Research:Michigan wikipedians

This page in a nutshell: This research examines the differing edit patterns of new editors that joined English Wikipedia in three different ways: (1) the usual, pure online experience, (2) via graduate courses @ the University of Michigan and (3) via the University of Michigan Wikipedia club. The observations suggest a differing edit pattern for those new editors who joined via the club.

This project page documents a research project currently in progress. Information may be incomplete and can change rapidly as science advances.

Research project

Michigan wikipedians
Main contact	Aaron Halfaker University of Minnesota
Co-investigators	Cheryl Moy University of Michigan
Start	2012-04
Status	in progress
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Mean bytes added to articles per month. The mean bytes added to articles is plotted for the each month of the first year of editor tenure, grouped by introduction style.

Smoothed bytes added to articles per month. The an loess regression with error is plotted for the bytes added to articles in each month of the first year of the editor's tenure, grouped by introduction style.

Mean revisions to articles per month. The mean revisions to articles per editor is plotted for each month of the first year of the editor's tenure, grouped by introduction style.

Smoothed revisions to articles per month. The an loess regression with error is plotted for the revisions to articles in each month of the first year of the editor's tenure, grouped by introduction style.

Proportion of active editors over time. The proportion of editors making at least one edit is plotted for each month of the first year of the editor's tenure, grouped by introduction style.