On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
Reversing the decline in editor population has been a major strategic priority of WMF for many years. You are saying you have never heard of it before? Well, here is some reading material for you:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/11/26/wikipedias-volunteer-story/
https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Movement_Strategic_Plan_Summary/Increase_Participation
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/22/year-in-review-and-the-road-ahead-for-global-development/
http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1061
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/63549
Thanks for these links, which underscore how much work we have left to do. None of these problems are trivial, and concerted efforts on multiple fronts, both technical and social, are the only thing that will make a difference in the long run.
Erik