Growth/Newsletters/26

One million Suggested Edits
We passed the 1 million Suggested edits milestone in late April!
 * The Suggested edits feature (AKA Newcomer tasks) increase newcomer activation by ~12%, which flows on through to increased retention. [ 2]
 * Suggested edits increase the number of edits newcomers complete in their first two weeks and have a relatively low revert rate. [ 3]
 * Suggested edits are available on all Wikipedia language editions.
 * Newer Suggested edits, like Add a link and Add an image, aren’t yet deployed to all wikis, but these structured tasks further increase the probability that newcomers will make their first edit. [ 4]

Positive reinforcement

 * The new Impact module was released to Growth pilot wikis in December 2022, and we are now scaling the feature to another ten wikis. [ 4]
 * The Leveling up features are deployed at our pilot wikis.
 * The Personalized praise features were deployed at our pilot wikis on May 24. Mentors at pilot wikis will start to receive notifications weekly when they have “praise-worthy” mentees. Mentors can configure their notification preferences or disable these notifications.

Add an image

 * We are creating a new section-level variation of the “add an image” task. We have tested the accuracy of suggestions, and the development of this new task is well-underway. [ 5]

Other updates

 * We are progressively releasing Add a link to more wikis. [ 6]
 * We investigated Thanks usage on the wikis.
 * We helped with code review for the 2023 Community Wish to add Notifications for user page edits (7).
 * We have been attending several community events: Growth’s Community events report.

What's next for Growth?

 * We shared an overview of Growth annual planning ideas, and have started community discussion about these potential projects. We would love to hear your feedback on these ideas!