[Foundation-l] Why do new users create their accounts?

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

[Sorry for crossposting this.]

Hello,

As some of you know, I am doing some work to improve the account creation
process. To better understand what we need to change, we asked new users in
two very short surveys about why they created their accounts. See the
exciting results here:

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Account_Creation_Improvement_Project#The_results_of_the_Account_Creation_surveys.2C_part_3

We are soon going to start experimenting on various language versions of
Wikipedia, to try to find the best possible solution that increases the
likelihood that the reader becomes an editor and that they understand what
they are getting when they create an account.

Do you want to help us? Great! We need volunteers for ideas and translation,
among other things. Sign up here:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project/Sign_up,
or send an email to lennart at wikimedia.org (I only use this email adress for
mailinglists so any answers to this adresss will get lost. Sorry.)

Best wishes,

Lennart

-- 
Lennart Guldbrandsson, fellow of the Wikimedia Foundation, chair of
Wikimedia Sverige // Wikimedia Foundation-stipendiat, ordförande för
Wikimedia Sverige