We have two options:

1) if this is supposed to become a canonical definition of “mobile active editors” (i.e. a definition that we would be comfortable exposing on the official reportcard), we cannot nail down the exact query until we’ve made a decision based on:

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Refining_the_definition_of_monthly_active_editors 
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Mobile_editor_engagement/Mobile_active_editor

We need to evaluate the pros and cons of different definitions (and once we’ve settled on a canonical definition, we won’t be changing it again). I don’t expect this to happen within a few hours or days.

2) if instead we want to restore data for the mobile dashboards ASAP based on an interim definition (with the understanding that this may change once there is consensus on the canonical one), I recommend we go for Dan’s definition #1 and follow the assumptions described in the Mobile active editor page above (option C). Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think Dan’s definition #2 is a use case I’ve heard of from the Mobile team (cumulative lifetime 5+ editors for cohorts defined by the month of registration).

Dario


On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Dario -- can you please provide some input? Let's nail down what we're trying to measure here and if possible make it consistent.

thanks,

-Toby


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Dan Andreescu <dandreescu@wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Kenan Wang <kwang@wikimedia.org> wrote:
That would be good. It is suppose to be in line with the active editor metric.

Wait, so it *is* supposed to be like the active editor metric?  To be very clear, we have two possible questions we can be answering here, and only one of them is like the active editor metric.  Both of these questions will show results for X <- {each of the last 12 months}

1. How many people, of those that created their account on mobile, made at least 5 edits in month X?  [THIS IS LIKE ACTIVE EDITOR]

2. How many people created their account on mobile in month X, and made at least 5 edits since then?

I've implemented both, but there is a pretty big difference so we need to figure that out before moving on.

Dan



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