About the survey
Wikimedia Norge's community survey was held to find out more about our user base, both members and other Wikimedia users in Norway. The survey was primarily distributed with CentralNotice on all projects in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk, and CentralNotice on all English-language projects for users in Norway, but also via e-mail to all members of Wikimedia Norge and on the Facebook pages for Wikipedia in Bokmål, Wikipedia in Northern Sami and Wikimedia Norge. The survey was active from 8 November till 6 December 2016, and there was a total of 121 participating users.
Questions and answers
1. Which sentence is true for you?
- This was a multiple choice question; users could select more than one option.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| I am a member of the association Wikimedia Norge
|
37
|
30.58 %
|
| I am an active contributor to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects
|
91
|
75.21 %
|
| None of the above
|
19
|
15.7 %
|
| Total
|
121
|
100 %
|
2. Have you heard about Wikimedia Norge before this survey?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Yes
|
91
|
75.83 %
|
| No
|
22
|
18.33 %
|
| Not sure
|
7
|
5.83 %
|
| Total
|
120
|
100 %
|
3. For how long have you been a member of Wikimedia Norge?
- This question was only shown to those indicating they are a member in question 1.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Less than a year
|
5
|
13.89 %
|
| 1–5 years
|
10
|
27.78 %
|
| More than 5 years
|
19
|
52.78 %
|
| Not sure
|
2
|
5.56 %
|
| Total
|
36
|
100 %
|
4. For how long have you been a contributor to Wikipedia and/or other Wikimedia projects?
- This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Less than a year
|
5
|
5.75 %
|
| 1–5 years
|
18
|
20.69 %
|
| 5–10 years
|
31
|
35.63 %
|
| More than ten years
|
32
|
36.78 %
|
| Not sure
|
1
|
1.15 %
|
| Total
|
87
|
100 %
|
5. What motivates you to contributo to Wikimedia projects?
- This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| A: I want to share my knowledge with others
|
55
|
63.22 %
|
| B: I like creating things in collaboration with others
|
33
|
37.93 %
|
| C: I think the wiki projects are important collaborative projects that I would like to be a part of
|
64
|
73.56 %
|
| D: Contributing motivates me to learn new things
|
49
|
56.32 %
|
| Other
|
9
|
10.34 %
|
| Total
|
87
|
100 %
|
- Other answers (in summary)
- It is fun.
- I use Wikipedia, so I should give something back.
- I like encyclopedias.
- I like proofreading.
- I wish to counteract anglification.
6. Do you feel informed about what Wikimedia Norge is doing?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Yes
|
56
|
47.86 %
|
| No
|
61
|
52.14 %
|
| Total
|
117
|
100 %
|
7. How would you prefer to get information about Wikimedia Norge's activities?
- This question was only shown to those who said no to question 6. The question allowed several options.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| A: E-mail
|
12
|
21.82 %
|
| B: Facebook
|
2
|
3.64 %
|
| C: Newsletter on my user talk page
|
13
|
23.64 %
|
| D: Twitter
|
1
|
1.82 %
|
| Other
|
8
|
14.55 %
|
| I don't want to be informed
|
19
|
34.55 %
|
| Total
|
55
|
100 %
|
- Other answers (in summary)
- Notifications on the village pumps or noticeboard.
- Blog.
8. What kinds of activities would you be most interested in?
- This was a multiple choice question; users could select more than one option.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| A: Real-life events
|
50
|
58.14 %
|
| B: Online events like Wiki Loves Monuments
|
30
|
34.88 %
|
| C: Other online events (not contests)
|
32
|
37.21 %
|
| D: Advanced workshops
|
37
|
43.02 %
|
| Other
|
7
|
8.14 %
|
| Total
|
86
|
100 %
|
9. Have you previously participated in real-life wiki events?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Yes, several times
|
35
|
33.02 %
|
| Yes, once
|
10
|
9.43 %
|
| No, but I would like to
|
19
|
17.92 %
|
| No
|
42
|
39.62 %
|
| Total
|
106
|
100 %
|
10. Would you be interested in helping arrange wiki events (with support from Wikimedia Norge)?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Yes
|
37
|
35.92 %
|
| No
|
66
|
64.08 %
|
| Total
|
103
|
100 %
|
11. In that case, what kinds of events would you like to contribute to?
- This question was only shown to those who said yes to question 10. The question allowed multiple options.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| A: Social meetups
|
25
|
75.76 %
|
| B: Editathons
|
22
|
66.67 %
|
| C: Newbie training
|
15
|
45.45 %
|
| Other
|
1
|
3.03 %
|
| Total
|
33
|
100 %
|
- Other answers (in summary)
We got 14 answers to the free-form field for other comments. Some of them, in summary, are given below:
- The challenge for WMNO is involving members who are not on the board.
- Wikimedia Norge focuses too much on Wikipedia in Bokmål, at the expense of Nynorsk and Northern Sami. The efforts should be directed outwards to external instances that can help remove bottlenecks.
- Make a better survey.
- I wish to know more about Wikimedia Norge and what they do, it's not obvious from their website. I also want information about how to contribute, there was no information about that on the website.
13. Which projects do you contribute to?
- This question was only shown to those who indicated they were a contributor in question 1. The question allowed several options.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| WP: Wikipedia
|
80
|
98.77 %
|
| C: Wikimedia Commons
|
53
|
65.43 %
|
| WD: Wikidata
|
31
|
38.27 %
|
| WB: Wikibooks
|
1
|
1.23 %
|
| WK: Wikisource
|
6
|
7.41 %
|
| Other
|
9
|
11.11 %
|
| Total
|
81
|
100 %
|
- Other answers (in summary)
- Wiktionary (×3)
- Wikivoyage (×3)
- Meta (×3)
- OpenStreetMap
- Wikispecies
- WikiStrinda
- Incubator
- Translatewiki
- Wikiversity
14. What languages do you contribute to?
- This question was only shown to those who indicated that they were a contributor in question 1. The question allowed several options.
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| nb: Norwegian Bokmål
|
64
|
80 %
|
| nn: Norwegian Nynorsk
|
12
|
15 %
|
| se: Northern Sami
|
0
|
0 %
|
| en: English
|
37
|
46.25 %
|
| Other
|
8
|
10 %
|
| Total
|
80
|
100 %
|
- Other answers (in summary)
- Swedish (×4)
- German (×3)
- Danish
- French
15. Where do you live?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Akershus
|
14
|
13.59 %
|
| Aust-Agder
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Buskerud
|
2
|
1.94 %
|
| Finnmark
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Hedmark
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Hordaland
|
8
|
7.77 %
|
| Møre og Romsdal
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Nordland
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Nord-Trøndelag
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Oppland
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Oslo
|
19
|
18.45 %
|
| Rogaland
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Sogn og Fjordane
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Svalbard
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Sør-Trøndelag
|
12
|
11.65 %
|
| Telemark
|
1
|
0.97 %
|
| Troms
|
3
|
2.91 %
|
| Vest-Agder
|
4
|
3.88 %
|
| Vestfold
|
7
|
6.8 %
|
| Østfold
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Abroad (Europa)
|
6
|
5.83 %
|
| Abroad (outside of Europe)
|
4
|
3.88 %
|
| Prefer not to answer
|
18
|
17.48 %
|
| Total
|
103
|
100 %
|
16. How old are you?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Less than 20
|
6
|
6 %
|
| 21–30
|
16
|
16 %
|
| 31–40
|
30
|
30 %
|
| 41–50
|
18
|
18 %
|
| 51–60
|
14
|
14 %
|
| More than 60
|
16
|
16 %
|
| Total
|
100
|
100 %
|
17. Which gender do you identify with?
| Answer
|
No. of answers
|
Percentage
|
|---|
| Male
|
84
|
84.85 %
|
| Female
|
11
|
11.11 %
|
| Other
|
0
|
0 %
|
| Prefer not to answer
|
4
|
4.04 %
|
| Total
|
99
|
100 %
|
