On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM, WereSpielChequers
<werespielchequers@gmail.com>
wrote:
I've just come across a really important bit of research on
EN wiki.
User:Mr.Z-man analyzed the new accounts created in February
to see how
many were still editing in September.
Key findings:
Over two thirds of new accounts had still not become editors
after 6 months.
Editors who start by creating articles are only about a
quarter of new
editors, three quarters edit existing articles. I find this
credible
if a little on the low side. But over ten thousand newbies
created an
article in February 2010, had their article deleted and
ceased
editing.
Editors whose articles are not deleted are over seven times
more
likely to remain than editors whose articles were deleted.
As one would expect, the retention rate of Article creators
was much
lower than of other new editors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mr.Z-man/newusers
WereSpielChequers
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