Community Insights/2016-17 Report/Audience 5/Goal3

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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

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	Across audiences	Editors	Affiliates	Program Leaders	Developers
Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"
Goal 2 - "Improving community health"
Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"	Question 507 (CS01) 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 participants (n) = 109 See more >> 0% did not select an option [?] 1 – Make contributions or curate content on any Wikimedia project (e.g. editing) (91%) 2 – Attend offline Wikimedia events (e.g. editathons, conferences, hackathon) (58%) 3 – Participate in online Wikimedia events (e.g. a remote conference or meet-up) (45%) 4 – Support Mediawiki or Wikimedia software development (e.g. report a bug, test a product, have technical discussions, write software code, build tools) (74%) 5 – Organize community programs or events (e.g. editathons, GLAM, conferences, education program) (29%) 6 – Participate in a Wikimedia affiliate (e.g. Wikimedia chapter, thematic organization, user group) (40%) 7 – Conduct research related to Wikimedia (e.g. worked on a project on meta:research) (19%) 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) (15%) Question 510 (SS19) Have you collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc.)? Participants (n) = 89 Median = 1 See more >> 4% selected "Not sure" [?] 1 – No (10%) 2 – Yes (90%) 90% of technical contributors who have participated in this survey have collaborated or engaged with any staff from the Wikimedia Foundation in the last 12 months, in any way (online, in-person, etc. Question 511 (CE17) How familiar are you with the organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia? Participants (n) = 99 Median = 4 See more >> 1 – Not at all (2%) 2 – Slightly (12%) 3 – Moderately (26%) 4 – Mostly (39%) 5 – Completely (20%) 59% of the technical contributors who participated in this question are mostly or complete familiar with the organizations associated with Wikimedia or Wikipedia. Question 513 (SS14) Before taking this survey, had you ever heard of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)? Participants (n) = 96 Median = 1 See more >> 1 – No (0%) 2 – Yes (100%) 100% of technical contributors who participated in this survey have heard of the Wikimedia Foundation. Question list Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 507-CS01 Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 510-SS19 Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 511-CE17 Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 513-SS14
Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"
Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"
Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"
Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"
Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"
Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"
Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"
Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"
Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"
Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"
Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"
Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"