On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 4:43 AM ABEL SERRANO JUSTE abeserra@ucm.es wrote:
There is a major question that maybe is the key to unlock the definition of these concepts:
*Is inactivity equal to death community or is inactivity just an indicator of possible death?*
In my world, no. Inactivity can be transient while death (we really need a better word here;) means there will be no return/revival.
So, in the first definition I brought out, they used the term "dormant", leaving some room for the hope that the wiki can be retaken or awaken at some later point. So I believe that, what we are looking actually forward is for a definition closer to what Leila said about dropping-out users editors (Thank you very much for the reference!), but applied to wikis, so something like "dropped-out wikis" could be what we are looking for in order to have a proxy for wiki death or wiki abandonment. @Leila: Do you think that we could do some equivalent study to evaluate when a wiki shifts from "inactive" to "abandon" ?
The approach used is general and as long as you're careful with defining specific terms, some similar approach should give you numbers/thresholds you can work with. (I'm on a bad connection and can't pull up the code, there are links in the bottom of that page and you can reuse the code and modify it, too.)
Is this what you meant when saying "inactive may or may not be equal to dead in your definition."? Or what did you mean by saying so?
I wasn't sure if by "inactive" you meant "dead" which means there will be no return or as you explained in the recent email "dormant" which means the wiki can be picked up again.
Best, Leila