Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Reform/Attrition/Study

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Contents 1 Hypotheses 2 Method 2.1 Overview 2.2 Possible exit interview questions 3 Data 3.1 Reasons for leaving 3.1.1 Wikipedians who left over RFCs 3.1.2 Wikipedians who left over MfDs 3.1.3 Wikipedians who left over AfDs 3.1.4 Wikipedians who left over RFArs 3.1.5 Wikipedians who left over other stuff 3.1.6 To be sorted 4 Analysis 5 Conclusions

[edit] Hypotheses

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• Dissatisfaction with the outcomes of Wikipedia processes is a major cause of attrition.

[edit] Method

[edit] Overview

We plan on reviewing information from userpages and other sources and possibly conducting exit interviews.

[edit] Possible exit interview questions

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• What are your primary reasons for leaving?
• What did you find most satisfying about being a Wikipedian?
• What did you find most frustrating about Wikipedia?
• Were there any Wikipedia policies or procedures that made your work more difficult?
• Would you consider returning to Wikipedia in the future?
• Would you recommend Wikipedia to a friend as a good place to work?
• Is there anything Wikipedia could have done to prevent you from leaving?

[edit] Data

[edit] Reasons for leaving

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[edit] Wikipedians who left over RFCs

• User:Jmaynard – His userpage states that he left over the incident at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Doc glasgow. Departure occurred circa 2 March 2007.[1]

[edit] Wikipedians who left over MfDs

[edit] Wikipedians who left over AfDs

[edit] Wikipedians who left over RFArs

[edit] Wikipedians who left over other stuff

[edit] To be sorted

• User:Alkivar – departed circa 4 November 2007
• Everyone in Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians
• User:Ta bu shi da yu – not sure how to classify this one. See User_talk:Obuibo Mbstpo/Archive 1#Your_edit to WP:CANVASS. Departure occurred circa November 2007.
• User:RickK – admin (account registered 2002) who left after being blocked (circumstances are complicated). Departed June 2005.
• User:Sarsaparilla. Used serial accounts, no charges of actual sock puppetry (simultaneously used accounts), beyond creation of socks for block evasion. Legitimate accounts, beginning with Sarsaparilla, are User:Ron Duvall, User:Absidy, User:Obuibo Mbstpo, and User:Larry E. Jordan. See Talk here for discussion of the history of this user.

[edit] Analysis

[edit] Conclusions