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In 2024/25 , through the [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/Goals/Equity#Closing_Knowledge_Gaps | knowledge equity objective ]], we have had an opportunity to support 5 new languages Southern Ndebele (nrwiki), Iban (ibawiki), Obolo (annwiki), Tai Nüa (tddwiki), Pannonian Rusyn (rskwiki) . So far we have tested several hypothesis as defined in the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Language_Onboarding_and_Development_/_Annual_Plan_2024-25#Idea_1:_Providing_Access_to_Modern_Wiki_Features_Beyond_Incubator | 2024-24 Annual plan ]]. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Languages_Onboarding_Experiment_2024_-_Executive_Summary | Learnings from this experiment ]], highlighted that most of the test Wikipedias that were allowed to ‘graduate’ from the Incubator early and receive full production access were in fact experiencing decreased content editing activity. We however learnt that the decline in edits was not limited to these wikis, but to other wikis that have graduated recently for example Central Dusin Wikipedia created on 28th May 2024, Angika wikipedia created on 22nd March 2024 and Kusaal Wikipedia created on 24th April 2024 just to mention a few. In terms of article creation, we observed that only Iban Wikipedia showed a significant increase in the number of articles created, while others either remained stable or declined.
Digging up this further, we observed different patterns of content growth in various wikis. For example, looking at a few recently launched wikis from this [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#Active_editions | list ]] that have either grown fairly quickly or declined since their launch-Betawi Wikipedia, which has reached nearly 3,000 articles since its launch in April 2024-what’s their story? Or how did Moroccan Amazigh Wikipedia managed to create over 11,000 articles since its launch in November 2023 with 36 editors? On the other hand, what happened to Dinka Wikipedia, which, since its launch in 2017, has struggled to surpass 400 articles and grow beyond 11 editors?
* **Description.***What is your request about?
- Provide observations and inferences about reasonable content growth in x set of wikis within a certain period of time from graduation date
- Provide observations and inferences about slow content growth in x set of wikis within a certain period of time from graduation date
**Scope**
- Wikipedias
- Reduced set of languages (to be determined)
- The focus is on research to provide observations and inferences
- Both Qualitative and Quantitative insights
- //To be added as relevant//
**Draft deliverables(s)**
- A set of observations and inferences about reasonable content growth and slow growth in x set of wikis within a certain period of time from graduation date
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High. This work is a continuation of our OKR work and will help us explore potential interventions to support content growth for languages with a smaller presence on our platform. We expect this work to contribute to [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2025-2026/Product_%26_Technology_OKRs#Vital_Knowledge_(WE2) | vital knowledge objective. ]] Ideally, it would be great if this work can be prioritized for Q1.
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* **Other.** Do you have any other questions or comments ?
Ground work is needed to align on definitions for this research for example what is reasonable content growth? what does slow growth mean? What are the set of wikis to draw observations and inferences from?
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