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From First Edit to Lasting Contribution: Mapping Wikimedia Brasil's Editor Community

Oficina de Museu Portátil — Preservação Digital com a Wikimedia

In May 2026, Wikimedia Brasil published a comprehensive analysis of the profiles and contributions of editors engaged in WMB activities since 2014. The study segments the editor community across five dimensions, identifying engagement patterns, the critical window for editor retention, and the role long-term editors play in community sustainability. The methodology is fully documented, reproducible, and published openly.[1]

The analysis aligns with WMB's strategic axis of sustaining collaborative practices in favor of free knowledge, serving as a diagnosis of the health and resilience of the communities WMB engages. Its findings feed directly into programmatic action points on increasing and qualifying editor engagement. The work produced one analysis pipeline and public repository, and one Diff post, providing concrete, data-driven foundations for future decisions on community growth and editor retention.

Operational and General metrics

Operational and General metrics
Activity Metrics S1 S2 Total References
Community Sessions Number of sessions 3 - 3 [2] [3] [4]
Number of Wikimedia agencies involved 1 - 1 [3]
Capacity Building Number of initiatives 2 - 2 [5] [6]
Partnerships Number of partnerships activated 1 - 1 [5]
Programs and Campaigns Number of activities 1 - 1 [7]
Communications Deliverables Number of community posts 4 - 4 [8] [1] [9] [10]
Products Number of new or improved products 1 - 1 [11]
Research Number of new research results 1 - 1 [12]
Resources Number of resources 32 - 32 [5] [7] [2] [3] [6] [13] [14]
- Number of participants 177 - 177 [5] [6] [3] [15] [4]
Number of editors 91 - 91 [7] [2] [3]
Number of retained editors 39 - 39 [7] [2] [3]
Number of new editors 40 - 40 [7] [2] [3]
Number of organizers 18 - 18 [5] [16] [7] [8] [2] [3] [6] [11] [15] [1] [12] [4] [9] [10]
Number of retained organizers 11 - 11 [5] [16] [7] [8] [2] [3] [6] [11] [15] [1] [12] [4] [9] [10] [13] [14]
Number of new organizers 6 - 6 [8] [3] [6]
Number of files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons 1042 - 1042 [7]
Number of items edited in Wikidata 34 - 34 [2]

References