[Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] New Program Evaluation report: Wiki Loves Monuments

[Asaf Bartov]

Thanks!  The most interesting datum I've noticed so far is the rate of
active editor (5+ edits/month) retention among new contributors after six
months, which is about 0.4%.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM#New_users

That (along with the easy-to-measure and already known sheer quanities of
photos generated) seems to me to be the most robust number to use in
evaluating WLM (and comparable) funding requests.  0.4% may be considered
worthwhile or not enough, depending on local contexts, so I'm not drawing a
universal conclusion from it, just noting it.

(just thinking out loud here.)

   A.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks!  Great to see this summary.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:00 PM, LiAnna Davis <ldavis at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>> (please excuse cross-posting)
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I posted the latest in the string of program evaluation reports on Meta
>> today, on Wiki Loves Monuments:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM
>>
>> Highlights of the report include:
>> * About 17% of the images uploaded through Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 are
>> in use on our projects.
>> * The majority of Wiki Loves Monuments participants are new users;
>> however, the survival rate of new users is low (1.7% of the 2012
>> participants made at least one edit and 1.4% uploaded at least one new file
>> to Commons six months after the event).
>> * Half of the existing editors who participated in Wiki Loves Monuments
>> 2012 also participated in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, with new users making
>> up for the other half.
>> * The global Wiki Loves Monuments organizing team helps support Wiki
>> Loves Monuments organizers around the world, providing replication
>> opportunities via direct support. This makes it easier for someone to
>> organize their own Wiki Loves Monuments contest.
>>
>> Questions are welcomed and encouraged on the talk page.
>>
>> On behalf of the Program Evaluation team,
>>
>> LiAnna
>>
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