####User story & summary:
As a en.wp or de.wp Wikimedian, I want to be informed about the "add a link" feature, so that I understand the configuration options available and decide if the feature should be enabled.
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Add_a_link
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_a_link
####Background & research:
This task is important because the "add a link" feature benefits new account holders, however it also creates work for patrollers. Once released, communities will have several options to customize the feature in Special:EditGrowthConfig. The feature can also easily be enabled or disabled.
The [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Structured_tasks/Add_a_link/Experiment_analysis,_December_2021 | Add a Link Experiment analysis ]] finds that the Add a Link structured task leads to increases in newcomer participation, particularly by making constructive (non-reverted) article edits:
- The probability that newcomers make their first article edit (+16.6% over baseline, +10.1% over the unstructured add links task)
- The probability that they are retained as newcomers (+16.2% over baseline, +5.7% over the unstructured link task)
- The number of edits they make during their first couple of weeks on the wiki (+18.7% over baseline, +13.5% over the unstructured link task)
- It also leads to an improvement in the quality of newcomer edits as measured by the revert rate (-11.0% over baseline, -11.5% over the unstructured link task).
####Acceptance Criteria:
[x] Work with PM & comms coworkers on a communication plan
[x] Communicate with en.wp & help answer questions that arise (@KStoller-WMF can assist or lead this communication)
[x] Communicate with de.wp & help answer questions that arise (connect with @Merle_von_Wittich_WMDE or @Verena to see if WMDE wants to lead this communication).
[x] Set a date to deploy the feature but don't activate it
[] Set EN release date (with input from the community & Growth PM & Engineers) - tentatively May 21
[] Set DE release date (with input from the community & Growth PM & Engineers) - tentatively May 21
[ ] Deploy the feature but don't activate it (T308144)