Help:Extension:CampaignEvents/Invitation lists

The Invitation List Tool is a feature built to help organizers find people who might be interested in joining their projects or events. The tool is created as part of the Event Discovery project. It works by looking at a list of articles that an organizer plans to focus on during an activity and then finding users to invite based on the following criteria: the bytes they contributed to the articles, the number of edits they made to the articles, their overall edit count on the wikis, and how recently they have edited the wikis. This makes it easier for organizers to invite people who are already interested in the event’s topics, hence increasing the likelihood of participation.

The Invitation List Tool is available to users with the Event Organizer right, and it is a part of the CampaignEvents extension. The extension includes tools like Event Registration and the Event List.

How to use the Tool

You need to have the event organizer right on a wiki to do these steps:
testing the Invitation List
  1. Go to the wiki you intend to work on during your event
  2. Go to Special:GenerateInvitationList on that wiki
  3. Fill the fields with the appropriate details:
    • Invitation list name - It can be anything you want. For example, let’s say you were running an event called “Awesome Editathon”. You could call your invitation list “Awesome Editathon Invitation List”. The purpose is so that you can find it later in an archive of your invitation lists.
    • Event page - You can skip this; it is optional. This would be used if you have an event page with event registration tied to the event.
    • Article List - These should be articles on the same wiki where you are using the tool. For example, if you are using the tool on Arabic Wikipedia, the articles you provide must already exist on Arabic Wikipedia. If you are testing this tool on Beta, the article list you provide must be articles that already exist on Beta-Wiki. To add an article, simply type in the name of the article and hit the enter button. You can include up to 300 articles in this field.

How to exclude yourself from invitation lists

If you prefer not to be included in the invitation list, you can remove your name from the generated invitation list by following these steps:

Invitation list preference
  1. Go to your Preferences page
    • You can find this link in the top-right corner of the page after logging in
  2. On the first tab User profile scroll to the bottom. Look for the section Invitation lists.
  3. Uncheck the option labeled Include me in invitation lists.
  4. At the bottom of the page, click Save