| Group
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Description
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Needs
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Key voice
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Input channels
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| Readers
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Read Wikipedia, sporadically or heavily, but have never clicked the 'edit' button
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- Editing tools do not adversely affect the reading experience
- Aware of the opportunity to become an editor
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Abbey Ripstra, Dan, and (during launch prep) Aaron from the research team.
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?
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| New editors
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Have made only a handful of edits, or have clicked the 'edit' button but been discouraged
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VisualEditor is easy to use, and pushes users to behaviors favored by the community (adding useful citations, edit summaries, wikilinks, etc.)
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Abbey, Dan, and (during launch prep) Aaron from the research team.
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Dashboard.
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| Casual editors
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Edit sporadically (5-99 edits a month), and have a moderate understanding of the project and community
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VisualEditor works well as a main editor for a content contributor, and does not try to be overly helpful (not like e.g. Clippy)
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Abbey, Dan, and (during launch prep) Aaron from the research team.
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Dashboard.
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| Sherry Snyder and Erica Litrenta from Community Engagement.
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Phabricator tasks, weekly meetings.
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| Power editors
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Edit heavily (99+ edits a month), have a broad understanding of the project, and heavily identify as community members
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- WikiEditor continues to work well
- VisualEditor is useful for use cases that WikiEditor does not cover well (e.g. table editing, auto citations, etc.)
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Sherry and Erica from Community Engagement.
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Phabricator tasks, weekly meetings.
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| Self-selected power editors
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Phabricator tasks, MediaWiki wiki (e.g. VisualEditor/Feedback), public triage meetings (though not in practice)
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| Donors
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Mostly individuals giving through the website, which overlaps heavily with editors and readers.
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- Large donors want input into product prioritization.
- Want consistent public-facing updates
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Communications team. Caitlin Virtue on Advancement.
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Nothing direct. Temporarily, VE launch meetings.
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| Volunteer developers
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Non-WMF developers who contribute to VE or related tools, or want to.
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Input into decision-making process. Visibility into current changes.
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Quim Gil. Self-selected members (e.g. TheDJ, EranRoz)
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IRC. Mailing lists. Phabricator. RfCs?
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