Participation

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

What can we do to retain, support and encourage the core volunteers who work on the projects today?

1. (your answer here ... )

How can we encourage the participation of new people who share our values and can make a strong contribution?

1. (your answer here ... )

How can we make MediaWiki transformatively easier to use, and keep it easy to use?

1. (your answer here ... )

How can we support participation by people who don't have easy Internet access?

1. (your answer here ... )

Original source

• Sue Gardner post on foundation-l

See also

• strategy
• reach
• quality