Dear researchers,<br><br>Recently, we started the Editor Trends Study (<a href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study">http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study</a>). <br>The goal of this study is to get a better understanding of the community <br>
dynamics within the different Wikipedia projects. <br><br>Part of this project consists of developing a tool (<a href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study/Software">http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study/Software</a>)<br>
that parses a Wikipedia dump file, extracts the required information, stores it <br>in a database and exports it to a CSV file. This CSV file can then be used in a <br>statistical program such as R, Stata or SAS. <br><br>
We are looking for some volunteers that would enjoy testing the tool. You don&#39;t need to be a <br>software developer (although it helps :)) to help us; some patience, a bit of time and <br>a fairly recent computer is all you need. You should be comfortable installing programs, <br>
working with a command-line interface and have basic Subversion experience. <br>Python experience is a real bonus! <br><br>The testing will focus on getting the tool to run without any supervision. For more background information, have a look at:<br>
<a href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study/Software">http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Trends_Study/Software</a><br><br>We are testing the tool with the largest Wikipedia projects, so if you would like to replicate<br>
the analysis on your own favorite Wikipedia project or help improve the quality of the tool then please contact me off-list. <br><br><br><br>Best,<br><br>Diederik<br>