Hey folks,
This is long over due. I did a presentation[1,2] at the research showcase
more than a year ago (January 2016) that showed some fascinating
productivity dynamics using content persistence measures[3]. Well, I've
finally taken the material and fleshed out the report on Meta.
Full report:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Measuring_edit_productivity
Here's some highlights:
- Anonymous editors contribute substantially to overall productivity
(15-25%); however, their proportion of overall contribution proportion has
been steadily declining since the beginning of 2006
- As Wikipedia declined in number of editors, efficiency increased at a
rate that was proportional -- enough to maintain a nearly consistent
overall level of productivity. This means that Wikipedia has been getting
more efficient
- Tools and bots don't explain the increase in overall efficiency, but
tool-assisted productive contributions are certainly on the rise.
1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRpUby3MoqU#t=0m49s
2.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Anon_productivity_and_productive_effici…
3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Content_persistence
Enjoy!
-Aaron