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WikiProject Outreach is a WikiProject focused on attracting, tutoring, and retaining editors. It serves as a central point for all matters within Wikipedia related to increase its number of reliable editors, and the processes they go through and deal with every day as editors of Wikipedia.

Workflow

# Initiative Goal
1 WikiProject Awareness spreads awareness of Wikipedia in order to attract more editors
2 WikiProject Articles for creation helps users create their first article
3 Teahouse helps users with inquiries about Wikipedia's intricacies
4 Adopt-a-user develops users in order to make them independent and self-sufficient
5 WikiProject Editor Retention studies and suggests changes on policies, processes, and reforms to retain editors

Other outreaching venues

Initiative Goal
GLAM Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums: helps cultural institutions share their resources with the world through collaborative projects with experienced Wikipedia editors
Ambassadors provides mentors, advisors, and helpers to the professors and students who use Wikipedia in the classroom
WikiProject Classroom coordination provides guidance to educators who incorporate Wikipedia writing assignments into their classrooms

Related WikiProjects

Initiative Goal
WikiProject Wikipedia Reform studies and suggests changes to policies and processes on Wikipedia reform