The Wikipedia Adventure: an Interactive Tutorial for New Wikipedia Users
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New contributors to Wikipedia face daunting technical and social challenges, contributing to ongoing decline in editor retention and systemic bias in article content. The Wikipedia Adventure is a web-based interactive tutorial for new users that leads them through learning essential basics in a safe game-like environment, and can extend to instruction on advanced skills. All interactions are tracked and linked to the user’s real Wikipedia account, where their performance can be evaluated based on contribution logs. We constructed a prototype that demonstrates the feasibility of all essential features with a subset of lessons, and gathered preliminary usage data and feedback from novice and expert testers.
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