Research:Ideas/Is ptwiki declining like enwiki?

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Support needed[edit]

  • Someone from ptwiki (preferably fluent in Portuguese) to advise analyses and discuss research results

For comparison, always-fresh stats:


Preliminary results[edit]

The number of monthly active editors (>= 5 edits) is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia.
Monthly active editors. The number of monthly active editors (>= 5 edits) is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia.
The monthly number of active newcomers is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia.
Monthly active newcomers. The monthly number of active newcomers is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia.
The monthly proportion of surviving active newcomers is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia with (normal approx) standard error bars.
Newcomer survival. The monthly proportion of surviving active newcomers is plotted for Portuguese Wikipedia with (normal approx) standard error bars.
active editor
A registered user that saves at least 5 edits to any page (note that this definition differs from the WMF standardized definition of active editor)
active newcomer
A registered user that saves at least one main namespace edit within one month of registration
surviving newcomer
A registered user that saves at least one edit between two months and six months after registration

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