Wikipedia:GLAM/Howto/Editathon Metrics

Wikipedia Event and Edit-a-Thon Metrics How-To Guide:

First Steps:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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.