I appreciate the effort and time that went into this. Thanks for that. 

It presents a few interesting questions, while I think there are some footnotes to place too (for example, as far as I can see the 'retention' has only been measured for Wikimedia Commons, and is therefore lower than the numbers that I recall from earlier reports by Erik Zachte). I'm also not sure if I agree with the suggestions used sometimes ('low' etc) - but that is probably in part a matter of expectations and definitions. 

However, I haven't spent a lot of time reading through this heap of text - first things first, including a proper finishing & evaluation for WLM 2013 that is overdue :)

Best,
Lodewijk


2014/1/25 Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org>
Thanks!  The most interesting datum I've noticed so far is the rate of active editor (5+ edits/month) retention among new contributors after six months, which is about 0.4%. 

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM#New_users

That (along with the easy-to-measure and already known sheer quanities of photos generated) seems to me to be the most robust number to use in evaluating WLM (and comparable) funding requests.  0.4% may be considered worthwhile or not enough, depending on local contexts, so I'm not drawing a universal conclusion from it, just noting it.

(just thinking out loud here.)

   A.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks!  Great to see this summary.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:00 PM, LiAnna Davis <ldavis@wikimedia.org> wrote:
(please excuse cross-posting)

Hi everyone! 

I posted the latest in the string of program evaluation reports on Meta today, on Wiki Loves Monuments:

Highlights of the report include:
* About 17% of the images uploaded through Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 are in use on our projects.
* The majority of Wiki Loves Monuments participants are new users; however, the survival rate of new users is low (1.7% of the 2012 participants made at least one edit and 1.4% uploaded at least one new file to Commons six months after the event).
* Half of the existing editors who participated in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 also participated in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, with new users making up for the other half.
* The global Wiki Loves Monuments organizing team helps support Wiki Loves Monuments organizers around the world, providing replication opportunities via direct support. This makes it easier for someone to organize their own Wiki Loves Monuments contest.

Questions are welcomed and encouraged on the talk page.

On behalf of the Program Evaluation team,

LiAnna

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