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'''After the feedback received we are re-purposing completely this space ([[Project_talk:New_contributors#Changes_after_the_first_round_of_feedback_25911|more]]). |
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'''How to attract volunteers and connect them with interesting people and activities?''' |
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== The problem == |
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[[File:Nemzszinh-spiralcivertan.jpg|thumb|x240px]] |
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We have a problem engaging volunteers and motivating them to stay. The amount of documentation, tools and channels is so overwhelming that even we have a hard time following it all. Because we're in the shadow of Wikipedia, we could generate massive interest from tech-friendly users, and we could offer them suitable technical tasks. In reality, we miss many newcomers, and our community efforts don't scale. |
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In more detail: |
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* '''[[Wikipmediawiki]]''': what you need to know as a tech contributor is spread out over 3 or more wikis... |
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* '''Plain text identification''': it's 2013 and our user profiles consist of a textarea. |
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* '''Memory in spreadsheets''': all we have are lists of contributors maintained (or not) manually by various people. |
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* '''Inefficient mass promotion''': every time we start almost from scratch, unable to selectively reach target audiences. |
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* '''Inefficient personal promotion''': manual pokes in Talk pages + emails from those spreadsheets won't get you far. |
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* '''Difficult to propose a first task''': it's difficult for us - imagine how it is for new volunteers alone. After 1-2 attempts, they're gone. |
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* '''Difficult to find peers''': ''"ask in wikitech-l or #mediawiki"'' is not the answer. |
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* '''English only''': all of the above only gets worse when writing English is not your strength. |
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== The solution == |
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* Better landing pages for contributors, including |
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** http://mediawiki.org and http://wikitech.wikimedia.org main pages. |
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** [[How to contribute]] and the pages linking directly from there. |
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** [[Developer hub]] and the pages linking directly from there. |
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* Cutting edge use of projects developed for [[onboarding new Wikipedians]]: [[Account creation user experience]], [[Extension:GettingStarted|GettingStarted]], [[Guided tours]]. |
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* Also for subscriptions and notifications: [[Echo]] & [[Flow]]. |
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* Encouraging users to define their interests through subscriptions and user profiles. |
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* Thematic nodes aggregating key information around popular topics. |
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We are the MediaWiki experts and we can iterate fast eating our own dog food. We have a tradition of betatesting new developments and helping out polishing tools by using them. |
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== Activities == |
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Ongoing work. Check the [[/Roadmap/]] for more ideas. |
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=== [[/One ontology/One ontology]] === |
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'''A common vocabulary to classify items across all our tools''' |
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Call it ''categories'', ''keywords'', ''topics'', ''tags'', ''metadata''... What we need is one set of words applied consistently to wiki content, helping to connect related people, nodes, projects, tasks and events. |
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 22 March 2023
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