"active editors" == "editors with > [5/10/depending on standard] edits a month". It's pretty impossible, at our end, for us to identify one person between multiple IPs or one person between multiple IPs.
On 22 July 2013 17:16, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nathan wrote: > >... > > Because they are measuring different things? The first refers > > to newly registered editors, which the second (judging by > > your summary) does not. > > You are absolutely right. This gives us a silver lining insight that about > 80% of anonymous IP editors have the editing experience of > non-new registered editors. Therefore most of them should be added to the > number of long term active editors, and even by a conservative estimate > that means that the Foundation has finally reached the elusive long term > strategic goal in growth of active editors. Congratulations! > > Always look on the bright side! > > Robert Rohde wrote: > >... > > early evidence that VE makes new users less likely to edit [2][3] > >... > > [2] > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:VisualEditor%27s_effect_on_newly_registered_editors/Results > > [3] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&oldid=565381622#Some_performance_notes > >... > > [2] states: "Newcomers with the VisualEditor were ~43% less likely to > save a single edit than editors with the wikitext editor (x^2=279.4, > p<0.001), meaning that Visual Editor presented nearly a 2:1 increase > in editing difficulty." > > [3] states: > > > Change in total (daily) article edits since before VE became default on 1 > July (comparison: 18-30 June): -4.5% > > Change in registered user article edits since before VE became default: > -2.2% > > Change in anon article edits since before VE became default: -8.6% > > Both of those statistics are terrible and would strongly support > shutting the visual editor off except for opt-ins until all open bugs > including browser and mobile device coverage are addressed before > trying again. > > But why are those statistics so different? > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
