Hoi. I had a look at the youtube video. Really important in this context is the presentation by Dario. In it he shows how editing is taking of from mobile users using tablets. This is a recent shift but the implication as I see it that working on better tooling for mobile / tablet editors will get us more results.
If anything, it shows that the work done to get people to edit from mobiles take its time to have an effect. Thanks, GerardM
On 24 August 2014 03:55, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a list somewhere of all currently active Foundation initiatives for attracting and retaining active editors? I am only aware of the one project, "Task Recommendations," to try to encourage editors who have made a few edits to make more, described starting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbZ1uWoKEg&t=60m20s
I am not worried about pageviews at all, given that the trend is as constant as it has ever been when mobile users are added in to the total. Sadly, the greater number of mobile users appears to be harming active editor numbers beyond their already dismal trend, so it would be nice to have an idea of exactly how much effort the Foundation is applying to its only strategic goal which it is not achieved, and has not ever achieved. I am amazed that so much more effort continues to be applied to the other goals, all of which have always been met through to the present. What does this state of affairs say about the Foundation leadership's ability to prioritize?
Is there any evidence at all that anyone in the Foundation is interested in any kind of change which would make non-editors more inclined to edit, or empower editors with social factors which might provide more time, economic power, or other means to enable them to edit more?
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