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For the research team to be able to provide observations and inferences about reasonable content growth in x set of wikis (as defined here), a set of certain definitions has been proposed to be needed before this work kicks off.

• Description.*What is your request about?
  • Provide a set of definitions for the research request on observations and inferences about reasonable content growth and slow content growth in x set of wikis (T381903)

Scope

• Wikipedias
• Set of languages (to be determined)
• The focus is on research definitions
• To be added as relevant

Draft deliverables(s)

• A set of definitions; what is reasonable content growth? what is slow content growth? what is sustainability of a wiki? (any other additional questions)
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High. This work is needed as a prerequisite for this research request. Ideally, it would be great if this work can be prioritized for Q4 .

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Apart from this specific research request, also, broadly highlighting that there is no standardized definition for sustained growth of a wiki either in terms of content growth, contribution or readership. Having the research team begin working on this area would be meaningful. (See broader picture T391293 )

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