Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Assessment/Drive/WorkshopT&A08

Tag & Assess 2008 is now officially over. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss ways of improving the next drive, so that it attracts and keeps more participating editors, so that it's run more efficiently. This page is divided into two main sections.

The first section—#Workshop— focuses on the mechanics of the drive and participants' experiences, reactions and proposals.
The second section—#Questionnaire—is more general, and aimed mostly for people who didn't participate in the drive. It would be very helpful to us if you completed the section's brief questionnaire.

Workshop

This section is intended for people who actively worked on the drive. The aim is discussion, so please comment on as many of the sub-sections as you feel able. We'd like to hear your complaints and criticisms as well as suggestions for improvement. Feel free to add extra sub-sections if you think something is missing.

Joining the drive

What attracted you? Have you done this before with other projects? How did T&A08 compare? How did it differ?

Comments

Order and System which are aim of this drive attracted me most. I never participated in any other drive like this but I'm part of various projects and found this drive a good effort. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I come from WP:India Assessment team. I realized, in due course of tagging and assessing various articles related to WP:India, that there are far too many articles which weren't tagged (forget assessed) to WP:India. In a sense, the numbers under the project has (had) always been under-estimated. I felt that a drive like this with suitable rewards to motivate editors was the key attraction to many editors. Since this was my first ever venture, I cannot really compare with others. Mspraveen (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Instructions and support

Were the instructions clear or did you struggle with them? What would you improve? Was the guidance of scope adequate? Were the comments on assessment levels clear? Is there anything you'd like to see simplified? Were your questions answered swiftly enough on talk pages?

Comments

Instuctions were clear but workgrpoup list missed some workgroups e.g., uttar pradesh (uttar), mumbai, etc. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The instructions were pretty clear in the beginning. But I must admit that addition of several state workgroups complicated the assessment process a little bit during the middle of the drive (where I think I lost it). The talk page was a good medium to have any questions answered and most of the questions met with an appropriate response. Preferably, have any such changes pending until the next drive. Mspraveen (talk) 16:29, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tallies and worksheets

Did you find these easy to use? Is there anything about them you'd like to improve? Can you think of a better way of doing them?

Comments

Tallies are superb!!! --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty neat and organized! Mspraveen (talk) 16:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Timing

When would be an ideal time for you for the next drive? During holidays? Or doesn't it matter?

Comments

It does not matters. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't matter, I feel. Mspraveen (talk) 16:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pet hates

Did anything really bug you?

Comments

Yes there are many articles with WP India banner and they don't have anything to do with India or are only very remotely connected to India. Apart from this I saw few articles have been moved and edited mercilessly, I think we should make list of redirects and vandalised articles and keep them on watch list. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
None really, but the addition of new workgroups meant that older, assessed articles needed a second look (which I didn't have the patience for). Mspraveen (talk) 16:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rewards

What did you think about the service award/barnstar structure? How could it be improved? How could it be changed?

Comments

I think the structure is fine. --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The rewards are well structured. But lessening the minimum # of articles needed for the first barnstar can attract more short bursts of T&A from editors. Mspraveen (talk) 16:33, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Questionnaire

This questionnaire is really designed for people who didn't get involved. You can greatly help us by completing the questionnaire below. It will help us to understand how to improve the mechanics/administration to involve more editors. Many thanks in advance for your help, --Ncmvocalist (talk) 10:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To complete the questionnaire, please cut and paste the following into an edit window.

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