morning after the conference. During this event, we shook hands with made a few quick presentations about ongoing projects an

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Has the recent increase in English wikipedia's core community gone beyond a statistical blip?

WereSpielChequers, 15/08/2015 15:12: With 8% more editors contributing over 100 edits in June 2015 than in June 2014 , we have now had six consecutive months where this particular metric of the core community is looking positive. I'm not sur