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Submissions/Encouraging Participation in Wikimedia Projects

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21

Title of the submission
Encouraging Participation in Wikimedia Projects
Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation)
Presentation
Author of the submission

Brandon Harris, Howie Fung, Steven Walling

E-mail address or username (if username, please confirm email address in Special:Preferences)

bharriswikimedia.org, hfungwikimedia.org, swallingwikimedia.org

Country of origin
USA
Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
Wikimedia Foundation
Personal homepage or blog
Abstract (please use no less than 300 words to describe your proposal)

The recent research on trends within the Wikipedia editor community highlight a need to focus on participation. This session discusses some of the features, experiments, and ideas that are aimed at encouraging participation, particularly among new editors.

We'll cover three basic topics:

  1. What's up now vis a vis features, esp...
    Article Feedback Tool
    WikiLove
    MoodBar
  2. Some analyses of those features
  3. What's planned for the future, such as...
    QuickComments
    GlobalProfiles
Track (People and Community/Knowledge and Collaboration/Infrastructure)
People and Community
Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
Yes
Slides or further information (optional)
Note that this session will be focusing on the constructive activities aimed at encouraging participation. If you're interested in the research that has motivated this work, you should see this session on research at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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