Change Details

==== Background The Growth team newcomer homepage project includes a mentor module where an experienced editor is assigned as a "mentor" to newcomers. Mentors participating across wikis have suggested different tools and features that may help with their mentoring activities, notably a Mentor dashboard as documented on [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Mentor_dashboard | this Mediawiki project page ]] and in task T239234. ==== Research goal The Growth team wants to gain a deeper understanding of experienced editors who mentor newcomers on Wikipedia, in order to create a mentorship dashboard (and potentially other tools) that can make the mentoring experience better. === Research Questions * **Understanding motivations and attitudes regarding mentoring** ** Why did they become a mentor? ** How have their experiences as a mentor shaped their motivation/attitudes regarding mentoring? * **Understanding processes & behaviours** ** What are common pain points encountered in mentoring? ** What improvements could be made or potential features that would entice them/provide sufficient value to motivate them past those hurdles? **What do they consider best practices or exemplary qualities of mentoring? * **[tertiary] Provide a general profile of a mentor** **Tenure as an editor? **Languages and other sister projects? **Editing areas of interest? === Approach Conduct 10-12 interviews with a cross-section of editors who have participated as mentors on the Growth experiments.

==== Background The Growth team newcomer homepage project includes a mentor module where an experienced editor is assigned as a "mentor" to newcomers. Mentors participating across wikis have suggested different tools and features that may help with their mentoring activities, notably a Mentor dashboard as documented on [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Mentor_dashboard | this Mediawiki project page ]] and in task T239234. ==== Research goal The Growth team wants to gain a deeper understanding of experienced editors who mentor newcomers on Wikipedia, in order to create a mentorship dashboard (and potentially other tools) that can make the mentoring experience better. === Research Questions * **Understanding motivations and attitudes regarding mentoring** ** Why did they become a mentor? ** How have their experiences as a mentor shaped their motivation/attitudes regarding mentoring? * **Understanding processes & behaviours** ** What are common pain points encountered in mentoring? ** What improvements could be made or potential features that would entice them/provide sufficient value to motivate them past those hurdles? ** What do they consider best practices or exemplary qualities of mentoring? * **[tertiary] Provide a general profile of a mentor** ** Tenure as an editor? ** Languages and other sister projects? ** Editing areas of interest? === Approach Conduct 10-12 interviews with a cross-section of editors who have participated as mentors on the Growth experiments.

==== Background The Growth team newcomer homepage project includes a mentor module where an experienced editor is assigned as a "mentor" to newcomers. Mentors participating across wikis have suggested different tools and features that may help with their mentoring activities, notably a Mentor dashboard as documented on [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Mentor_dashboard | this Mediawiki project page ]] and in task T239234. ==== Research goal The Growth team wants to gain a deeper understanding of experienced editors who mentor newcomers on Wikipedia, in order to create a mentorship dashboard (and potentially other tools) that can make the mentoring experience better. === Research Questions * **Understanding motivations and attitudes regarding mentoring** ** Why did they become a mentor? ** How have their experiences as a mentor shaped their motivation/attitudes regarding mentoring? * **Understanding processes & behaviours** ** What are common pain points encountered in mentoring? ** What improvements could be made or potential features that would entice them/provide sufficient value to motivate them past those hurdles? ** What do they consider best practices or exemplary qualities of mentoring? * **[tertiary] Provide a general profile of a mentor** ** Tenure as an editor? ** Languages and other sister projects? ** Editing areas of interest? === Approach Conduct 10-12 interviews with a cross-section of editors who have participated as mentors on the Growth experiments.