Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023/Submissions/Growing viewership multiplies newcomers

Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 Logo ID : 26 Growing viewership multiplies newcomers
Author(s): Uladzimir Rusakovich Username(s): W Type of submission: lecture
Affiliation: Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus Theme(s): Community Engagement
Abstract:

The success story of the Belarusian Classical Wikipedia in 2022 was in growing the number of unique viewers by over 60 %. The hypothesis is that it brought 3.5 times more new editors than a year before.

Slides: c:File:Growing viewership multiplies newcomers (Tbilisi, 2023).pdf
Level of advancement: basic
Special requirements: image projector
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of CEE?

Small Wikipedias can grow tremendously even with smaller content creation, if they address the needs of their language communities. It brings more veiwers as well as new editors.


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