User:KStoller-WMF/sandbox

Update 2022–09-14: Onboarding improvements and instrumenting blocked account registration

 * Onboarding improvements for new editors:
 * We continue to carefully measure how Growth tools impact new users across wikis. Although Growth features improve newcomer engagement as a whole, we noticed that the current onboarding wasn’t working as well for newcomers who start their first edit, and then create an account before publishing the edit. We’ve made improvements to help better accommodate this user journey (T310320).
 * Instrument blocked account registration
 * There is concern around the impact that large IP blocks are having on newcomers (wikimedia-l thread). Wide IP ranges that are associated with open proxy services are sometimes blocked to stop persistent sockpuppet accounts and vandals from avoiding blocks. But this IP blocking has the negative side effect of blocking many good-faith newcomers from creating accounts and editing. The Growth team has completed a task to instrument this so we can answer some critical questions about account blocks (T306018).