[Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

[David Gerard]

On 21 January 2013 01:23, Kim Bruning <kim at bruning.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 09:53:46AM +0000, Richard Farmbrough wrote:

>> number of years ago the oligarchy destroyed hope (Esperanza) - now the

> Well,  Esperanza ended up ossified faster than the rest of wikipedia,
> so it had to be taken down.


Esperanza was killed because it became
problematic.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Esperanza

Perhaps bits of the idea may be useful, but it was a bad
implementation and is generally not missed.


- d.