Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-06-02 Thread Noopur Raval
Dear all, Please find the responses inline On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas wrote: > Even these answers would be interesting for me. Hope we get them soon. > On 2 Jun 2012 11:04, "Anirudh Bhati" wrote: > >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: >> >>> Noopur, tha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-06-02 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
Even these answers would be interesting for me. Hope we get them soon. On 2 Jun 2012 11:04, "Anirudh Bhati" wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > >> Noopur, thank you for posting the report. I have a few questions for the >> India Programs team which I have listed unde

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-06-02 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Noopur, thank you for posting the report. I have a few questions for the > India Programs team which I have listed under, would appreciate if you > could respond: > > 1. How do you plan on scaling the Social Media pilot beyond your own > n

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Arun Ganesh
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:12 AM, LiAnna Davis wrote: > Thanks for sharing these results so far, Noopur! > > > That being said, I'm really glad to see this experimented with in > places other than the United States. I think the early results Noopur > shared from India and what we've seen with a si

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread LiAnna Davis
Thanks for sharing these results so far, Noopur! On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Theo10011 wrote: As memory serves, WMF has never used Social media, > or hired one of those "social media experts". The community might have an > opinion or two, if that approach was taken aggressively. Regardless

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Barry Newstead (WMF) < bnewst...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Just a brief note on the 8% retention rate of a pilot that is not yet two > months old and has the potential for significant further refinement and > improvement. This is a high retention rate based on data

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Ravishankar wrote: > If the route through Social media is working, why not try it? > > During Tamil Wiki media contest, we found Facebook very useful for > reaching online photographers community. > During TWMC, engagement was built (liking and commenting) and pe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Isn't it too early to comment on the retention rate. We should give it some more time right? -- Srikanth. On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Barry Newstead (WMF) < bnewst...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Just a brief note on the 8% retention rate of a pilot that is not yet two > months old and has the p

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Barry Newstead (WMF)
Just a brief note on the 8% retention rate of a pilot that is not yet two months old and has the potential for significant further refinement and improvement. This is a high retention rate based on data I've seen on general outreach events, where the rates of conversion to editing are very low

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Theo10011
Hi Arun On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote: > > Hi Theo, If we are trying something in India that chaps in SF have not > concentrated on, i would not necessarily label it as a negative approach. > Gut instinct tells me that fb, twitter outreach might be more successful > here as we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Ravishankar
Hi, If the route through Social media is working, why not try it? During Tamil Wiki media contest, we found Facebook very useful for reaching online photographers community. I have also heard similar experiences from Malayalam Wikipedians for some of their outreach efforts. Ravi ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Gautam John
On 30 May 2012 18:27, Theo10011 wrote: > I won't do it actually. As memory serves, WMF has never used Social media, > or hired one of those "social media experts". Fair enough. That said, that is no reason not to try it in India or other specific locales, right? So long as it ties in to specific

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Arun Ganesh
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Gautam John wrote: > >> >> As always Theo, thank you for your incisive analytical insights. >> Assuming one were to use social media for outreach, how would you do >> it differently? >> >> Thank you. >> > > And y

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Theo10011
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Gautam John wrote: > > As always Theo, thank you for your incisive analytical insights. > Assuming one were to use social media for outreach, how would you do > it differently? > > Thank you. > And you are Welcome. :) I won't do it actually. As memory serves, WMF

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Gautam John
On 30 May 2012 17:43, Theo10011 wrote: > A couple of points. I mentioned this before on IRC, why is Social Media and > FB being used by the India operations? If this is an initiative by WMF, I > would have thought it could have been taken on from SF. Expert opinions > about "Why Facebook" aside,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-30 Thread Theo10011
Greetings, fellow FB'ers!! A couple of points. I mentioned this before on IRC, why is Social Media and FB being used by the India operations? If this is an initiative by WMF, I would have thought it could have been taken on from SF. Expert opinions about "Why Facebook" aside, this pilot program do

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-28 Thread Gautam John
On 28 May 2012 17:35, Noopur Raval wrote: > Greetings! Here's an update on the Social Media pilot program. Just a small > recap before I go on to the numbers. Nice to see that it's getting some traction. Don't forget that email is probably still the most powerful 'social media' tool. Thank you.

[Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

2012-05-28 Thread Noopur Raval
Dear all, Greetings! Here's an update on the Social Media pilot program. Just a small recap before I go on to the numbers. *Why Facebook?* Why we decided to go with Facebook at all is because potential new editors are more c