[Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Asaf Bartov, 06/07/2013 23:51:
> To be precise, the facts do not show that.  They show the CAPTCHA is
> responsible for significantly fewer good-faith contributions from casual
> editors.  That is is or is not a "bad idea", however, is a subjective
> judgment, based on one's weighing of multiple factors.
>
> Evidently, large parts of the PTWP community remain convinced that the
> downsides of not having the CAPTCHA (easier vandalism? admin workload? --
> I'm not really following that debate) outweigh the upsides.

It's worth noting, among other things, that the vote in question ended 
just before the stats were released.

Nemo

> You (and I)
> may well disagree, but let's recognize that this depends on our _judgment_
> of priorities.
>
> Whether or not an editing community's mandate for self-governance should
> extend to the right to make such a fundamentally anti-wiki measure as the
> emergency CAPTCHA feature a permanent one is debatable, of course.
>
>     Asaf
>