Wikipedia Event and Edit-a-Thon Metrics How-To Guide:
First Steps:
edit- Familiarize yourself with potential metrics.
- Number of attendees, number of Wikipedians.
- Wikimetrics tool - (bytes added, edits, number registered, pages created, “survival,” and “threshold” (based on a threshold (x) number of edits).
- Metrics on technology used and provided.
- Qualitative: interviews, recordings, observations about venue, environment, set-up, technology.
- Choose what type of metrics you want to gather for events. Make a plan to use this set of metrics for ALL of your events, consistently.
- Choose a timeline for gathering metrics.
- Questions: Will metrics be gathered on the day of events/ what metrics need to be gathered day-of?
- Will metrics be gathered after a period has passed after an event?
For the Event:
edit- Designate a person to gather metrics on the day of events.
- Make sure the designated metrics-gather has access to forms or spreadsheets where they can enter the metrics gathered day-of.
- Arrive prepared to gather metrics.
Reporting:
edit- Designate a project space on Wiki to report your metrics publically.
- Create an internal spreadsheet where the metrics for all events are stored.
- Consider creating a report once several events have been hosted.
- Consider writing a blog post or article about your experience gathering metrics, lessons learned, and/or some results from your metrics gathering.