On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:10 AM, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Sage Ross wrote:
A related observation: presumably because of the delayed sign-up process, only about half of new users ever make a first edit on CZ: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Image:New_users.png
-Sage (User:Ragesoss)
I wonder what percentage of new accounts make a *useful* first edit on wikipedia?
Smaller, no doubt, than on CZ. But their registration process has already imposed a moderately intense selection process; most people who successfully register are people whose edits are very likely to be useful, so they view the fact many of them never begin editing as serious loss. And, of course, at this stage they are much more concerned with getting new people involved than we are (which is, perhaps, shortsighted on our part, but it's tough to see participation levels as a critical problem when the scale of the user base is so big that we can't get a real sense of it on an interpersonal level)
-Sage (User:Rageoss)