Thank you @Jelto! Confirming that I grant approval for Dani to access the items listed in this task as part of her role as a data scientist. Let me know if you need anything else from me.

Completed see link: https://app.asana.com/1/3758245663860/project/1211375074702061/task/1211428286960694?focus=true

Diff post is published! Link: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/26/insights-on-mobile-web-editing-on-wikipedia-in-2025-part-i/

First draft of the survey delivered to the internal team for review. Link to draft.

This task is completed - link to update.

Sharing a link to a write-up on the session on mediawiki "Wikipedia’s Mobile Editing Experience: A Friction Point or a New Frontier?"

• I've added new suggested tools to our list of unsupported tools and completed the benchmarking exercise.
  • Met this week with the internal task force for the Unsupported Tools Working Group. We determined that we should proceed with the current list of tools and metrics and kick off conversations with community members to determine which tool to support.

Completed a first draft of a list of unsupported tools with benchmarking metrics. The Unsupported Tools Working Group will meet this week to discuss prioritization and next steps.

I’m sharing a summary of the learnings here.

Closing this task. Completed analysis and discussion of the potential research topics - link to summary of results:

• The group has decided that for the remainder of this quarter, we’ll conduct research into Topic 4. Abandons Edit: Understanding Barriers to Edit Completion (User Intent & Behavioral Factors).
• The process of evaluating various topics surfaced several ideas that the group sees as high-impact—insights that, even if not pursued this quarter, could inform future hypotheses or product experiments (see “New Lessons” section for a summary key insights).

I’m sharing a summary of the learnings here.

This task is complete. Sharing the session recordings:

• "Coordinate Across Stakeholders with the Product and Technology Advisory Council" Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFVtAk2EGw&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfIr2HbYikIz4XMBXKTGytWY&t=1097s
• "Navigating Change: Insights into Product, Moderation, Participation & External Trends" Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/8pN9qxWPBOs?t=9958s
• "Wikipedia’s Mobile Editing Experience: A Friction Point or a New Frontier?" Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/8pN9qxWPBOs?t=19366s

Update:
This week, we assessed all the findings of the working group thus far and developed a list of potential research topics to pursue for the remainder of Q1. Sharing:
1] List of insights/learnings from the working group thus far
2] List of potential research topics

Completed this analysis, sharing the TLDR/key insights:

• Mobile Web IP Wikitext users dominate entry, but rarely succeed: They represent the largest group of editor clicks, yet ~95% make no changes and only ~1.7% of edits become visible—suggesting friction in converting interest into contribution and/or a large number of curious visitors who have no intent to edit.
• A small set of registered desktop users drives the bulk of editing output: Just 16% of clicks from Registered-Desktop-Wikitext users produce nearly 60% of all visible edits, underscoring a strong, reliable contributor base.
• Edit abandonment is significantly higher on mobile web: Among registered users, the mobile edit abandonment rate (i.e. cases where a user has started an edit but does not publish it) is ~23× higher than desktop (4.5% vs 0.2%)—suggesting mobile-specific usability and/or technical barriers.
• VisualEditor reverts more often than Wikitext: VE users experience higher reversion rates across both mobile and desktop platforms but it is especially high for IP-MW editors —indicating possible issues with edit quality, trust, or missing context. This echoes previous analysis which revealed that MW VE edits have higher reversion rates even when registration status, user experience, edit size and wiki are controlled for.
• User experience is a strong predictor of success: Junior contributors outperform newcomers, but still face relatively high abandonment and reversion when compared to senior contributors—especially on mobile—highlighting the importance of support and editor UX for less experienced users, even junior contributors (1-100 edits).
• Wikitext sees more abandoned edit attempts, but this may reflect lower intent: Across platforms, Wikitext editors—especially on mobile—are more likely to open the editor without making changes. This could reflect usability challenges or the fact that Wikitext is the default editor on enwiki, attracting less intentional or exploratory clicks compared to VisualEditor, which requires more deliberate engagement.

Established a preliminary draft of the Contributor Journey Mapping: Mobile Web Editing.

Began running the user journey analysis but hitting a snag trying to get the visuals to run in R. I’m currently troubleshooting. I'm aiming to have some results to show by Wednesday 18th June.

Sharing an update: I've gathered feedback on research topics from PTAC and the Movement Insights team. The MWEWG agreed that I would support the group’s User Journey Mapping workstream and then use the learnings from this, combined with the feedback I’ve received on research topics to determine the focus quantitative data analysis for mobile web.

This task is completed. Sharing the stocktaking results here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UxFr4tK_KQ-UyYMhR29G3EOnxi7-iJIOt9SPNFxTwY8/edit?usp=sharing

Sharing the mapping of topic areas to initiatives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qs8XhQMteEIDwQnVdljiW0ekY7Z5Cr6e1wOVKyCxojg/edit?usp=sharing

Sharing link to budget section write up in the AP: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2025-2026/Budget_Overview