Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023/Submissions/CEE Spring: why you want less but better articles

ID : 13	CEE Spring: why you want less but better articles
Author(s): Mykola Kozlenko		Username(s): NickK	Type of submission: lecture, workshop
		Affiliation: Wikimedia Ukraine	Theme(s): Community Engagement, Partnerships
Abstract: Wikimedia Ukraine has been organising CEE Spring since its launch in 2015, usually being the leader or one of the leaders by number of articles. With years we evaluated our results and we understood that we actually want less, not more articles, provided these articles are better but more relevant. This presentation will show Ukrainian experience in CEE Spring and some ideas for improvement, such as: Expanding CEE Spring to sister projects, such as Wikiquote and Wikivoyage Focusing on key articles, such as articles on well-known topics without Ukrainian version or popular stubs Adjusting scoring criteria to favour fewer higher-quality articles instead of more lower-quality ones Identifying countries with most gaps and encouraging to write more about them by giving a higher coefficient. Working with partners to encourage writing articles about specific countries.			Slides: File:WMUA CEE Meeting 2023 CEE Spring.pdf
			Level of advancement: medium
			Special requirements:
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of CEE? This session will allow CEE Meeting participants to learn about different ways of making CEE Spring more impactful and more appealing to participants. Because Ukrainian community is traditionally among the most active in the contest, we believe we are well positioned to share our experience, and that this experience will be useful for other countries and language projects of the region. It will hopefully encourage other communities to consider evaluating their results in CEE Spring and identifying ways of making the contest more efficient for their language. The presentation can be followed by a discussion on other good approaches to CEE Spring in different communities.

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•  « Saper // talk »  20:19, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Hi, Mykola! Can rising the requirements for creating & editing articles be effective in making better articles? Is creating an award for good articles during CEE Spring seen as one of the solutions? Best wishes,W (talk) 13:18, 9 June 2023 (UTC)