Infodisiac

Today I released four new wikistats reports, which all focus on our global readership.
Since years a report provide insights in how many pages each Wikipedia serves monthly.
More recent reports provide detailed cross sections through traffic.
But our understanding of where in the world those pages are read could be improved.
The following reports, with varying level of [...]

Today I want to announce new wikistats reports. While browsing for a suitable illustration
on Flickr, I came across this picture by Alexander Duret-Lutz. A bookshelf
with neatly organized shelves often serves as a metaphore for Wikipedia.
This picture brings fond memories of our more disorganized past.
I think this image deserves better than a mere supportive role.
So follow [...]

Today I nuanced my previous blog post (actually mostly the title). I realize the title will be seen as the bottom line of how well we are doing today. I need to nuance that.
I repeat the addendum from that post:
Before I give the wrong impression: the blog title needs some clarification. The title “New editors [...]

After deliberation I decided to publish this story as one article despite its length, for clarity sake.
*Dec 7th: I changed the exclamation mark into a question mark. See also remark at end of this blog on how to interpret the blog title.

Introduction
“Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages”, “Wikipedia editors are leaving in droves”. The Wall [...]

After several months of incremental development and internal circulation within WMF, the Wikimedia Report Card goes public. It was commissioned to help board, staff, community and outsiders get a quick overview over trends.
The nature of the report dictates conciseness, especially in the summarized versions. For further analysis the report contains links that [...]