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Table 2. A summary of RQ5 through RQ7 together with the Vital Signs we have proposed: Admins, and Global Participation, and Special Functions. The table reports the definition of each indicator, together with a summary of the main finding from the 8 communities we considered and the target values we propose to maintain a healthy community.

Research Question	Vital Sign	Indicator	Summary of Findings	Target
How are the Wikipedia communities granting admin user rights to new members?	Admins	Admins by year: number of admins by year of flag granted and by generation. Admins by lustrum: total number of active admins by generation at the current month. Admins by lustrum: the second one is the total number of active admins by generation at the current month.	General strong predominance of older generations for this fundamental role, even more marked than for special functions. In some cases, administrator rights were mostly assigned in past years, and only to very few, or to no users, in recent years.	[T10]—New admins by year: there should be at least 5% of new admins every year. [T11] – Admins’ generation balance: the last generation occupies at least 10% at the end of a lustrum. [T12]—Admins over active editors: The proportion of admins among active editors should be from 1% to 5% to avoid excessive workload. [T13]—Number of admins: any community should have a minimum of 3 admins, regardless of their size in active editors.
How are Wikipedia language communities participating in global projects spaces (Meta-wiki)?	Global Participation	Meta-wiki participation: ratio between the number of active editors in Meta-wiki that have as primary a given language edition, divided by the number of active editors in that Wikipedia language edition during the same month.	The proportion of editors who edit Meta-wiki ranges between 0.5% and 10% of the active editors from each community. For large communities it tends to be around 1%.	[T14]—Meta-wiki participation: The proportion of editors from a Wikipedia language edition community active in Meta-wiki should be around 1% of the active editors.
What is the composition of Wikipedia language communities in terms of multilingual editors?		Primary language: distribution of the primary language edition of the editors contributing to a given language edition.	The percentage of primary editors ranges between 60% and 95%. The percentage of non-primary editors is usually higher when the language community is smaller and non-primary editors correspond to languages that are geographically or culturally close.	[T15]—Primary language editors: the proportion of primary language editors should be at least 55%, and not higher than 95%.