User blog comment:Sannse/The Advisor Experiment/@comment-8-20200213233237

Hi

An update on the advisor program.

We've looked at the numbers and the project didn't give us the results we were hoping for. There just wasn't the boost in edits we wanted, and the number of users who followed though after choosing an advisor was very low.

On the other hand, it was an idea that was generally liked by admins on the test wikis and we got some great feedback on the process. We also think there's potential for something similar on the UCP, so we want to look into that.

This means we are going to wind down the project for now. We will leave it available, and the set-up instructions are on the Dev Wiki for any wiki to try. But it won't generally get updates and specific staff support. There will still be "at-large" advisors to help out.

It's a shame, we had high hopes for this, but it just didn't work out as hoped.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any help.