77% of sampled editors who participated in the survey know more than one language that they feel comfortable using when contributing to Wikimedia projects.
To what extent are you comfortable reading announcements in English, such as the following one about a software change?
"A team at the Wikimedia Foundation is planning to develop better tools for reviewing the edits of other users. This is because research suggests we often scare away newcomers who want to help. You can give the team suggestions by writing on their talk page."
29% of sampled editors who participated in this question reported that they edit wikipedia at least once a day. Please note that this response is heavily influenced by the sampling strategy, which oversampled editors who edit approximately 100 times per month.
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(From CE09) You mentioned before that you sometimes consider retiring from Wikimedia. We would like to learn why to see how we might address major issues across the projects. Please check all may that apply:
The majority of respondents (90%) contribute to Wikipedia at least once per month. Note that this question is heavily influence by the sampling strategy, since this survey oversampled Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata contributors.
31% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated harassment as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute.
48% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated incivility and rudeness as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 7% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
56% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated vandalism as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 6% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
34% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated spam and promotional editing as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 9% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
48% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated complicated policies and procedures as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 9% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
46% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated unwelcoming environment for new editors as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 9% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
41% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated new editors unwilling to follow the rules as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 12% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
51% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated that it is too difficult to gain consensus on changes as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 10% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
50% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated that there is too much work that goes undone as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 11% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
44% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated lack of diversity among contributors as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 17% of respondents selected "no opinion".
37% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated ineffective block and ban processes as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 21% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
32% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated copyright infringement on Wikimedia projects as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 17% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
23% of sampled editors who participated in the survey rated top-down control by the Wikimedia Foundation as a moderate, severe, or very severe social problem in the Wikimedia projects in which they contribute. 28% of respondents who answered the question selected "No opinion".
77% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that editing pages using the standard wikitext and visual editors is quite important or essential.
76% of sampled editors who participated in this survey were satisfied or very satisfied with editing pages using the standard wikitext and visual editors (e.g. adding or removing text; inserting headings, citations, and images)
55% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied and very satisfied with editing pages using specialized editing software (e.g. on Wikisource or Wikidata)]
47% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that Communicating with one or two other contributors (e.g. using the thank button; welcoming a new user; writing on another user’s talk page) is quite important or essential.
70% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports communicating with one or two other contributors (e.g. using the thank button; welcoming a new user; writing on another user’s talk page)
47% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that holding large, structured discussions with multiple contributors (e.g. discussing a page’s deletion; voting on a new policy) is quite important or essential.
49% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports holding large, structured discussions with multiple contributors (e.g. discussing a page’s deletion; voting on a new policy)'
52% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that keeping track of new events and discussions (e.g. getting notifications about reverts and mentions; watching noticeboard pages) is quite important or essential.
62% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports keeping track of new events and discussions (e.g. getting notifications about reverts and mentions; watching noticeboard pages)
51% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that organizing and curating existing pages (e.g categorizing; tagging pages by quality or status; merging or renaming pages) is quite important or essential.
58% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports organizing and curating existing pages (e.g categorizing; tagging pages by quality or status; merging or renaming pages
Uploading and editing media items (e.g. uploading photos, sound recordings, and videos; adding subtitles to videos; using copyright templates; writing file descriptions)
How important is this activity in your contributions to Wikimedia projects?
59% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that uploading and editing media items (e.g. uploading photos, sound recordings, and videos; adding subtitles to videos; using copyright templates; writing file descriptions) is quite important or essential.
How satisfied are you with the software that supports this activity?
[Uploading and editing media items (e.g. uploading photos, sound recordings, and videos; adding subtitles to videos; using copyright templates; writing file description)]
56% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports uploading and editing media items (e.g. uploading photos, sound recordings, and videos; adding subtitles to videos; using copyright templates; writing file descriptions).
57% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that patrolling the contributions of other users (e.g. checking recent changes and watchlists; reverting edits) is quite important or essential.
67% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports patrolling the contributions of other users (e.g. checking recent changes and watchlists; reverting edits.
43% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that translating or moving content between wikis (e.g moving entries from Wikipedia to Wiktionary; translating an article from one language to another) is quite important or essential.
46% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports translating or moving content between wikis (e.g moving entries from Wikipedia to Wiktionary; translating an article from one language to another).
44% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that using advanced user rights (e.g. protecting pages, blocking users, and deleting revisions) is quite important or essential.
58% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports using advanced user rights (e.g. protecting pages, blocking users, and deleting revisions).
63% of sampled editors who participated in the survey feel that learning information about the past activity on a wiki (e.g. viewing history pages, move logs, and talk page archives) is quite important or essential.
69% of sampled editors who participated in the survey are satisfied or very satisfied with software that supports learning information about the past activity on a wiki (e.g. viewing history pages, move logs, and talk page archives).
57% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that the number of banners they have seen on Wikipedia while logged in were about right, while 34% reported too much or far too much and 9% reported too little or far too little.
In the last 90 days when you were logged into your Wikipedia account, how often did you see a banner at the top of the page about a conference, event or contest?
57% of survey participants reported sometimes seeing a banner related to events or contests when they logged in, while 23% of survey participants reported seeing a banner most of the time or all of the time.
2 – Stories/blogs/videos about editors and projects (25%)
3 – Training materials on editing/advanced editing (46%)
4 – None of the above (20%)
5 – Other (specify) (5%)
55% of survey participants selected that they would like to see messaging about new Wikimedia software features and 46% would like to see messaging about training materials about editing/advanced editing.
This question has a design error. The question should have said "to what extent do you agree or disagree" rather than just "agree." It is unclear to what extent this affected results.--EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 06:30, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
To what extent do you agree with the following statement:
‘’The Wikimedia Foundation should actively support communities & affiliates in the recruitment of new editors from our readers”
71% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported that they agree or strongly agree with the statement "The Wikimedia Foundation should actively support communities & affiliates in the recruitment of new editors from our readers".
From the sampled editors who participated int he survey, 12% reported participating in an editing/photo competition or local event/conference as a result of seeing banner.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements: - The Wikimedia Foundation's software development has benefited the communities I’m part of.
84% of sampled editors who participated in the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement "The Wikimedia Foundation's software development has benefited the communities I’m part of."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements: - The Wikimedia Foundation's software development focuses on the right priorities.
53% of sampled editors who participated in the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement "The Wikimedia Foundation's software development focuses on the right priorities." 28% of participants selected no opinion.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements: - When the Wikimedia Foundation introduces new software, it is reliable and ready to be used.
48% of sampled editors who participated in the survey agree and strongly agree with the statement "When the Wikimedia Foundation introduces new software, it is reliable and ready to be used." 24% of participants who answered the question selected "no opinion).
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements: - I have enough opportunities to participate in the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development.
26% of sampled editors who participated in the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement "I have enough opportunities to participate in the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development. 44% of respondents of all the respondents who selected an option chose "No opinion"."
