User:KStoller-WMF/sandbox

We discussed the Positive Reinforcement project with community members from Arabic, Bengali, Czech, English, and French wikis. We received direct feedback about the three main ideas, along with many other ideas for improving new editor retention. Below is a summary of the main themes from the feedback, along with how we plan to iterate based on the feedback.

Other ideas:
Community members suggested several other ideas for improving newcomer engagement and retention. We think these are all valuable ideas (some of which we are already exploring or want to work on in the future) but likely the following ideas won't fit within the scope of the current project.


 * Send engagement emails to welcome newcomers.
 * Expose newcomers to Wikiprojects that relate to their interests.
 * Include a customizable widget on the newcomer homepage to allow wikis to promote certain newcomer tasks or events.
 * Send notifications to users who welcome newcomers once the newcomer reaches certain editing milestones (to help prompt the user to offer Thanks or Wikilove).