Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention

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WikiProject Editor Retention was featured in a WikiProject Report in the Signpost on 22 April 2013.

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Tom Simonite (October 22, 2013). "The Decline of Wikipedia". MIT Technology Review. In July 2012, some editors started a page called WikiProject Editor Retention with the idea of creating a place to brainstorm ideas about helping newcomers and fostering a friendlier atmosphere. Today the most vibrant parts of that project's discussion page have gripes about "bullying done by administrators," debates over whether "Wikipedia has become a bloody madhouse," and disputes featuring accusations such as "You registered an account today just to have a go at me?"

Previous conversations about newbies, all in one place, so we can harvest ideas for solutions and not re-hash them

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This is a library of sorts. Open 24/7. No library card is required and no fines will be levied.

Back on July 1, 2012, Dennis Brown said: "I'm seeing a lot of discussion in a lot of places regarding editor retention, but not a coordinated effort. This is that coordinated effort, a way for us to actually do something beside speak out in random venues."

Our edits can and will be changed by others …even this one.

I noticed that this segment included three periods instead of the unicode ellipsis character, so I took it as an invitation and edited it to include the ellipsis for screen reader support.

I didn’t want to break formatting for the infobox, but should the space come after the ellipsis? Horse.staple (talk) 22:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Still active?

I mean other than editor of the week, is this WikiProject still active? waddie96 ★ (talk) 14:49, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]