Submissions/Editor trends - Wikipedia PT

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This is an open submission for Wikimania 2011.

Review no.

19

Title of the submission

Study of editor trends in Portuguese Wikipedia

Type of submission

Presentation

Author of the submission

Jonas Augusto Xavier:

E-mail address or username

jonas.agx@gmail.com:

Country of origin

Brazil:

Abstract :

Wikipedia is a complex organism, lots of people learning and teaching. But a trend is coming, the number of active editors is decreasing. The question is Which editors are the ones that are leaving -- are they the new editors or the more tenured ones?. The aim is to answer this question. One such study has used the English Wikipedia. This study uses the Portuguese Wikipedia. This work is important for creating new policies for retention of editors on Wikipedia Portuguese.:

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yes

Slides or further information (optional)

http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Estudo_de_tend%C3%AAncias_dos_editores

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