Growth/Newsletters/22

Newcomers tasks reach the 500,000 edits milestone
As of the last week of June 2022, the newcomers of the world have completed over 500,000 newcomer tasks. In other words, newcomers have made over half a million Wikipedia edits via Growth’s “Suggested Edits” module.


 * About 30% of those edits were completed on mobile devices.
 * Usage continues to increase; in June 2022 almost 50,000 newcomer tasks were completed.

Add a Link Experiment Analysis
Add a Link Experiment Analysis has been published. The most important points are:


 * Newcomers who get the Add a Link structured task are more likely to be activated (i.e. make a constructive first article edit).
 * They are also more likely to be retained (i.e. come back and make another constructive article edit on a different day).
 * The feature also increases edit volume (i.e. the number of constructive edits made across the first couple weeks), while at the same time improving edit quality (i.e. the likelihood that the newcomer's edits aren't reverted).

Add an image used for GLAM events
Add an image was utilized at GLAM events in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. For an overview of what was learned from these events, read: #1Pic1Article I: how Latin American heritage experts added images to Wikipedia.

For mentors
The configuration of the mentors list changed. Mentors now have to signup and quit using Special:MentorDashboard.

Recent changes

 * We are moving to a new Image Suggestions API (T306032).

Problems
Add an image has been disabled for a few days due to technical issue. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311916