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| What is the typical format of the event? | These decentralized campaigns rely heavily on a network of local event organizers active on local language Wikipedias. |
| How long do the campaigns last? | At least 1 month, sometimes longer to accommodate the complexity of coordinating local activities within the |
| How do the organizers target the audience? | Organizers target experienced onwiki contributor communities to coordinate the campaign. Onwiki communication is the main focus of event coordination. |
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Content gaps -- These events are powerful at energizing experienced contributor to translate content in bulk. For smaller language communities they can help introduce cultural or geography diversity. Contributor gaps - CEE Spring has consistently introduced a stream of newcomers to CEE language communities. Asian Month, Project Tiger and similar campaigns in Asian communities have been highlighted for their help for increasing morale amongst experienced editors. Reader gaps - It's not clear if the diversity of content increases reader participation. We have some early signals: Project Tiger showed sizable pageview increases in part because it targeted high-visibility English Wikipedia pages identified by Google; the coverage of Ukraine and surrounding countries during campaigns like CEE spring has been helpful for the en-mass international attention on Ukraine after the 2022 Russian invasion. |
| Challenges |
Though competitions with rewards are widely supported in smaller language Wikipedias; it's often hard for larger Wikipedias to encourage newcomers in these kinds of campaigns. Cultural exchange of priority content across language Wikipedias requires large-scale coordination prior to the campaign. |