Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Groups and discussions

Discussions & Links

Initiatives Current working groups
 * Create an easy-to-understand essay for requesting unblocks
 * Reward established editors that might not be noticed otherwise via Wikipedia's Editor of the Week
 * Editor Retention Pact
 * Retain new editors
 * An essay on guidance for younger editors by User:Newyorkbrad

Other areas of the project Why do editors leave? Identifying editors who have left, or who are at risk of leaving
 * Retention and return team
 * Retired editors list
 * Retired editors questionnaire
 * The care and handling of New Editors
 * Tips for returning administrators
 * Why is Wikipedia losing contributors - Thinking about remedies
 * Discovered reasons given for leaving Wikipedia
 * FA editors list
 * Retired editors list

Peripheral links suggested by editors


 * The directory of Wikimedia research projects
 * Editor engagement
 * Editor Trends Study
 * Employee retention – A similar concept
 * Findings from the Wikimedia Summer of Research
 * Former Contributors Survey Results
 * Imagine others complexly
 * Modelling Wikipedia's growth
 * The MoodBar
 * Morbidity and mortality conference
 * Nine Reasons Why Women Don't Edit Wikipedia by Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
 * Snuggle, a browser-based newcomer observation and support system.
 * The Teahouse
 * Reading lounge for editors who want to take a break and read through some interesting links
 * Wikimedia Foundation Growth Project
 * Wikipedia founder worries about future of editorial community
 * WikiStats 2 - English Wikipedia, the WMF engagement metrics.

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