Overview
This 4-week onboarding plan, structured into weekly modules, can include:
- Clear instructions + short videos (<30 seconds) for learning Wikipedia basics, starting translations, picking topics, guided section translation, and publishing.
- Promotion via banners on selected wikis, event registration, and emails to registered campaign users. * Include users from the previous experiment if possible.
- Coordinate discussions around weekly activities on talk pages and provide ongoing contributor support.
- Recognize contributors with the highest impact by featuring them in a Wikipedia blog post celebrating their work.
Sample Week 1: Learn Wikipedia Basics
- Explore Wikipedia’s best practices - start with Panchsheel (Five Pillars).
- Watch a short video explaining the best practices
- Prompt: What’s one best practice you found most interesting or new to you?
- → Share your response or thoughts on your community’s Talk page!