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Research and Decision Science

Home for the Wikimedia Foundation's Research and Decision Science group (a part of the Product and Technology department). We:

• Provide data and insights that inform strategic and tactical decision-making in the Wikimedia Movement.
• Develop AI models and algorithms to improve readers' and contributors' experience on Wikimedia projects.
• Turn research questions into publicly shared knowledge.
• Champion ethical data and AI practices.

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Management Team

Kate Zimmerman

Senior Director of Decision Science

Leila Zia

Director, Head of Research

Debra Kumar

Manager, User Experience

Miriam Redi

Manager, Research

Omari Sefu

Manager, Movement Insights

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Our teams

• Movement Insights
• Product Analytics
• Research
  • Design Research

Recent analysis and reports

• Movement metrics reports
• Community Insights 2024 Report
• Wikipedia Administrator Recruitment, Retention, and Attrition
• Readers Survey 2023 Report
• Edit Check (References) impact report
• Historical Metrics for the Community Wishlist
• Increasing Participation with the Newcomer Homepage
• Content Quality Assessment across Languages

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.