Activity Report for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2013–14
This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.
Content programs
Wikimedia DC held three edit-a-thons, two of which were held in partnership with local cultural institutions. A total of 38 volunteers attended these three edit-a-thons, volunteering approximately 147 hours in total. This volunteering includes editing Wikipedia, learning how to edit Wikipedia, and helping others in their editing. Twenty of these volunteers created their Wikipedia accounts at these events or in the preceding week, constituting approximately 52.6% of the total attendees. None of these newcomers have attended edit-a-thons since, making reaching out to them all the more necessary. Indeed, only three volunteers participated in two or more edit-a-thons. We expect repeat attendance figures to increase as more events are held and more efforts are made to reach out to past attendees.
Smithsonian Libraries Edit-a-Thon
11 newcomers
- Contributed 13,577 bytes total across 82 edits (average: 1,234 bytes / 7 edits per editor)
- 8 newcomers made edits; 3 didn't
- 3 new articles created (Walter Launt Palmer, Amanda Brewster Sewell, and Aloys Loeher)
- 5 existing articles improved (Gari Melchers, Mary Lawrence, Louis Moeller, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, and Preston Powers)
8 veterans
- Contributed 23,052 bytes total across 64 edits (average: 2,881.5 bytes / 8 edits per editor)
- All made edits
- 3 new articles created (Alice De Wolf Kellogg, Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson, and Mary Lizzie Macomber)
- 6 existing articles improved (Anna Lea Merritt, Helen Farnsworth Mears, Carol Brooks MacNeil, Albert Francis Zahm, World's Columbian Exposition, Julian Russell Story)
Total: 36,629 bytes across 146 edits with six new articles and 11 existing articles improved.
Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
5 newcomers
- Contributed 3,288 bytes total across 34 edits (average: 658 bytes / 7 edits per editor)
- 3 newcomers made edits; 2 didn't
- 1 new article created (Edward Phelps
- 4 existing articles improved (Laurel Museum, Laurel Mill, Edward Phelps, List of mayors of Laurel)
7 veterans
- Contributed 15,959 bytes total across 45 edits (average: 2,280 bytes / 6 edits per editor)
- Six of seven experienced attendees edited
- 4 new articles created (Kenilworth Avenue, Patuxent Iron Works, Laurel Sanitarium, Laurel Mill)
- 10 existing articles improved (Laurel, Social Science History, Patuxent River, Richard Snowden, Soul food, Baltimore, Straw hat, Howard County, Prince George's County, Laurel Park)
Total: 19,247 bytes total across 79 edits with five new articles and 14 existing articles improved
International Year of Statistics Edit-a-Thon
3 newcomers
- Contributed 153 bytes total across 3 edits (average: 51 bytes / 1 edit per editor)
- 1 newcomer made edits; 2 didn't
- 2 existing articles improved (Frederick Ludwig Hoffman and List of presidents of the American Statistical Association)
8 veterans
- Contributed 20,351 bytes total across 43 edits (average: 2,544 bytes / 5 edits per editor)
- All made edits
- 5 articles created (Lynne Billard, S. N. D. North, Isador Lubin, Katherine Wallman)
- 19 existing articles improved (Loro Piana, Sears, Asprey, Garrard & Co, Bali Package, World Trade Organization, Alexander Bittelman, K-pop, Steve Rabson, Edward Jarvis, Richard Fletcher, Battle of the Damned, John Chambers, Statistics Without Borders, Censuses of Egypt, Schnull-Rauch House, Middle Lake Hamilton, Tent stitch, Moses Abramovitz)
Total: 20,504 bytes total across 46 edits with five new articles and 21 existing articles improved.
1 person opted out of participating in the analysis
Technology programs
- November 16-17 Luce Center Hack-a-thon (we promoted it, but did anyone in our community attend this event?)
Community programs
- October 13 WikiSalon on annual plan; subsequent dinner
- October 23 dinner meetup
- November 9 annual meeting
- December 16 Holiday Happy Hour with Social Media Club DC
Organizational development
- October 5 Board meeting
- October 29 Board meeting
- November 8 Board meeting
- December 7 Board meeting
- Membership stats