On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:10 AM, doc <doc.wikipedia(a)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)