Some smart words about the generalities of data turnout
Response rates and data quality/limitations
Edit-a-thons are popular! 28 program leaders reported 26 edit-a-thons. But program leaders need to track usernames of participants better. We had to pull additional data to supplement the lack of username reporting.
Edit-a-thons were the most frequently self-reported program type – 26 edit-a-thons were reported directly through the survey by program leaders. However, many program leaders did not track usernames of participants in order to track their contributions made before, during, and after the event. Aside from the 26 edit-a-thons that were self-reported, our team pulled data on 20 additional English Wikipedia edit-a-thons for which public records of participants were available on wiki.[1]
A total of 46 edit-a-thons completed between February 2012 and October 2013 were reviewed for this report. As with all the program report data reviewed in this report, report data were often partial and incomplete, please refer to the notes, if any, in the bottom left corner of each graph below.
Priority goals
According to program leaders, edit-a-thons have fourpriority goals.
We asked program leaders to select their priority goals for edit-a-thons. We provided 18 priority goals with an additional 19th option to report on "other" goals as well, and they could select as many or as little as they saw fit. 13 program leaders chose between seven and 18priority goals.[2]
Our team noted four stand out goals that appeared as priorities amongst the reporting program leaders (see table below):
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For edit-a-thon reports, 13 program leaders (87% of the 15 who provided direct reports) reported and the number of selected priority goals ranged from 7 to 18 with an average of 12 (Mean=12, Standard deviation=3).