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Back to Measures for Evaluation References and Sources Goal: Increase the number of high-quality sources in articles Example Programs, Projects, or Events increase AWARENESS of the importance of sources; of the importance of reliable sources Make sources AVAILABLE for editors make it EASIER TO ADD a good source (citation, image, etc.) to an article

More Measures Increase Participation Add Quality Content Expand Reach and Readership Recruit New Users Awareness of Content Needs Awareness of Wikimedia Convert New Users Diversity of Participation Access to Wikimedia Retain Community Participation of Content Experts Reputation of Wikimedia Quality Productivity per Editor References and Sources

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Inputs

Number of organizing and supporting staff and volunteers (ambassadors, mentors etc.)

Count of supporting staff and volunteers

Meeting Records, Logs, Reported estimates

Hours invested by staff and volunteers organizing and executing

Estimate of hours invested

Calendar Records, Logs, Reported estimates

In-kind donations (prizes, etc),

Estimated value in currency (comparable cost)

Funds or money used

Budget accounting

Budget spreadsheet

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Outputs

Number of sources made available

Number of tools created to facilitate the adding of citations

Number of editors using the sources

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Short term outcomes

Number of sources added/used in Wikipedia articles

Proprtion of articles with citations increases

Satisfaction of contributors increases

Satisfaction of readers increases

Number of Wikipedians adding sources (or # of NEW Wikipedians adding sources)

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Intermediate outcomes

( Quality of articles improves )

proportion of articles without "citation needed" templates decreases

( Readership increases )

Number of page views (or unique visitors) on articles with increased sourcing increases

Number of content downloads

Number of times pages are linked externally (blogs, websites, national news sites etc.)