Wikimedia Brasil/Report/2026/Products and Technology
Report of activities for 2026 - Products and Technology
First semester
From First Edit to Lasting Contribution: Mapping Wikimedia Brasil's Editor Community

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 | |||||||
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| 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
- ↑ a b c d Diff post: From First Edit to Lasting Contribution: Mapping Wikimedia Brasil's Editor Community
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Open Data Day 2026 in Porto Alegre
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Datosfera lab: Integridade da Informação como Direito Humano: memória, dados e a ditadura militar brasileira (presentation)
- ↑ a b c d Open Culture, Decoloniality, and AI Politics (1, 2, 3 and 4)
- ↑ a b c d e f Wikimedia Commons upload workshop for Wiki Loves Folklore
- ↑ a b c d e f LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call: QuickStatements 3.0 (livestream)
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Wiki Loves Folklore Brasil 2026
- ↑ a b c d Diff post: The lusophone wishlist ArquiBot is now up and running
- ↑ a b c Diff post: Reference reuse and our first Outreachy intern from Latinoamerica
- ↑ a b c Diff post: Wikimedia Hackathon 2026: tecnologia aberta e comunidade
- ↑ a b c WMB Governance tool
- ↑ a b c Wiki Loves Cultura Popular 2026 - Relatório da pesquisa sobre a experiência ao longo do concurso
- ↑ a b Development Plan for Duplicate Reference Checker on Visual Editor - Lusophone wishlist #3 (Development Plan for Duplicate Reference Checker on Visual Editor|Portuguese version)
- ↑ a b OpenRefine tutorial for Metabase
- ↑ a b c Participation in the Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 (livestream and photo)
- ↑ a b Outreachy application - "Addressing the lusophone technological wishlist proposals" (Round 32)
