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Articles Created and Improvededit
From the 97 edit-a-thons reporting this metric (78%), the range was 0 to 983 articles created or improved, where the average event created or improved 7 new articles.[2] ![]()
Types of contributionsedit
Articles created and improved were the most frequent type of content contribution, and was reported for 97 edit-a-thons. One of these edit-a-thons even reported a featured article. In addition, 639 media were added during 17 edit-a-thons that reported, and 48 of those media were used on article pages. While most metrics of contribution for edit-a-thons focus on amount of text added, additional data on these other measures would paint a more complete picture of contributions at edit-a-thons.
Pages of Textedit
Text pages are a way to frame how much content is added to articles. For this report, one page of text was defined as 1,500 characters in any language.[3] From the 87 edit-a-thons reporting bytes added, the average event resulted in about 12.5 total text pages.[4] By counting pages of text added and removed in the edit-a-thons, we see that a total of 3,361.7 pages of text were added, while 436.9 pages of text were removed. The average number of pages added was 12.6[5] The average number of pages removed was 0.6.[6]
Budget & Content CreatededitCost per article created or improvededit
Data was obtained on the cost per article created or improved for sixteen (13%) of 121 edit-a-thons. The cost per article created or improved has a wide range $0.00 USD to $160.00, but a narrow distribution, where 75% of the reported cost per article created or improved is below $17.40 USD. For the typical edit-a-thon, the cost per article created or improved is $0.00 USD.[7]
Cost per text pageedit
We obtained data on the cost per text page added or removed for 14 (12%) of the 121 edit-a-thons. The cost per text page has a wider range but narrow distribution, where the cost per text page for any event is less than $12.13 USD but the cost per text page for 75% of the edit-a-thons is less than $3.91 USD. For the typical edit-a-thon, the cost per text page is $0.00 USD.[8]
Budget, participation, and text pagesedit
Only 14 edit-a-thons reported information for budget, number of participants, and text pages added or removed. Most edit-a-thons reporting a budget included 11 to 23 participants and there was no relationship between budget and text pages. Budget per week does not show a significant relationship with number of participants nor with text pages.[9] Similarly, participants does not show a significant relationship with text pages.[10]
Hours, participation, and text pagesedit
In terms of relationships between hours invested and numbers of participants or amount of content, only sixteen edit-a-thons had reported both hours and numbers of participants, and only seven reported both hours and text pages added or removed. There were too few data points with too much variation to meaningfully interpret any relationships between hours input and participation or content. ![]() This graph compares the seven edit-a-thons that report organizer hours, number of participants, and text pages added.
Participation, articles created or improved, and text pagesedit
For the 95 events (79%) which reported both participants and articles created or improved, the number of articles created or improved tend to increase when the number of participants increases.[11] However, for the 86 events that reported participants and text pages added or removed (12%), we find no relationship between the number of participants and the number of text pages created.[12] ![]() Participants, articles created or improved, and text pages added or removed. This graph compares the 86 edit-a-thons that report numbers of participants, articles created or improved, and text pages added or removed. Edit-a-thons with more participants tend to have more articles created or improved, but we find no relationship between participants and number of text pages added or removed.
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User Recruitment and Retention
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A few things to remember with this section:
For the one-month window, data was available on 85 events. There were a total of 354 new users and 890 existing users involved in the eligible events. For the six-month window, data was available for 80 events. There were a total of 354 new users and 853 existing users involved in the eligible events. The dots illustrated in each of the green and blue columns in the chart below represent the number of editors who were active at (black dots) or survived to (white dots) at each follow-up point. ![]()
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![]() Replication and shared learning
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Information on replication and shared learning was available for 31% of the edit-a-thons included in this report (38 events). Of these, 100% were run by experienced program leaders. Furthermore, 37% (14) reported using blogs or other online information to tell others about the event; 24% (9) created brochures or other printed materials to tell others about the event; and 13% (5) generated guides or instructions on how to run a similar event. The graph below compares these different percentages across edit-a-thons. ![]()
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