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Growth News, July 2024
Community Configuration
De Growth team release Community Configuration for all Wikipedias. You fi access am for Special:CommunityConfiguration.
Dis fresh special page dey replace Special:EditGrowthConfig. For now, dem fi configure all Growth features dey use Community Configuration. Configuration give AutoModerator (T365046) den oda features fi be available insyd de future.
You fi help plus translations. Dem dey do de interface translation for Translatewiki.net. You sanso fi help translate de documentation.
If you attend Wikimania 2024, please join we for de session about Community configuration ein future!
Current work
Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module
We will add a new Community Configurable module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version available to beta wikis. We will conduct an A/B test at our pilot wikis using the new Metrics Platform. We still welcome community feedback on initial designs and plans, in any language at our project talk page.
Future work
Increase constructive activation on mobile
As part of the Growth team 2024/2025 Annual Plan, the Growth team will explore various ways to increase the percentage of newcomers who successfully start editing.
Editing a Wikipedia page requires too much context and patience. It means many trial and error for newcomers to contribute, meaning a steeper learning curve and potential discouraging reverts. To support a new generation of volunteers, we will increase the number and availability of smaller, structured, and more task-specific editing workflows (E.g. Edit Check and Structured Tasks). The Growth team will primarily focus on Structured Tasks, while working closely with the Editing team to ensure our work integrates well with Edit Check.
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