User talk:Debastein/Archives/2012/April

Requesting Feedback

Hi I am a student at Clemson University and am writing an article on Costa Rica's biodiversity for my English composition course. I am editing the existing page "Wildlife of Costa Rica". I was wondering if you would be willing to read my article and offer any feedback you might have.

Thanks Jkohles422 (talk) 03:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey Jkohles, sorry for replying so late, but as you see, I had my exams and hence was on a temporary break from Wikipedia. I just saw your post. I'll get back to you as early as possible, which might be by tomorrow, is that ok? --Debastein (talk) 02:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Two

Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

• Teahouse celebrates one month of being open! This first month has drawn a lot of community interest to the Teahouse. Hosts & community members have been working with the project team to improve the project in many ways including creating scripts to make inviting easier, exploring mediation processes for troubling guests, and best practices regarding mentoring for new editors who visit the Teahouse.

Springtime means fresh tea leaves...

• First month metrics report an average of 30 new editors visiting the Teahouse each week. Approximately 30 new editors participate in the Teahouse each week, by way of asking questions and making guest profiles. An average of six new questions and four new profiles are made each day. We'd love to hear your ideas about how we can spread the word about the Teahouse to more new editors.
• Teahouse has many regulars. Like any great teahouse, our Teahouse has a 61% return rate of guests, who come back to ask additional questions and to also help answer others' questions. Return guests cite the speedy response rate of hosts and the friendly, easy to understand responses by the hosts and other participants as the main reasons for coming back for another cup o' tea!
• Early metrics on retention. It's still too early to draw conclusions about the Teahouse's impact on new editor retention, but, early data shows that 38% of new editors who participate at the Teahouse are still actively editing Wikipedia 2-4 weeks later, this is compared with 7% from a control group of uninvited new editors who showed similar first day editing activity. Additional metrics can be found on the Teahouse metrics page.
• Nine new hosts welcomed to the Teahouse. Nine new hosts have been welcomed to the Teahouse during month one: Chicocvenancio, Cullen328, Hallows AG, Jeffwang, Mono, Tony1, Worm That Turned, Writ Keeper, and Nathan2055. Welcome to the Teahouse gang, folks!
• Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is a really nice way to make new editors feel welcome.

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. -- Sarah (talk) 21:36, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse..ping!

Hi Debastein, just pinging you from the land of the Teahouse to say hi and that we haven't seen you for a while! We'd still love to have you participate as a host, but I also understand that we (Wikipedians!) do get busy sometimes with other things, on and off-wiki. If you'd like to still participate, great! We'd love your help answering questions and inviting editors to the Teahouse. If you don't think you have the time to participate right now, no problem, just please let me know! Thanks Debastein! Sarah (talk) 22:52, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey Sarah, sorry for not being that active. Just had my semester final exams. On the contrary, currently, I am free and you will slowly see me become more active. I am again, very apologetic for not being to help out. I do hope to make a lasting impact, and will hopefully get the time to be more active now. --Debastein (talk) 18:59, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I hope semester exams went well! Thanks for letting me know and I'm happy you still want to be a part of this :) Sarah (talk) 19:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't miss being a part. I find this project highly innovative and wonderful. A few of the users I know personally and invited to the teahouse also told me how wonderful this is. As for semester exams, they went well, not too sure about the result though...:P. I'd love to continue to be a host and enjoy the opportunity to help others and guide them through the magical land of wiki. :) --Debastein (talk) 19:12, 12 April 2012 (UTC)