User:KStoller-WMF/sandbox

This project is intended to help better onboard newcomers interested in article creation.

About 25% of newly registered users who complete the Welcome Survey indicate that they have created an account specifically to create a new article. Growth tools currently encourage newcomers to try small edits before diving into article creation, yet many newcomers still attempt to create an article right away.

Current status

 * 2022-12-08: Meeting with English Wikipedia New pages patrol representatives
 * Next: Continue to discuss community ideas & document initial project details

Goals
We want to:


 * Make sure good faith newcomers with appropriate article ideas can successfully publish their article
 * Provide guidance so that good faith newcomers are more successful when creating articles
 * Retain good faith newcomers and provide a good experience, even if their article idea isn't notable or appropriate for Wikipedia.
 * Minimize bad articles created, to reduce content moderation burden

We don't want to:


 * Restrict article creation further or change user access levels
 * Create a process that limits bad faith article additions, but unintentionally also limits good faith article additions or reduces newcomer retention

Community Discussion
Some smaller wikis are eager for more content and could benefit from improved onboarding for article creation. Some larger wikis are eager for better onboarding for article creation to help with newcomer retention and to help reduce the burden of patrolling low quality articles. Some smaller wikis are eager for more content and could benefit from improved onboarding for article creation.

Some smaller wikis are eager for more content and could benefit from improved onboarding for article creation. Some larger wikis are eager for better onboarding for article creation to help with newcomer retention and to help reduce the burden of patrolling low quality articles. Some smaller wikis are eager for more content and could benefit from improved onboarding for article creation.


 * English Wikipedia discussion: Newcomer experience + new article

Community ideas:

 * New user article flowchart
 * New landing page proposal
 * Vision for a better Article Wizard

Initial data:

 * Across all Wikipedias from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022, about 4.26% of new articles created, are created by accounts that are less than 30 days old
 * About 25% of newly registered users who complete the Welcome Survey indicate that they have created an account specifically to create a new article

Research Plan:

 * TBD