Project:Wikimedia Strategy 2017/Cycle 2/Healthy, Inclusive Communities

 Theme: Healthy, Inclusive Communities

By 2030, the Wikimedia volunteer culture will be fun, rewarding, and inclusive for both existing contributors and newcomers. We will welcome new volunteers to our movement and mentor them to ensure that they have a great experience and continue to engage in the projects. People from every background will feel included in an ecosystem of unique groups and organizations that deepen connections with each other. As a result, our movement will grow both in size and in character, as our projects flourish from the healthy community we cultivate together.

Insights from the Wikimedia community (from first discussion)

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Insights from partners and experts

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Findings from Wikimedia user analytics

 * 1) 220,000 people contribute monthly: https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikimediaAllProjects.htm
 * 2) Representation is skewed: https://web.archive.org/web/20161024063241/https:/stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageEditsPerCountryOverview.htm
 * 3) En-wiki editor retention decline: File:Monthly active editors.enwiki 2016-06.svg
 * 4) En-Wiki monthly user retention: File:Enwiki.monthly user retention.survival proportion.svg

Information on Wikimedia affiliates and organized groups

 * 1) Wikimedia affiliates and organized groups: m:Wikimedia movement affiliates
 * 2) 100+ affiliates around the world: File:Wikimedia Capters and WMF Maps.svg

Past community engagement and donor research

 * 1) Gender gap remains: m:Community Engagement Insights
 * 2) Reader motivations: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.05379.pdf
 * 3) Editor motivations: File:Editor_Survey_2012_-_Wikipedia_editing_experience.pdf
 * 4) Money raised by the foundation: File:FY1516DonationsByContinent.png
 * 5) Donor motivation survey: File:Wikimedia 2014 English Fundraiser Survey.pdf

Research from other sources

 * 1) "The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity, and Fake News Online", Pew Research Center: http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/03/29/the-future-of-free-speech-trolls-anonymity-and-fake-news-online/
 * 2) "Online Harassment", Pew Research Center: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/
 * 3) "The Agency, The New York Times, "From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet": https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html
 * 4) "Lithuanian Elves Combat Russian Influence Online", AP: https://apnews.com/27ce7f001bde4ccb9415ce4a0de74af1/lithuanian-elves-combat-russian-influence-online
 * 5) Underrepresented topics remain that way: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-12-22/how-woke-is-wikipedia-s-editorial-pool
 * 6) 84% of Wikipedia articles focus on Europe and North America: http://www.markgraham.space/blog/geographies-of-the-worlds-knowledge

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