Hi all,
Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki, please ping me off-list.
Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.
Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share with your friends :)
[1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest [2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc [3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x [4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all,
Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki, please ping me off-list.
Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.
Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share with your friends :)
[1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest [2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc [3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x [4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42
-- Regards Srikanth.L
Very cool. :)
Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
Steven Walling Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.org wrote:
Very cool. :)
Thank you!
Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect, but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Very cool. :)
Thank you!
Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect, but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
Cheers Arjuna Rao Chavala
User:ManojK had that in
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Cali... too .. I think it should practice now .
Thanks, naveenpf
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Very cool. :)
Thank you!
Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect, but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
Cheers Arjuna Rao Chavala
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Good one Srikanth. This is exactly what we need now. Publicity.
On 09/12/2011, Naveen Francis naveenpf@gmail.com wrote:
User:ManojK had that in
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Cali... too .. I think it should practice now .
Thanks, naveenpf
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 02:13, Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Very cool. :)
Thank you!
Is there going to be any way to measure how often this happens, and for what pages? Other communities have spent many hours discussing this (including English Wikipedia) with little success. Data on how social sharing leads to greater readership, enthusiasm for Wikipedia, and even possibly editing would be fantastic to have.
For us any number is good :) Having said that, I have subscribed to the hashtag on twitter, so can get some numbers in sometime, not sure about checking facebook. Absolutely no way to get a count of emails :D. We need more readership, so we knock all the doors without worrying much on effect, but most of the efforts we take(Contests, Featured Wikimedians, Sitenotice campaigns) give us good results for our scale.(IMO except physical outreach which gives the least RoI). We are also planning to start a full fledged facebook page soon(may be post the media contest) to leverage facebook more to showcase DYK, ITN, FA, FPX and hope to get more visitors,editors.
On English community's debate, its in a very different galaxy, am not even sure if we are in same universe(on numbers etc), So things differ.
I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
Cheers Arjuna Rao Chavala
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:05, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
As such numerical analysis on the usage of social media is not black and white. For WikiConference, Tamil Contest and others we do all kind of PR, so we cannot bucket the page views, but social media does play a key role.
On a slightly related note(unrelated to social media, but related to numbers) of campaign tracking, am looking to gather numbers for the SiteNotice campaign atleast and have talked to Howie Fung during the Hackathon for some improvements in SiteNotice mechanisms taking inputs from Fundraising team. I hope we will work on it sooner. For people who are not aware, extensive analysis goes behind the fundraising and they gather numbers on many things(from clicks to actual payments) to see which campaigns are effective and use them.
Hi
On the same note... we are having 24 admins handling Wikimedia India Facebook page. We are updating with stats,news,discussions etc...
Is there anyone in the list who has started editing bcoz of that ?
-- naveenpf On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:05, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
I saw this used on Wiki Conference India page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011earlier If there is some easier analysis of the number of view of the conference, pre and post the introduction of sharing buttons, it may give idea the usefulness of the idea. Probably this could apply to Tamil contest.
As such numerical analysis on the usage of social media is not black and white. For WikiConference, Tamil Contest and others we do all kind of PR, so we cannot bucket the page views, but social media does play a key role.
On a slightly related note(unrelated to social media, but related to numbers) of campaign tracking, am looking to gather numbers for the SiteNotice campaign atleast and have talked to Howie Fung during the Hackathon for some improvements in SiteNotice mechanisms taking inputs from Fundraising team. I hope we will work on it sooner. For people who are not aware, extensive analysis goes behind the fundraising and they gather numbers on many things(from clicks to actual payments) to see which campaigns are effective and use them.
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all,
Just as we started the Tamil Wiki Media Contest[1], we have realized the power of social media[2] and virality. In an attempt to increase page views even by single digits and having more visibility for content pages, I was looking around and found the share gadget on Hebrew wikipedia and have adapted the gadget code[3] to Tamil[4]. Since Indic wikipedias need more people to read the articles, this might be useful gadget you might want to your Indic wikiprojects. Should you need any help to get this on your wiki, please ping me off-list.
Thanks Hebrew community for the code & Bala/Surya for helping out.
Okay, next time you read a good article on Tamil Wikipedia, just share with your friends :)
[1] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest [2] http://www.facebook.com/tawmc [3] http://tawp.in/r/2v3x [4] http://tawp.in/r/2v42
Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same.
Thanks Arjun
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:01, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same.
There is one thing that is required for other wikipedias to use the same. ShortURL[1] is required for sharing on twitter. The development is done(Thanks Yuvi!) and its sitting for review. I know there is a significant interest for getting the extension deployed among Indic wikis, but this bug is sitting there for quite a long time. I have poked the bug enough number of times, please feel to comment spam the bug[2] for it to get some attention and/or add a vote. The bug is on its way to 6th birthday and lets hope it gets closed soon.
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortUrl [2] bugzilla.wikimedia.org/1450
A bug sitting there for six years? My my, that is indeed bad news. All you BugZilla users out there, please help out ...
On 09/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 04:01, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
Nice idea. Other indic wikipedias could leverage the same.
There is one thing that is required for other wikipedias to use the same. ShortURL[1] is required for sharing on twitter. The development is done(Thanks Yuvi!) and its sitting for review. I know there is a significant interest for getting the extension deployed among Indic wikis, but this bug is sitting there for quite a long time. I have poked the bug enough number of times, please feel to comment spam the bug[2] for it to get some attention and/or add a vote. The bug is on its way to 6th birthday and lets hope it gets closed soon.
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortUrl [2] bugzilla.wikimedia.org/1450
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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