Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m Steven Walling, a longtime Wikimedia volunteer. Damian Finol (also a longtime volunteer) and I are working on the beginnings of a new research project in cooperation with the Foundation&#39;s Community Department. </div>

<div><br></div><div>Everyone knows that editors are publicly listed based on edit count, and some other details are visible related to the type of contributions an individual user makes. </div><div><br></div><div>The goal of this project is to try and highlight highly active volunteers who may not participate in tasks that produce a high edit count. By creating a detailed taxonomy of sorts for all the different roles users can take in a project, we hope to get a better picture of who the most active contributors are and what they are doing. </div>

<div><br></div><div>If anyone has done similar roles-based investigations into volunteer participation or has any suggestions at all, please feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:feedback@wikimedia.org.ve">feedback@wikimedia.org.ve</a> or via the project&#39;s page on Meta at <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contribution_Taxonomy_Project">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contribution_Taxonomy_Project</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Steven Walling</div><div><a href="http://enwp.org/User:Steven_Walling">http://enwp.org/User:Steven_Walling</a></div>