“Wikimedia UK Board Meeting, London [On the Editor Recruitment/retention Crisis]”, 2011-11-19 ():
It’s getting harder for new people to join our projects. Newbies are making up a smaller percentage of editors overall than ever before, and the absolute number of newbies is dropping as well.
Wikimedia needs to attract and retain more new and diverse editors, and to retain our experienced editors. A stable editing community is critical to the long-term sustainability and quality of both our current projects and our movement.
We consider meeting this challenge our top priority.