Hi all, We'll be starting in about 30 minutes. Please join us at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8CbpcwGV8.
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM Kinneret Gordon <kgor...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed tomorrow, Wednesday, May > 15, at 9:30 AM PST / 16:30 UTC. Find your local time here > <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1715790600>. The theme for this showcase > is *Reader to Editor Pipeline*. > > You are welcome to watch via the YouTube stream: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8CbpcwGV8. As usual, you can join the > conversation in the YouTube chat as soon as the showcase goes live. > > This month's presentations: > Journey TransitionsBy *Mike Raish and Daisy Chen*What kinds of events do > readers and editors identify as separating the stages of their relationship > with Wikipedia, and which of these kinds of events might the Wikimedia > Foundation possibly support through design interventions? In the Journey > Transitions qualitative research project, the WMF Design Research team > interviewed readers and editors in Arabic, Spanish, and English in order to > answer these questions and provide guidance to WMF Product teams making > strategic decisions. A series of semi-structured interviews revealed that > readers and editors describe their relationships with Wikipedia in > different ways, with readers describing a static and transactional > relationship, and that even many experienced editors express confusion > about core functions of the Wikimedia ecosystem, such as the role of Talk > pages. This presentation will describe the Journey Transitions research, as > well as present its implications for the sponsoring Product teams in order > to shed light on the way that qualitative research is used to inform > strategic decisions in the Wikimedia Foundation. > Increasing participation in peer production communities with the Growth > featuresBy *Morten Warncke-Wang and Kirsten Stoller*For peer production > communities to be sustainable, they must attract and retain new > contributors. Studies have identified social and technical barriers to > entry and discovered some potential solutions, but these solutions have > typically focused on a single highly successful community, the English > Wikipedia, been tested in isolation, and rarely evaluated through > controlled experiments. In this talk, we show how the Wikimedia > Foundation’s Growth team collaborates with Wikipedia communities to develop > and experiment with new features to improve the newcomer experience in > Wikipedia. We report findings from a large-scale controlled experiment > using the Newcomer Homepage, a central place where newcomers can learn how > peer production works and find opportunities to contribute, and show how > the effectiveness depends on the newcomer’s context. Lastly, we show how > the Growth team has continued developing features that further improve the > newcomer experience while adapting to community needs. > Best,Kinneret > > -- > > Kinneret Gordon > > Lead Research Community Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > >
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