| Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"
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| Which of the following activities have you done at least once in the last 12 months? Select all that apply.
Participants could select more than one option
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0% did not select an option [?]
- 1 – Make contributions or curate content on any Wikimedia project (e.g. editing) (97%)
- 2 – Attend offline Wikimedia events (e.g. editathons, conferences, hackathon) (14%)
- 3 – Participate in online Wikimedia events (e.g. a remote conference or meet-up) (6%)
- 4 – Support Mediawiki or Wikimedia software development (e.g. report a bug, test a product, have technical discussions, write software code, build tools) (10%)
- 5 – Organize community programs or events (e.g. editathons, GLAM, conferences, education program) (7%)
- 6 – Participate in a Wikimedia affiliate (e.g. Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization, user group) (13%)
- 7 – Conduct research related to Wikimedia (e.g. worked on a project on meta:research) (4%)
- 8 – Apply for any Wikimedia Foundation grant (e.g. Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, Rapid Grants, Project grants, Travel and Participation Support Grant) (4%)
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| Almost all survey participants (97%) participated in editing online
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| The following is a list of topics related to the Wikimedia movement. You may see more questions about these topics later in the survey.
Which of the following are you currently working on or have a strong interest in? Select all that apply.
Participants could select more than one option
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2% did not select an option [?]
- 1 – Advocating to change laws that influence the Wikimedia movement (18%)
- 2 – Wikimedia movement fundraising efforts (8%)
- 3 – Partnerships with governments, universities, companies or other organizations (25%)
- 4 – Technical contributions, including everything from giving feedback, testing, and writing code (23%)
- 5 – None of the above (53%)
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| From the survey participants, 25% reported being strongly interested in partnerships, 23% in technical contributions, 18% in Wikimedia policy, 8% in movement fundraising, and 53% reported not being strongly interested in any of these topics.
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| Which of the following annual Wikimedia events that were supported by the Wikimedia Foundation have you attended in the last 3 years? (select all that apply)
Participants could select more than one option
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38% did not select an option [?]
- 1 – Wikimania (in Esino Lario, Mexico City, or London) (4%)
- 2 – Wikimedia Hackathon (in Jerusalem, Lyon, or Zürich) (1%)
- 3 – Wikimedia Conference (in Berlin) (1%)
- 4 – Don't know/Not sure (57%)
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| 6% of respondents reported attending any of the major events in the last 3 years, while 53% reported that they are not sure or don't know these events. This may be due to an error in question design; a response option should have been included that said "None of the above".
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| Have you collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc.)?
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15% selected "Not sure" [?]
- 1 – No (77%)
- 2 – Yes (23%)
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| 23% of sampled editors who participated in the survey have collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc.).
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| How familiar are you with the organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia?
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- 1 – Not at all (24%)
- 2 – Slightly (32%)
- 3 – Moderately (26%)
- 4 – Mostly (14%)
- 5 – Completely (4%)
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| 18% of sampled editors who participated in the survey were mostly or completed familiar with organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia.
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| Before taking this survey, had you ever heard of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)?
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8% selected "Not sure" [?]
- 1 – No (13%)
- 2 – Yes (87%)
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| 87% of sampled editors who participated in the survey reported having heard of the Wikimedia Foundation before this survey.
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