Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025/Submissions/Retaining beginners and improving content moderation: an inclusive and sustainable future for Wikipedia contributors

ID : 102	Retaining beginners and improving content moderation: an inclusive and sustainable future for Wikipedia contributors
Author(s): Benoît Evellin, Kirsten Stoller		Username(s): Trizek_(WMF), KStoller-WMF	Type of submission: Panel
		Affiliation: Wikimedia Foundation	Theme(s): Community Engagement, Strategy, Diversity, Technology
Abstract: With active editor numbers declining, Wikimedia’s Contributor Strategy aims to create a clearer, more engaging path for participation for both newcomers and established users. In this session, after a presentation of the features created and maintained by the Editing, Growth, Moderator Tools, and Connection (ex-Campaigns) teams, we will think together on how to streamline contributor experiences, offer structured and mobile-friendly workflows, and foster meaningful engagement.			Slides:
			Level of advancement: medium
			Special requirements:
			Recording (Yes/No): Yes
			Photography (Yes/No): Yes
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of CEE? All communities suffer from user engagement decline. Newcomers don't stay on wiki while established editors struggle with multiple workflows. The Wikimedia Foundation offers several features and workflows that can help communities to address these challenges: do you know all of them? We also plan to improve these features and offer new ones: how would the CEE specific needs feed the Contributors teams work?

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