Anecdotal evidence from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia suggests meetups are not a safeguard against the local community dying out. Both places had meetups, that eventually saw fewer and fewer people, and then stopped entirely. For Pittsburgh I tried motivating people to participate in the WikiProject Pittsburgh, all to no avail. I am still at a loss to try to explain why we failed (i.e. why the meetups failed to contribute to editor retention).
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On 11/18/2012 10:58 PM, Kerry Raymond wrote:
I suspect that its only fairly well-entrenched editors who attend meetups, but I agree it would be interesting data. I rather suspect that meetups are advertised in ways unlikely to reach newer editors.
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On 19/11/2012, at 10:16 AM, Laura Hale <laura@fanhistory.com mailto:laura@fanhistory.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of any research on Wikimedia meetups and the effects on editor retention?
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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