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Hey folks. HostBot has started to automatically match new learners with mentors based on category. If you're chosen, you'll be notified on the learner profile's talk page. If you don't want to mentor additional editors beyond the ones you are currently with, go into your mentor profile, and put a "1" next to the "unavailable" parameter, which will inform HostBot not to match additional editors to you. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 09:20, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
In what way will a host be notified by a message being left on a talk page related to someone he or she doesn't know?
Does this mean that the new user now has two talk pages to manage instead of one?
Where will the matches be listed?
The co-op page has only three people on it. Does this mean that the others are not matched yet?
If I do manage somehow to be notified about this match, what am I expected to do next?
Hi there! I have been matched by Hostbot to mentor a newcomer but a sudden real life trouble left me no time for Wikipedia so I was wondering if anyone else can mentor him on my behalf. Thank you. Jim Carter 07:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
One thing I noticed is that my mentee received a common every-day welcome from I dream of horses, a Co-OP invitation and a generic Teahouse invitation. Nice but confusing for a newbie. Unlike some of the other mentees, mine did not get a generic "Co-OP welcome" and was not introduced to me as a mentor. And then I show up and start telling him what to do. Until I tell him he doesn't know I am a mentor from the Co-OP. So...I went back and added the logo to our first few communications. I'll just add it for the first few. I guess another solution would be to add "Co-OP mentor" to my signature. .
Buster Seven
Talk
11:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
When I signed in this morning, I had a notification from Host.bot but it wasn't useful, indicating I was mentioned on [No page] talk page. Since it looked like I might have been matched with a learner, I went to Category:Co-op learner and then went to each profile, then to the learners' talk pages to see. Looks like almost all are already matched but none with me. Some mentors are matched with two or more learners. I haven't been matched. I don't know if there's a problem with my profile, with the bot or ?? I'm willing to help out but I just wasted a couple of hours looking to be sure I wasn't neglecting someone looking for guidance. DocTree ( ʞlɐʇ· ʇuoɔ) WER 16:24, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this, but do we currently have a way of telling which learners are already being mentored and which ones still need one, without checking the learner's talk page? If not, are we working on this? ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] ( talk)
My mentee is, at the moment, stuck at a crossroads by having a draft he created declined for insufficient secondary sources. But that is not what I want to share. While he is corresponding with the declining editor he is still not signing his edits. Some might say "not a big deal" others might say "He should know the Basics first". Anyway, to my point. By my insisting that he sign correctly, it was like a momentary shutting down of his troubled mind, dealing with this (to him) unimportant trivial factor, figuring out and maybe finally actually reading Wikipedia:Signatures, and then hitting "restart" and seeing his success. We all know that little successes lead to bigger successes. We also all know that momentarily leaving the scene of trouble or problems is a good thing. And for me, it was also a success 'cause I was wondering if I was "Doing Co-Oping Right". I was disheartened by failure but elated with HIS success. I try to be the teacher that I had when I started. He showed me all the little things. He didn't let me get caught up in the maelstrom of article creation until I was ready. (Which took quite a while actually). . Buster Seven Talk 17:06, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey folks-- Go Phightins! is unavailable and cannot take Newrunner769 for mentorship. Would someone be willing to mentor this editor? Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 20:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey mentors-- earlier last month, I was initially matched to David Tornheim who decided to wait on mentorship until a recent ANI discussion was resolved. At this time, I cannot commit the time needed for additional mentorship. I know many of you haven't been matched with someone yet. Could someone consider mentoring this editor? In their profile, David was looking for help related to WP:NPOV as it relates to cases of industry slant in article content. I, JethroBT drop me a line 21:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
mentor=
parameter in the learner's profile. In the meantime, it may be best to just simply keep track of your mentors in your userspace or on your Co-op profile. As for relegating editors to the Teahouse or here, many mentors here have also participated in the Teahouse, so in some cases it might not matter too much where they go. However, it'd be pretty easy to create a notice on the front page informing editors that simple questions can be addressed over at the Teahouse. I'll get that notice up this week.
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
20:04, 10 April 2015 (UTC)As I am beginning mentoring a user, may I ask if there are templates or resources to get started. I've seen this, however are there more? Thanks, ///EuroCar GT 23:42, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi all, I've halted the script that matches new leaners with mentors (hopefully temporarily) while the Bot Approvals Group review the results of the 30 day trial. In the meantime, Co-op mentors will need to watch out for new profiles the "old fashioned way" and reach out to learners individually. Here's a related changes feed that will show you when new profiles are created. I_JethroBT or I will update this thread when matching is re-implemented. Cheers, Jmorgan (WMF) ( talk) 18:46, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Mentors, to help ensure that learners are getting matched in a timely fashion, please make a habit to:
mentor=
parameter of the learner profile with your username once you've reached out to the learner (see
this example). Doing so will remove the learner from the "not being mentored" category.Hey mentors. I've decided to temporarily stop new editors from coming in while we make some tweaks to The Co-op. I'm not really convinced the manual system for matching people together is working well, and I don't have time to make matches for everyone like I did at the beginning of the pilot. Also, as we're examining the results of our pilot from last month, one big takeaway from the was that mentorship does appear to be not well-suited for very new editors: Many of them drop off the map for any number of reasons. A few were clearly not here to build an encyclopedia and were blocked. A few figured out the answers to their questions just by exploring on their own. Many simply did not reply to you once you got in touch with them. I would rather mentors be spending their time with editors have taken some time to engage with Wikipedia. Before, any editor with a new account who made 10 edits in a 24-hour period could be invited. We will now be inviting editors using stricter criteria that requires them to be autoconfirmed before being invited. I am also considering implementing a higher edit count requirement.
The other major announcement is that we are implementing a new approach to building profiles using a new gadget called FormWizard, and we'd like mentors to test this out before we reboot the Co-op. One thing we noticed was that learners would fail to get matched because they would fill out the "interest" parameter with a general topical interest like sports or artwork, rather than with one of the specified parameters like writing or images and media. They did not get matched until I noticed the problem. We also felt like the pre-filled forms are kind of awful to navigate through as a newer editor. FormWizard provides an interface so it actually feels like you are making a profile and asks learners to choose from a drop-down menu to get matched, which eliminates the problems of putting in bad inputs that cause errors.
Anyway, what you can do to help test FormWizard is the following:
If everything seems to be working well with FormWizard, we're considering rebooting the space sometime in the next week or two. As always, questions are welcome. I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:51, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey mentors. The Co-op has more or less been on hiatus because of a long wait for approval at the Bot Approvals Group to get FormWizard up and running here on en.wiki. That has been approved, which means we can basically reopen the space at anytime. The grant funding this project has also come to an end, and our final report detailing our research and the results of the pilot is more or less done. (It's still pending final approval from WMF). Without going into all the nitty-gritty, getting mentored through the Co-op seems to have a benefit on new editors in terms of the time they remain active and on their productivity. The Co-op is also much faster at getting new editors paired up with a mentor compared to similar programs, such as WP:AAU. It also seems to have some benefits for experienced editors who have been around for several months and contributed already.
I want to thank all of you for helping to get our pilot off the ground. Your time and effort toward reaching out, educating, and assisting editors seeking mentorship is valuable and important work. I believe Wikipedia benefits in numerous ways when we maintain spaces that serve to support people who are just getting started learning the ropes here. We show people that learning to become an editor isn't impossible, and that it is worth their while. We show that working collaboratively is a fundamental part of being an editor. Most importantly, I think the Co-op shows that we care about new editors and the challenges they face, and we like to support people who are driven to build an encyclopedia.
The big issue now is the future of the Co-op. Without mentors, I'm afraid to say that this project is dead in the water. But I think our pilot shows that the space has some promise. I'd like to know who is still available to mentor once we reopen the Co-op. If you are available and interested in mentoring, please sign your name below:
FYI, once our final report is finalized, I'll be doing a blog post for our space on the WMF Blog and publicizing our results on relevant projects here on en.wiki, and encouraging interested mentors to join us. I also want to let everyone know that while I will still be mentoring for this space, I'd also like to know if anyone is interested in helping me maintain the Co-op, as I don't have quite as much time these days to check on things day-to-day. I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:59, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi all, We're starting the Co-op up again, so it seems like a good time to review some of the technical details:
1. If you don't want to be matched with new learners, add this category to your mentor profile page. You can add the category manually, or set |unavailable=1 in your profile template.
2. If HostBot is acting weird, ping J-Mo. I run HostBot, which invites people to the Co-op (and the Teahouse, and the Wikipedia Adventure). HostBot also matches learners who create profiles with the mentors. If the bot does anything strange, it's quickest to tell me (not I_JethroBT, who, despite his name, exhibits few if an robophilic tendencies).
Also let me know if the Form Wizard gadget and the mentor/learner profile templates exhibit any unexpected behavior, or if you have questions/comments about same. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 22:53, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
I'll also add in a third point here as well:
3. When you are matched with a learner, please navigate to their profile page and put your username in the mentor=
field. This removes them from a category indicating that they've merely been matched by a bot, but haven't yet had a real mentor interact with them. It's also helpful for others to know who is mentoring them. Thanks,
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
23:36, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#was invited to join the co-op .. having trouble creating profile, thanks Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 07:41, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
The signup is less than efficient. This morning I attempted to sign up with the wizard. It insisted that I entered by user name as User:XXXXXXXX, then the boxes completed I went to save. It didn't- and no feedback. I was also a little confused why we have two boxes to describe ourselves; and why there was a stated arbitary limit on the first one (140 char) and not for the second- but that froze at about 250.
So I signed up the old school way- no limits, no second box for self description. Registered as User:XXXXXXXX (wrong it just wanted XXXXXXXX). Did a preview: all fine, so I saved and looked at my entry. Fine- if you like centred text.
I clicked on the Category- Technical skills- and there was my name- twice. Once as User:XXXXXXXX and my original entry from March- XXXXXXXX. It looks if my technical skills are needed. With the wizard, it should have reported that it couldn't save as it had stripped User: from User:XXXXXXXX, and found that XXXXXXXX already existed then recover gracefully. With the old school appproach, it did need to strip User: from that field before attempting to save.
-- Clem Rutter ( talk) 19:59, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi mentors,
I would like to start a discussion about the mentorship program. Would it be possible to tell new users about the sisterprojects? In my opinion the Wikipedia project can sometimes be frustrating because of all the rules. I think new users will find participating in a learning project on Wikiversity more easy. What do you think?
Regards,
Tim, Timboliu ( talk) 07:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Hey folks. First, I want to thank everyone who has volunteered their time for this project. I enjoyed being able to build this space and give it a spin here to see what mentorship could bring to the table to help newer editors out. For what it's worth, I think the Co-op has demonstrated some evidence that it can work as a model for matching editors together. A lot of newer editors have seen real benefit from using the Co-op through efforts of mentors to mediate conflict, help build article content, and generally help learners achieve their goals as contributors.
Since several months ago, I've been unable to devote a lot of time to checking over and maintaining the Co-op as I did earlier in this year. There has also big drop-off in activity from mentors here, and there are only a small number of us responding to mentor requests. Furthermore, the bot is not reliably matching learners to mentors for some reason, and we lack the resources to devote attention to this issue. Consequently, Jtmorgan has turned off new invites to the Co-op, and I'm inclined to agree with that course of action given the activity level here. I have some suspicions about why activity has waned-- the system for matching may not be working well, perhaps mentors are frustrated that many learners drop off from editing (sometimes even before we have a chance to contact them-- I certainly felt this frustration during and after the pilot), and the lack of an active maintainer.
On that basis, I'm considering marking this project as inactive/historical/some other appropriate tag, though I want to hear from you whether that seems sensible. Folks who are still mentoring, by all means, continue to mentor your current editors. But until this space has someone who can actively take care of it, and has a core base of mentors, I don't think it's fair to new editors to keep the Co-op open. Let me know what you think. Thanks everyone for participating in this experiment, and I'm grateful that we were able to engage with newer editors as long as we were able to. I, JethroBT drop me a line 18:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
![]() | This project page does not require a rating on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||
|
![]() | This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
Hey folks. HostBot has started to automatically match new learners with mentors based on category. If you're chosen, you'll be notified on the learner profile's talk page. If you don't want to mentor additional editors beyond the ones you are currently with, go into your mentor profile, and put a "1" next to the "unavailable" parameter, which will inform HostBot not to match additional editors to you. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 09:20, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
In what way will a host be notified by a message being left on a talk page related to someone he or she doesn't know?
Does this mean that the new user now has two talk pages to manage instead of one?
Where will the matches be listed?
The co-op page has only three people on it. Does this mean that the others are not matched yet?
If I do manage somehow to be notified about this match, what am I expected to do next?
Hi there! I have been matched by Hostbot to mentor a newcomer but a sudden real life trouble left me no time for Wikipedia so I was wondering if anyone else can mentor him on my behalf. Thank you. Jim Carter 07:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
One thing I noticed is that my mentee received a common every-day welcome from I dream of horses, a Co-OP invitation and a generic Teahouse invitation. Nice but confusing for a newbie. Unlike some of the other mentees, mine did not get a generic "Co-OP welcome" and was not introduced to me as a mentor. And then I show up and start telling him what to do. Until I tell him he doesn't know I am a mentor from the Co-OP. So...I went back and added the logo to our first few communications. I'll just add it for the first few. I guess another solution would be to add "Co-OP mentor" to my signature. .
Buster Seven
Talk
11:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
When I signed in this morning, I had a notification from Host.bot but it wasn't useful, indicating I was mentioned on [No page] talk page. Since it looked like I might have been matched with a learner, I went to Category:Co-op learner and then went to each profile, then to the learners' talk pages to see. Looks like almost all are already matched but none with me. Some mentors are matched with two or more learners. I haven't been matched. I don't know if there's a problem with my profile, with the bot or ?? I'm willing to help out but I just wasted a couple of hours looking to be sure I wasn't neglecting someone looking for guidance. DocTree ( ʞlɐʇ· ʇuoɔ) WER 16:24, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this, but do we currently have a way of telling which learners are already being mentored and which ones still need one, without checking the learner's talk page? If not, are we working on this? ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] ( talk)
My mentee is, at the moment, stuck at a crossroads by having a draft he created declined for insufficient secondary sources. But that is not what I want to share. While he is corresponding with the declining editor he is still not signing his edits. Some might say "not a big deal" others might say "He should know the Basics first". Anyway, to my point. By my insisting that he sign correctly, it was like a momentary shutting down of his troubled mind, dealing with this (to him) unimportant trivial factor, figuring out and maybe finally actually reading Wikipedia:Signatures, and then hitting "restart" and seeing his success. We all know that little successes lead to bigger successes. We also all know that momentarily leaving the scene of trouble or problems is a good thing. And for me, it was also a success 'cause I was wondering if I was "Doing Co-Oping Right". I was disheartened by failure but elated with HIS success. I try to be the teacher that I had when I started. He showed me all the little things. He didn't let me get caught up in the maelstrom of article creation until I was ready. (Which took quite a while actually). . Buster Seven Talk 17:06, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey folks-- Go Phightins! is unavailable and cannot take Newrunner769 for mentorship. Would someone be willing to mentor this editor? Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 20:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey mentors-- earlier last month, I was initially matched to David Tornheim who decided to wait on mentorship until a recent ANI discussion was resolved. At this time, I cannot commit the time needed for additional mentorship. I know many of you haven't been matched with someone yet. Could someone consider mentoring this editor? In their profile, David was looking for help related to WP:NPOV as it relates to cases of industry slant in article content. I, JethroBT drop me a line 21:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
mentor=
parameter in the learner's profile. In the meantime, it may be best to just simply keep track of your mentors in your userspace or on your Co-op profile. As for relegating editors to the Teahouse or here, many mentors here have also participated in the Teahouse, so in some cases it might not matter too much where they go. However, it'd be pretty easy to create a notice on the front page informing editors that simple questions can be addressed over at the Teahouse. I'll get that notice up this week.
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
20:04, 10 April 2015 (UTC)As I am beginning mentoring a user, may I ask if there are templates or resources to get started. I've seen this, however are there more? Thanks, ///EuroCar GT 23:42, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi all, I've halted the script that matches new leaners with mentors (hopefully temporarily) while the Bot Approvals Group review the results of the 30 day trial. In the meantime, Co-op mentors will need to watch out for new profiles the "old fashioned way" and reach out to learners individually. Here's a related changes feed that will show you when new profiles are created. I_JethroBT or I will update this thread when matching is re-implemented. Cheers, Jmorgan (WMF) ( talk) 18:46, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Mentors, to help ensure that learners are getting matched in a timely fashion, please make a habit to:
mentor=
parameter of the learner profile with your username once you've reached out to the learner (see
this example). Doing so will remove the learner from the "not being mentored" category.Hey mentors. I've decided to temporarily stop new editors from coming in while we make some tweaks to The Co-op. I'm not really convinced the manual system for matching people together is working well, and I don't have time to make matches for everyone like I did at the beginning of the pilot. Also, as we're examining the results of our pilot from last month, one big takeaway from the was that mentorship does appear to be not well-suited for very new editors: Many of them drop off the map for any number of reasons. A few were clearly not here to build an encyclopedia and were blocked. A few figured out the answers to their questions just by exploring on their own. Many simply did not reply to you once you got in touch with them. I would rather mentors be spending their time with editors have taken some time to engage with Wikipedia. Before, any editor with a new account who made 10 edits in a 24-hour period could be invited. We will now be inviting editors using stricter criteria that requires them to be autoconfirmed before being invited. I am also considering implementing a higher edit count requirement.
The other major announcement is that we are implementing a new approach to building profiles using a new gadget called FormWizard, and we'd like mentors to test this out before we reboot the Co-op. One thing we noticed was that learners would fail to get matched because they would fill out the "interest" parameter with a general topical interest like sports or artwork, rather than with one of the specified parameters like writing or images and media. They did not get matched until I noticed the problem. We also felt like the pre-filled forms are kind of awful to navigate through as a newer editor. FormWizard provides an interface so it actually feels like you are making a profile and asks learners to choose from a drop-down menu to get matched, which eliminates the problems of putting in bad inputs that cause errors.
Anyway, what you can do to help test FormWizard is the following:
If everything seems to be working well with FormWizard, we're considering rebooting the space sometime in the next week or two. As always, questions are welcome. I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:51, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey mentors. The Co-op has more or less been on hiatus because of a long wait for approval at the Bot Approvals Group to get FormWizard up and running here on en.wiki. That has been approved, which means we can basically reopen the space at anytime. The grant funding this project has also come to an end, and our final report detailing our research and the results of the pilot is more or less done. (It's still pending final approval from WMF). Without going into all the nitty-gritty, getting mentored through the Co-op seems to have a benefit on new editors in terms of the time they remain active and on their productivity. The Co-op is also much faster at getting new editors paired up with a mentor compared to similar programs, such as WP:AAU. It also seems to have some benefits for experienced editors who have been around for several months and contributed already.
I want to thank all of you for helping to get our pilot off the ground. Your time and effort toward reaching out, educating, and assisting editors seeking mentorship is valuable and important work. I believe Wikipedia benefits in numerous ways when we maintain spaces that serve to support people who are just getting started learning the ropes here. We show people that learning to become an editor isn't impossible, and that it is worth their while. We show that working collaboratively is a fundamental part of being an editor. Most importantly, I think the Co-op shows that we care about new editors and the challenges they face, and we like to support people who are driven to build an encyclopedia.
The big issue now is the future of the Co-op. Without mentors, I'm afraid to say that this project is dead in the water. But I think our pilot shows that the space has some promise. I'd like to know who is still available to mentor once we reopen the Co-op. If you are available and interested in mentoring, please sign your name below:
FYI, once our final report is finalized, I'll be doing a blog post for our space on the WMF Blog and publicizing our results on relevant projects here on en.wiki, and encouraging interested mentors to join us. I also want to let everyone know that while I will still be mentoring for this space, I'd also like to know if anyone is interested in helping me maintain the Co-op, as I don't have quite as much time these days to check on things day-to-day. I, JethroBT drop me a line 22:59, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi all, We're starting the Co-op up again, so it seems like a good time to review some of the technical details:
1. If you don't want to be matched with new learners, add this category to your mentor profile page. You can add the category manually, or set |unavailable=1 in your profile template.
2. If HostBot is acting weird, ping J-Mo. I run HostBot, which invites people to the Co-op (and the Teahouse, and the Wikipedia Adventure). HostBot also matches learners who create profiles with the mentors. If the bot does anything strange, it's quickest to tell me (not I_JethroBT, who, despite his name, exhibits few if an robophilic tendencies).
Also let me know if the Form Wizard gadget and the mentor/learner profile templates exhibit any unexpected behavior, or if you have questions/comments about same. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 22:53, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
I'll also add in a third point here as well:
3. When you are matched with a learner, please navigate to their profile page and put your username in the mentor=
field. This removes them from a category indicating that they've merely been matched by a bot, but haven't yet had a real mentor interact with them. It's also helpful for others to know who is mentoring them. Thanks,
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
23:36, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#was invited to join the co-op .. having trouble creating profile, thanks Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 07:41, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
The signup is less than efficient. This morning I attempted to sign up with the wizard. It insisted that I entered by user name as User:XXXXXXXX, then the boxes completed I went to save. It didn't- and no feedback. I was also a little confused why we have two boxes to describe ourselves; and why there was a stated arbitary limit on the first one (140 char) and not for the second- but that froze at about 250.
So I signed up the old school way- no limits, no second box for self description. Registered as User:XXXXXXXX (wrong it just wanted XXXXXXXX). Did a preview: all fine, so I saved and looked at my entry. Fine- if you like centred text.
I clicked on the Category- Technical skills- and there was my name- twice. Once as User:XXXXXXXX and my original entry from March- XXXXXXXX. It looks if my technical skills are needed. With the wizard, it should have reported that it couldn't save as it had stripped User: from User:XXXXXXXX, and found that XXXXXXXX already existed then recover gracefully. With the old school appproach, it did need to strip User: from that field before attempting to save.
-- Clem Rutter ( talk) 19:59, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi mentors,
I would like to start a discussion about the mentorship program. Would it be possible to tell new users about the sisterprojects? In my opinion the Wikipedia project can sometimes be frustrating because of all the rules. I think new users will find participating in a learning project on Wikiversity more easy. What do you think?
Regards,
Tim, Timboliu ( talk) 07:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Hey folks. First, I want to thank everyone who has volunteered their time for this project. I enjoyed being able to build this space and give it a spin here to see what mentorship could bring to the table to help newer editors out. For what it's worth, I think the Co-op has demonstrated some evidence that it can work as a model for matching editors together. A lot of newer editors have seen real benefit from using the Co-op through efforts of mentors to mediate conflict, help build article content, and generally help learners achieve their goals as contributors.
Since several months ago, I've been unable to devote a lot of time to checking over and maintaining the Co-op as I did earlier in this year. There has also big drop-off in activity from mentors here, and there are only a small number of us responding to mentor requests. Furthermore, the bot is not reliably matching learners to mentors for some reason, and we lack the resources to devote attention to this issue. Consequently, Jtmorgan has turned off new invites to the Co-op, and I'm inclined to agree with that course of action given the activity level here. I have some suspicions about why activity has waned-- the system for matching may not be working well, perhaps mentors are frustrated that many learners drop off from editing (sometimes even before we have a chance to contact them-- I certainly felt this frustration during and after the pilot), and the lack of an active maintainer.
On that basis, I'm considering marking this project as inactive/historical/some other appropriate tag, though I want to hear from you whether that seems sensible. Folks who are still mentoring, by all means, continue to mentor your current editors. But until this space has someone who can actively take care of it, and has a core base of mentors, I don't think it's fair to new editors to keep the Co-op open. Let me know what you think. Thanks everyone for participating in this experiment, and I'm grateful that we were able to engage with newer editors as long as we were able to. I, JethroBT drop me a line 18:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)