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Re: Trying to get conclusions from Debian Women Statistics



On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 06:12:06AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote:

> Looking at the graph at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Statistics
> has made me think. The blue line is increasing at a some speed (about
> 3 or 4 first uploads per year), what means that we're constantly
> having new women doing packaging stuff. On the other side, the red an
> yellow lines don't seem to move too much, what means that we are not
> being able to convert those first uploaders into DDs or DMs. I wonder
> if those first uploaders keep contributing without turning into DDs or
> DMs, or if they just get tired and go away. Would it be possible to
> also have some data comparing the dates of the first upload and last
> upload, and maybe the number of uploads in-between to see if they
> might provide an answer? I also wonder about the same graph for all
> the contributors to the project, whether the increase rates and the
> conversion between first uploads and the number of DDs, DMs (or NMs)
> are comparable. Would it be possible to try to get some indicators
> from the statistics in the way I'm mentioning? It might provide clues
> about the most effective measures to take.

Are there statistics that show how the number of uploaders vs. the number of
DDs/DMs is progressing across genders, and whether we're doing better or
worse at converting women uploaders into DDs than with men?

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

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