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| Inputs |
Participants |
Activities |
Direct_Products |
Short_Term_Outcomes i.e. Change to Learning and Motivations |
Medium_Term_Outcomes i.e. Change in Action |
Long_Term_Outcomes i.e. Change to the Conditions |
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- Volunteer Hours
- Staff Time
- Venue/Site
- Partners
- Budget/Money/Resource Access
- Wikimedia infrastructure
- Computers and internet access
- Information resources
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- New contributors
- Existing Contributors
- Diverse contributors
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- Targeting and recruitment of participants
- Gathering of participants in an online or in-person event
- Delivery of information and guidance materials
- Content generation/Liberation
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- Number pages/articles/edits done as part of the gathering
- content areas developed as part of the gathering
- Acknowledgments and recognitions
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- Making contributing fun
- Increasing skills to contribute
- Increasing intentions to contribute
- Easing contribution through guides, tools, and templates
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- Participants still contributing
- Participants contributing more
- Higher quality contributions
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- Retention of existing contributors
- Recruitment of new contributors
- Reengagement of inactive contributors
- Increased accuracy and detail (clean, high resolution pics, correct and thorough information in articles)
- Increased usefulness, usability, and use
- Increased awareness of Wikimedia projects
- Increased use and access
- Increased diversity of participants and information coverage
- Decreasing the gender gap
- Expanding content in terms of cultural and geographic coverage
- Expanding topic coverage across the Wikipedia
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| Assumptions |
External Factors
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- Initial enthusiasm = motivation to continue contributing
- Enthusiasm = skills in training others
- Enthusiasm and intention to contribute = actually contributing
- “Fun” is the same for all Wikimedians
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- Environment (e.g. blizzards, heat waves)
- Technology (e.g. computers, internet, Wikimedia servers)
- Logistics (e.g. transportation/infrastructure)
- Economy
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