Participation
From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
This is an archived version of this page, as edited by Pppery (talk | contribs) at 17:40, 12 August 2024 (Like the others). It may differ significantly from the current version .
This page is kept for historical interest. Any policies mentioned may be obsolete. If you want to revive the topic, you can use the talk page or start a discussion on the community forum.
NOTE: There is active discussion regarding this topic at the strategy wiki.
3. Participation. The value in the Wikimedia projects is created
entirely by volunteers, who are typically young, educated, intelligent
and tech-comfortable. We need to retain those core volunteers, while
also reaching out to new participants who can help us sustain and grow
our social impact. The goal of the "Participation' Working Group will
be to maximize our ability to recruit and retain productive
participants. Some Sub-Group mandates might include:
Questions
[edit ]What can we do to retain, support and encourage the core volunteers who work on the projects today?
[edit ]- (your answer here ... )
How can we encourage the participation of new people who share our values and can make a strong contribution?
[edit ]- (your answer here ... )
How can we make MediaWiki transformatively easier to use, and keep it easy to use?
[edit ]- (your answer here ... )
How can we support participation by people who don't have easy Internet access?
[edit ]- (your answer here ... )