User talk:EpochFail/Snuggle article

Restructuring article to be written in 1st person

 * Say something about this series in the signpost and something about going first.
 * Snuggle is interesting
 * Research shows that
 * Wikipedia is suffering from a newcomer retention problem [EditorTrends, suh09singularity]
 * At least part of the reason is the negative environment these newcomers experience [halfaker11bite, halfaker12rise]
 * Current mentoring systems are ineffective (study took place before the Teahouse) [musicant11clash]
 * So how do we fix this
 * I suspect that part of the problem is how hidden these desirable newcomers are
 * So I built a system to sort new newcomers by their desirability that juxtaposes their contributions and the activitiy on their talk page.
 * So how does it work?
 * Snuggle has two primary components.
 * A server-side component that listens to the stream of recent changes to build statistics of new editor's activities
 * A browser-based web application that visualizes the activities of newcomers.
 * In this section, I'll discuss the user interface you'll see.
 * Snuggle maintains a list of ~6000 newly registered accounts and their first 30 days of activity.
 * Using the interface, you'll be able to filter and sort these newcomers by their activities in Wikipedia
 * Using snuggle, you can manually classify newcomers into good-faith and bad-faith categories.
 * Wikipedian mentors (e.g. Teahouse) can use the good-faith list to send out invitations and offer support.
 * If there's demand for it, I can add functionality to report the bad-faith users to the WP:AIV.
 * How to get involved
 * Currently the system supports the minimal amount of features.
 * I need your help to prioritize new features and to make sure the system is actually usable.
 * You can help me out by:
 * Joining me in an IRC demo & feedback session
 * Signing up to receive notification of new developments
 * Submitting bugs and feature requests.
 * Thanks!