Contents
- 1 Motivations for editing Wikipedia
- 2 Talk to us about talking
- 3 Tech News: 2019-09
- 4 Books & Bytes, Issue 32
- 5 This Month in Education: February 2019
- 6 WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
- 7 Tech News: 2019-10
- 8 Women’s History Wikithon, Washington State History Museum, Saturday 3/9
- 9 Video tutorial "Referencing with VisualEditor" – newsletter issue 1
- 10 This Month in GLAM: February 2019
- 11 Tech News: 2019-11
- 12 Growth team updates #6
- 13 Tech News: 2019-12
- 14 March GOCE newsletter
Motivations for editing Wikipedia
Hi Pine, you had asked about Motivations for editing Wikipedia. I have collected graphs about that at de:user:Atlasowa/editor motivation, because it's an important question and almost everyone thinks about this at some time. Here are some answers:
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png/600px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_why_Editors_become_less_active.png/600px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_why_Editors_become_less_active.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Levels_of_engagement_for_Wikipedia_editors.png/600px-Levels_of_engagement_for_Wikipedia_editors.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Results_of_Arabic_Wikipedia_Reader_Survey_-_2012.pdf/page32-600px-Results_of_Arabic_Wikipedia_Reader_Survey_-_2012.pdf.jpg)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Philippines_readers_survey.pdf/page3-600px-Philippines_readers_survey.pdf.jpg)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Edits_anonymous.png/600px-Edits_anonymous.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Account_creation_survey_-_de.png/600px-Account_creation_survey_-_de.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Template_A-B_testing_presentation_deck.pdf/page10-600px-Template_A-B_testing_presentation_deck.pdf.jpg)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Readers_Survey_2011_Readers_who_have_edited.png/600px-Readers_Survey_2011_Readers_who_have_edited.png)
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Readers_Survey_2011_Reasons_for_not_editing.png/600px-Readers_Survey_2011_Reasons_for_not_editing.png)
Talk to us about talking
Trizek (WMF) 15:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
Tech News: 2019-09
21:17, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 32
Books & Bytes
Issue 32, January – February 2019
- #1Lib1Ref
- New and expanded partners
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
- Global branches update
- Bytes in brief
French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
This Month in Education: February 2019
WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk).
Tech News: 2019-10
16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
Women’s History Wikithon, Washington State History Museum, Saturday 3/9
Women’s History Wikithon
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FREE. Please register in advance. Includes museum admission and snacks; please bring a sack lunch plus a laptop. Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history experts. Honor Women’s History Month by updating our reference materials to reflect the dedicated work of Washington’s women suffragists. Bring a brown bag lunch, we’ll provide snacks. Hosted by Washington State Historical Society. Women's Suffrage Centennial Program, Washington State Historical Society -> Events & Programs |
- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:14, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Video tutorial "Referencing with VisualEditor" – newsletter issue 1
Good news: the (lengthy!) script draft 1 is complete!
Hello, I am happy to share that script draft 1 is complete and ready for public comment.
The script (link to the Google doc) is much longer than I anticipated, at almost 21 pages!
Although I think that the 21 page script would be a very good introduction to referencing policies and workflows, I am considering dividing it into two or more smaller scripts that would be produced as separate videos. For example, one script could focus on policies and a different script could focus on how to use the citation tool. I am considering this for three reasons:
- People may be more willing to watch shorter videos that have more specific focus.
- Shorter videos may be easier to search for an answer for a single specific question.
- There is a possibility that if I attempt to produce a single video from almost 21 pages of script that I might exceed the budget for this mini-project. I would like for both WMF and the community to be satisfied with the results from this mini-project, and I think that dividing the script into smaller scripts which could be produced separately would be a good way to ensure that the budget for the current grant is not exceeded. While there is a reasonable possibility that I could finish production of the entire 21 pages of script within the current grant, I think that dividing the script would be prudent. After one of the smaller scripts is fully produced within the currently available funding, remaining script could be considered for production within the current grant if there seems to be adequate remaining funds, or could be saved for possible production with a future grant.
Request for constructive criticism and comments
I would very much appreciate constructive criticism and comments regarding the script, preferably by March 10 at 11:59 PM UTC. This is a shorter time window than I would like to provide, but the planned end date for this project is March 14 and I would like to finish video production by the end of March 13 so that I have 24 hours for communications before the grant period ends. If you would like to review the script or make other comments but the end of March 10 is too soon for you, please let me know that you need more time, and I will take that into consideration as I plan for final production and consider whether to request a date extension from WMF. (Extending the finish date for the project would not involve requesting additional funding for the current grant.) I would prefer that the video be done perfectly a few days late than that the video be done on March 14 but have an important error that was not caught during a rush to the finish.
I have three specific requests for feedback:
1. Please find errors in the script. This is a great time to find problems with my work, before the script goes into production and problems become more expensive to fix. Please go to this link in Google Docs and use the Comment feature in the Google Doc.
2. Do you have comments regarding whether the script should be divided, and if so, how it should be divided? Please let me know on the project talk page.
3. How do you feel about the name for the video? Do you prefer "Referencing with VisualEditor" or "Citing sources with VisualEditor", or a third option? Again, please comment on the project talk page. However, if I divide the script then I will create new names for the smaller videos.
Closing comments
Thank you for your interest in this mini-project. I am grateful to be working on a project which I hope will help Wikipedia contributors to be more efficient and effective, and indirectly help to improve Wikipedia's quality by teaching contributors how to identify and to cite reliable sources. I believe that the finished video will be good, and I hope that the community and novice contributors will find the video to be very useful.
Yours in service,
This Month in GLAM: February 2019
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Tech News: 2019-11
19:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Growth team updates #6
18:19, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Tech News: 2019-12
19:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
March GOCE newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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