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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Executive summary

Survey design and process

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Data by Audience

Across audiences Editors Affiliates Program leaders Technical contributors

Goal 1 - Improving new editor engagement

Question 501 (ED16)

In which country do you currently reside? (Optional)

Participants (n) = 48

Median = 10

1 – Central America (0%)

2 – Caribbean (0%)

3 – Central Asia (0%)

4 – Eastern Africa (0%)

5 – Eastern Asia (2%)

6 – Eastern Europe (4%)

7 – Middle Africa (2%)

8 – Northern Africa (0%)

9 – North America (35%)

10 – Oceania (8%)

11 – Southern Africa (0%)

12 – South America (0%)

13 – South-Eastern Asia (0%)

14 – Western Africa (0%)

15 – Western Asia (8%)

16 – Western Europe (27%)

17 – (13%)

Question 502 (ED15)

Which of the following best describes how you think of yourself? (optional)

Participants (n) = 61

Median = 0

5% selected "Prefer not to say" ^[?]

1 – Female (15%)

2 – Male (85%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 15% reported being female and 85% reported being male.

Question 503 (ED17)

What is your age range? (optional)

Participants (n) = 62

Median = 3

1 – 0-15 (0%)

2 – 16-24 (19%)

3 – 25-34 (32%)

4 – 35-44 (27%)

5 – 45-54 (13%)

6 – 55-64 (8%)

The median age of technical contributors who participated in this question is 25 to 34 years old.

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Goal 2 - Improving community health

Question 504 (Q314)

Over the last 12 months, which of the following types of offline Wikimedia events have you attended? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 57

0% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Local meetups (65%)

2 – Regional hackathon (14%)

3 – Regional conferences (42%)

4 – International hackathon (46%)

5 – International conferences (68%)

Question 505 (CE16)

Have you ever felt unsafe in any Wikimedia online or offline space, including being harassed, bullied, attacked, etc.?

Participants (n) = 93

Median = 0

1 – No (58%)

2 – Yes (42%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 42% reported feeling unsafe in any Wikimedia online or offline space, including being harassed, bullied, attacked, etc.

Question 506 (AL02)

In what year did you begin contributing to the Wikimedia movement or its projects?

Participants (n) = 64

Median = 7

1 – 2001 (4.7%)

2 – 2002 (5%)

3 – 2003 (3%)

4 – 2004 (9%)

5 – 2005 (14%)

6 – 2006 (8%)

7 – 2007 (14%)

8 – 2008 (6%)

9 – 2009 (5%)

10 – 2010 (3%)

11 – 2011 (3%)

12 – 2012 (2%)

13 – 2013 (6%)

14 – 2014 (2%)

15 – 2015 (5%)

16 – 2016 (11%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median year in which technical contributors began contributing to the Wikimedia movement or its projects was 2007.

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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

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

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

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

1 – No (0%)

2 – Yes (100%)

100% of technical contributors who participated in this survey have heard of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Goal 4 - Improving collaboration and communications around software development

Question 516 (TC15)

Over the last 12 months, in which of the following ways have you contributed to Wikimedia or Mediawiki software projects? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 74

1% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Create software related to Wikimedia (69%)

2 – Help test new Wikimedia Foundation products (39%)

3 – Help document Wikimedia Foundation software products (41%)

4 – Submit bugs related to Wikimedia Foundation products through phabricator (66%)

5 – Use Wikimedia projects and products (82%)

6 – Other (specify): (8%)

Question 517 (TC55)

Which of the following Wikimedia Foundation supported projects have you heard about (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 71

0% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces (77%)

2 – Technical Collaboration Guideline (39%)

3 – Community Wishlist (82%)

4 – Google Summer of Code (90%)

5 – Outreachy (46%)

6 – Google Code-in (55%)

7 – Wikimedia developer events (e.g. Wikimania or Wikimedia Hackathons) (92%)

8 – Tech News (69%)

9 – VisualEditor newsletter (51%)

10 – Discovery weekly (35%)

11 – Collaboration team newsletter (24%)

12 – Trello (4%)

13 – IRC (55%)

14 – Other (specify): (8%)

15 – Gerrit (38%)

16 – Wikitech (30%)

17 – Tool Labs (41%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the four Foundation supported projects that technical contributors reported being aware about were Wikimedia developer events (92%), Google summer of code (90%), Community wishlist (82%), and Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces (77%). The projects that technical contributors were least aware about were Trello (4%), Collaboration team newsletter (24%), and Wikitech (16%).

Question 518 (TC16)

Which of the following channels do you prefer for participating in Wikimedia software development? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 71

4% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Phabricator (75%)

2 – MediaWiki Wiki pages (63%)

3 – Other wikis pages (Meta, Wikipedias....) (37%)

4 – Mailing lists (63%)

5 – Facebook (7%)

6 – Twitter (11%)

7 – Slack (11%)

8 – GitHub (51%)

9 – Messenger (3%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the four channels that were reported most often for participating in Wikimedia software development were Phabricator (73%), Mediawiki wiki pages (63%), mailing lists (63%), and github (51%).

Question 519.01 (TC17)

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Phabricator

Participants (n) = 53

Median = 5

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (4%)

3 – Moderately (4%)

4 – Mostly (38%)

5 – Completely (55%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 93% reported they find phabricator mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.02 (TC17)

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - MediaWiki Wiki pages

Participants (n) = 44

Median = 4

2% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (5%)

3 – Moderately (32%)

4 – Mostly (48%)

5 – Completely (16%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 64% reported they find MediaWiki Wiki pages mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.03 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Other wikis pages (Meta, Wikipedias....)

Participants (n) = 26

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (23%)

4 – Mostly (65%)

5 – Completely (12%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 77% reported they find Other wikis pages mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.04 (TC17)

To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Mailing lists

Participants (n) = 45

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (7%)

3 – Moderately (36%)

4 – Mostly (47%)

5 – Completely (11%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 58% reported they find mailing lists mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.05 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Facebook

Participants (n) = 4

Median = 4

20% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (25%)

3 – Moderately (0%)

4 – Mostly (50%)

5 – Completely (25%)

Question 519.06 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Twitter

Participants (n) = 8

Median = 3

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (25%)

3 – Moderately (38%)

4 – Mostly (38%)

5 – Completely (0%)

Question 519.07 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Slack

Participants (n) = 8

Median = 3.5

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (25%)

3 – Moderately (25%)

4 – Mostly (25%)

5 – Completely (25%)

Question 519.08 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - GitHub

Participants (n) = 35

Median = 4

3% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (11%)

3 – Moderately (17%)

4 – Mostly (40%)

5 – Completely (31%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 71% reported they find Github mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.09 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Messenger

Participants (n) = 2

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (50%)

4 – Mostly (0%)

5 – Completely (50%)

Question 519.1 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Trello

Participants (n) =

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (0%)

4 – Mostly (100%)

5 – Completely (0%)

Question 519.11 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - IRC

Participants (n) = 39

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (10%)

3 – Moderately (13%)

4 – Mostly (31%)

5 – Completely (46%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 77% reported they find IRC mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.12 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Other (specify):

Participants (n) = 5

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (0%)

4 – Mostly (60%)

5 – Completely (40%)

Question 519.13 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Gerrit

Participants (n) = 27

Median = 5

1 – Not at all (4%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (11%)

4 – Mostly (26%)

5 – Completely (59%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 85% reported they find Gerrit mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.14 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Wikitech

Participants (n) = 20

Median = 4

5% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (15%)

3 – Moderately (20%)

4 – Mostly (45%)

5 – Completely (20%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 60% reported they find Wikitech mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 519.15 (TC17)

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To what extent do you find following channels useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks? - Tool Labs

Participants (n) = 29

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (3%)

3 – Moderately (17%)

4 – Mostly (52%)

5 – Completely (28%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question 80% reported they find IRC mostly or completely useful for collaborating and accomplishing tasks.

Question 520.01 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Tools using Wikimedia APIs

Participants (n) = 63

Median = 3

1 – Never (11%)

2 – Rarely (16%)

3 – Sometimes (37%)

4 – Often (25%)

5 – Almost always (11%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 36% often or almost always focus on tools using the Wikimedia API and 37% reported that they sometimes focus on this activity.

Question 520.02 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Tools using Wikimedia data dumps

Participants (n) = 63

Median = 2

1 – Never (32%)

2 – Rarely (30%)

3 – Sometimes (19%)

4 – Often (14%)

5 – Almost always (5%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 62% never or rarely focus on tools using Wikimedia data dumps.

Question 520.03 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Mobile apps

Participants (n) = 62

Median = 2

1 – Never (48%)

2 – Rarely (29%)

3 – Sometimes (6%)

4 – Often (8%)

5 – Almost always (8%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 77% never or rarely focus on mobile apps.

Question 520.04 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Templates

Participants (n) = 62

Median = 3

1 – Never (13%)

2 – Rarely (16%)

3 – Sometimes (37%)

4 – Often (29%)

5 – Almost always (5%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 63% reported that they sometimes or often focus on templates.

Question 520.05 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Gadgets

Participants (n) = 61

Median = 3

1 – Never (33%)

2 – Rarely (15%)

3 – Sometimes (31%)

4 – Often (20%)

5 – Almost always (2%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 51% sometime or often focus on gadgets while 33% never focus on gadgets.

Question 520.06 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Bots

Participants (n) = 61

Median = 2

1 – Never (26%)

2 – Rarely (26%)

3 – Sometimes (20%)

4 – Often (20%)

5 – Almost always (8%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 52% never or rarely focus on bots and 48% sometimes, often or almost always focus on bots.

Question 520.07 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Extensions

Participants (n) = 60

Median = 2.5

1 – Never (37%)

2 – Rarely (13%)

3 – Sometimes (22%)

4 – Often (12%)

5 – Almost always (17%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 50% never or rarely focus on extensions and 50% sometimes, often or almost always focus on extensions.

Question 520.08 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - MediaWiki core

Participants (n) = 61

Median = 2

1 – Never (39%)

2 – Rarely (20%)

3 – Sometimes (15%)

4 – Often (15%)

5 – Almost always (11%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 59% never or rarely focus on Mediawiki core and 41% sometimes, often or almost always focus on Mediawiki core.

Question 520.09 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Analytics

Participants (n) = 60

Median = 2

1 – Never (47%)

2 – Rarely (30%)

3 – Sometimes (12%)

4 – Often (8%)

5 – Almost always (3%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 77% never or rarely focus on analytics and 23% sometimes, often or almost always focus on analytics.

Question 520.1 (TC25)

When you spend time creating software for Wikimedia, how often do you focus in the following areas? - Technical operations/System administration

Participants (n) = 60

Median = 2

1 – Never (43%)

2 – Rarely (32%)

3 – Sometimes (7%)

4 – Often (10%)

5 – Almost always (8%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 75% never or rarely focus on technical operations/System administration.

Question 521.01 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Programming

Participants (n) = 69

Median = 3

1 – 1No experience (6%)

2 – 2Beginner (9%)

3 – 3Intermediate (39%)

4 – 4Advanced (46%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 85% have intermediate to advanced experience with programming.

Question 521.02 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - PHP

Participants (n) = 67

Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (22%)

2 – 2Beginner (30%)

3 – 3Intermediate (21%)

4 – 4Advanced (27%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 52% have no experience to beginner experience with PHP and 27% reported having advanced experience with PHP.

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Java

Participants (n) = 67

Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (31%)

2 – 2Beginner (24%)

3 – 3Intermediate (37%)

4 – 4Advanced (7%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 41% have intermediate to advanced experience with Java and 55% reported having no experience and beginner level of experience.

Question 521.07 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Objective-C

Participants (n) = 65

Median = 1

2% selected "I dont know what this is" ^[?]

1 – 1No experience (83%)

2 – 2Beginner (5%)

3 – 3Intermediate (11%)

4 – 4Advanced (2%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 83% have no experience with objective-C.

Question 521.08 (TC24)

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What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Other software language (explain)

Participants (n) = 23

Median = 3

12% selected "I dont know what this is" ^[?]

1 – 1No experience (22%)

2 – 2Beginner (0%)

3 – 3Intermediate (39%)

4 – 4Advanced (39%)

23 technical contributors reported another type of software language they have experience with.

Question 521.09 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - UX design

Participants (n) = 66

Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (24%)

2 – 2Beginner (41%)

3 – 3Intermediate (26%)

4 – 4Advanced (9%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 67% have beginner to intermediate experience with UX design

Question 521.1 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Testing

Participants (n) = 66

Median = 3

1% selected "I dont know what this is" ^[?]

1 – 1No experience (11%)

2 – 2Beginner (36%)

3 – 3Intermediate (39%)

4 – 4Advanced (14%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 75% have beginner to intermediate experience with testing.

Question 521.11 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Research & Analytics

Participants (n) = 63

Median = 2

1 – 1No experience (30%)

2 – 2Beginner (33%)

3 – 3Intermediate (24%)

4 – 4Advanced (13%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 63% have no experience to beginner experience with research and analytics.

Question 521.12 (TC24)

What level of experience do you have with each of the following? - Documentation

Participants (n) = 68

Median = 3

1 – 1No experience (6%)

2 – 2Beginner (29%)

3 – 3Intermediate (53%)

4 – 4Advanced (12%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 72% have no experience to beginner experience with documentation.

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Using Wikimedia APIs

Participants (n) = 18

Median = 4

25% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (33%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (11%)

4 – Satisfied (44%)

5 – Very satisfied (11%)

Question 522.02 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing tools and hosting them in Wikimedia Labs

Participants (n) = 16

Median = 3

30% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (13%)

2 – Dissatisfied (13%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (31%)

4 – Satisfied (31%)

5 – Very satisfied (13%)

Question 522.03 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing bots

Participants (n) = 13

Median = 3

43% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (15%)

2 – Dissatisfied (23%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (23%)

4 – Satisfied (31%)

5 – Very satisfied (8%)

Question 522.04 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing gadgets

Participants (n) = 13

Median = 2

41% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (8%)

2 – Dissatisfied (46%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (23%)

4 – Satisfied (15%)

5 – Very satisfied (8%)

Question 522.05 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing templates (including Lua modules)

Participants (n) = 12

Median = 3

43% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (8%)

2 – Dissatisfied (33%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (25%)

4 – Satisfied (33%)

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Question 522.06 (TC08)

To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Writing MediaWiki extensions

Participants (n) = 14

Median = 3

36% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (29%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (29%)

4 – Satisfied (43%)

Question 522.07 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Contributing to MediaWiki core

Participants (n) = 14

Median = 3

33% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (14%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (57%)

4 – Satisfied (21%)

5 – Very satisfied (7%)

Question 522.08 (TC08)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with Wikimedia software documentation in the following areas?

(Note: in the following question, we will ask about user help documentation.) - Contributing to Wikimedia mobile apps

Participants (n) = 7

Median = 3

67% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (14%)

2 – Dissatisfied (29%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (57%)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Wikitext or Flow Talk page discussions

Participants (n) = 14

Median = 2.5

36% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (14%)

2 – Dissatisfied (36%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (36%)

4 – Satisfied (14%)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with user help documentation for Wikimedia products in the following areas? - Mobile apps

Participants (n) = 13

Median = 3

41% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (31%)

2 – Dissatisfied (15%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (31%)

4 – Satisfied (15%)

5 – Very satisfied (8%)

Question 526.01 (TC35)

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Hackathons

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (0%)

3 – Moderately (13%)

4 – Mostly (13%)

5 – Completely (73%)

Question 526.02 (TC35)

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Wikimedia Developer Summit

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (13%)

3 – Moderately (7%)

4 – Mostly (27%)

5 – Completely (53%)

Question 526.03 (TC35)

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Wikimania

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 4

6% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (13%)

3 – Moderately (20%)

4 – Mostly (40%)

5 – Completely (27%)

Question 526.04 (TC35)

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Google Summer of Code and Outreachy

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 5

6% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (7%)

3 – Moderately (7%)

4 – Mostly (27%)

5 – Completely (60%)

Question 526.05 (TC35)

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To what extent do you feel it is appropriate to use the following events as spaces to work on Community Wishlist tasks? - Documentation for new developers at MediaWiki.org

Participants (n) = 13

Median = 5

19% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Not at all (0%)

2 – Slightly (15%)

3 – Moderately (8%)

4 – Mostly (15%)

5 – Completely (62%)

Question 527.01 (TC14)

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What do you think about the quality of translations in the following languages? - Deutsch

Participants (n) = 3

Median = 4

1 – Very poor (0%)

2 – Poor (0%)

3 – Average (0%)

4 – Good (67%)

5 – Excellent (33%)

Question 528 (TC03)

In which of the following ways have you participated in planning the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development work? Select all that apply.

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 67

4% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Wikimedia Foundation Strategy process (22%)

2 – Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan process (18%)

3 – Wikimedia Foundation Quarterly Goals process (16%)

4 – Wikimedia Foundation consultations about specific software projects (33%)

5 – Community Wishlist Survey (52%)

6 – MediaWiki.org team, project, beta feature pages (37%)

7 – Phabricator (72%)

8 – wikitech-l or other technical mailing lists (52%)

9 – I don’t follow Wikimedia Foundation’s software development planning (9%)

10 – Other (please explain) (6%)

11 – Developers Summit (34%)

12 – Developers Summit (34%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the three most often ways reported for participating in planning the Wikimedia Foundation’s software development work were phabricator (72%), community wishlist (52%), and mailing lists (52%).

Question 529.01 (TC04)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Tech News

Participants (n) = 30

Median = 4

14% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (3%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (13%)

4 – Satisfied (43%)

5 – Very satisfied (40%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this survey, 83% are satisfied or very satisfied with Tech News as an activity to broadcast technical information to our communities.

Question 529.02 (TC04)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - VisualEditor newsletter

Participants (n) = 17

Median = 3

51% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (6%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (59%)

4 – Satisfied (29%)

5 – Very satisfied (6%)

Question 529.03 (TC04)

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To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the following activities to broadcast technical information to our communities? - Discovery weekly

Participants (n) = 17

Median = 3

51% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (0%)

2 – Dissatisfied (6%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (47%)

4 – Satisfied (41%)

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To what extent are you satisifed or dissatisfied with the Technical Collaboration Guideline recommendations?

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 4

38% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (0%)

2 – Disagree (7%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (27%)

4 – Agree (40%)

5 – Strongly agree (27%)

Question 534 (TC52)

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In which of the following ways have you participated in the community wishlist survey? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 38

21% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – I have worked on tasks in the Community Wishlist (29%)

2 – I have proposed Community Wishlist survey tasks (29%)

3 – I have voted on Community Wishlist survey tasks (66%)

4 – Other (specify): (11%)

Question 535 (TC34)

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's Community Wishlist Survey is a good mechanism to identify projects that technical volunteers could work on

Participants (n) = 29

Median = 4

3% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (3%)

2 – Disagree (7%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (10%)

4 – Agree (31%)

5 – Strongly agree (48%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, 79% agree or strongly agree with the following statement: The Wikimedia Foundation's Community Wishlist Survey is a good mechanism to identify projects that technical volunteers could work on.

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Goal 5 - Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships

Question 558 (GR13)

To what extent are you familiar with the Wikimedia Foundation program called "Wikipedia Zero"?

Participants (n) = 93

Median = 3

1 – Not at all (16%)

2 – Slightly (19%)

3 – Moderately (28%)

4 – Mostly (26%)

5 – Completely (11%)

37% of technical contributors who participated in this question are mostly or completely familiar with the Wikimedia Foundation program called "Wikipedia Zero".

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Community Engagement Insights/2016-17 Report/Question 558-GR13

Goal 6 - Improving software for contributors

Question 553 (Q313)

Over the last 12 months, how often did you contribute to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects?

Participants (n) = 92

Median = 5

1 – Less than once a month (9%)

2 – 1-3 times a month (13%)

3 – 4-5 times a month (about once a week) (16%)

4 – 2-3 times a week (7%)

5 – 4-5 times a week (11%)

6 – 6-7 times a week (about once a day) (9%)

7 – More than once a day (36%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median number of times they contributed to the projects was 4 to 5 times per week.

Question 554 (TC53)

To what extent are you familiar with the software created by the Wikimedia Foundation

Participants (n) = 70

Median = 4

1 – Not at all (1%)

2 – Slightly (3%)

3 – Moderately (37%)

4 – Mostly (46%)

5 – Completely (13%)

96% of technical contributors who have participated in this question reported that they are moderately, mostly or completely familiar with the software created by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Question 555 (TC01)

Overall, what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation?

Participants (n) = 69

Median = 4

1% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Very dissatisfied (1%)

2 – Dissatisfied (14%)

3 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (16%)

4 – Satisfied (55%)

5 – Very satisfied (13%)

68% of technical contributors who participated in this question are satisfied or very satisfied with the software developed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Question 557.01 (TC02)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation collaborates well with volunteer developers to build software

Participants (n) = 66

Median = 3.5

6% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (6%)

2 – Disagree (18%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (26%)

4 – Agree (39%)

5 – Strongly agree (11%)

48% of technical contributors agree or strongly agree with the statement: The Wikimedia Foundation collaborates well with volunteer developers to build software

Question 557.02 (TC02)

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia movement builds the best software it can

Participants (n) = 67

Median = 3

4% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (15%)

2 – Disagree (22%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (22%)

4 – Agree (33%)

5 – Strongly agree (7%)

40% of technical contributors agree or strongly agree with the statement: The Wikimedia movement builds the best software it can

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Goal 7 - Increasing software awareness and use

No pages meet these criteria.

Goal 8 - Growing the Wikimedia technical community

Question 536 (TC54)

How many years have you been involved in the Wikimedia movement as a technical contributor, including giving feedback about software, testing products, and contributing software code?

Participants (n) = 63

Median = 4

11% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – 1 year or less (19%)

2 – 2 (11%)

3 – 3 (14%)

4 – 4 (8%)

5 – 5 (0%)

6 – 6 (2%)

7 – 7 (10%)

8 – 8 (6%)

9 – 9 (5%)

10 – 10 (13%)

11 – 11 (2%)

12 – 12 (3%)

13 – 13 (2%)

14 – 14 (2%)

15 – 15 or more (5%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median number of years reported for being involved in the movement as a technical contributor is 4 years.

Question 538 (TC29)

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What are the three (3) most important areas, if any, that need improvement at Wikimedia technical events in order to attract new developers?

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 23

22% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – General information about the event (17%)

2 – Information about the program and each session (22%)

3 – Information about sessions for newcomers (22%)

4 – Information about speakers (9%)

5 – Information about other participants (4%)

6 – Background information about Wikimedia tech (13%)

7 – Remote participation before and after the event (26%)

8 – Remote participation during the event (39%)

9 – Registration process (0%)

10 – Travel sponsorship process (26%)

11 – Call for participation process (22%)

12 – Look & feel of the event website (0%)

13 – Timing or length of the event (0%)

14 – Evening social activities (0%)

15 – Day care for kids (4%)

16 – Alternative activities for partners (4%)

17 – Other (explain) (13%)

Question 539 (TC31)

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What are the three (3) most important areas, if any, that need improvement at Wikimedia technical events in order to improve collaboration?

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 23

30% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – General information about the event (9%)

2 – Information about the program and each session (9%)

3 – Information about sessions for newcomers (4%)

4 – Information about speakers (9%)

5 – Information about other participants (4%)

6 – Background information about Wikimedia tech (17%)

7 – Remote participation before and after the event (30%)

8 – Remote participation during the event (43%)

9 – Registration process (0%)

10 – Travel sponsorship process (22%)

11 – Call for participation process (22%)

12 – Look & feel of the event website (0%)

13 – Timing or length of the event (4%)

14 – Evening social activities (0%)

15 – Day care for kids (0%)

16 – Alternative activities for partners (4%)

17 – Other (explain): (13%)

Question 540 (TC32)

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For developer events that you cannot attend, what would be your ideal method of participating remotely?

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 23

22% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Live hangouts (48%)

2 – IRC (48%)

3 – Talk page discussions (13%)

4 – Other (open) (13%)

Question 541 (TC38)

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Have you ever have felt uncomfortable or unqualified to attend a Wikimedia technical event?

Participants (n) = 20

Median = 2

1 – No (85%)

2 – Yes (15%)

15% of technical contributors who participated in this question reported that they have felt uncomfortable or unqualified to attend a Wikimedia technical event

Question 544 (TC51)

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Do you attend developer events that are not related to Wikimedia?

Participants (n) = 19

Median = 1

10% selected "Not sure" ^[?]

1 – No (37%)

2 – Yes (63%)

Question 546.01 (TC21)

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Unfriendly:Friendly

Note: This question showed a scale between 1 to 5.

Participants (n) = 69

Median = 4

1 – 1 (3%)

2 – 2 (6%)

3 – 3 (12%)

4 – 4 (49%)

5 – 5 (30%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "friendly."

Question 546.02 (TC21)

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Disrespectful:Respectful

Participants (n) = 69

Median = 4

1 – 1 (1%)

2 – 2 (7%)

3 – 3 (20%)

4 – 4 (38%)

5 – 5 (33%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "respectiful."

Question 546.03 (TC21)

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Not diverse:Diverse

Participants (n) = 67

Median = 3

1 – 1 (3%)

2 – 2 (16%)

3 – 3 (36%)

4 – 4 (25%)

5 – 5 (19%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 3, between both not diverse and diverse."

Question 546.04 (TC21)

In general, the people in the Wikimedia technical community are: - Unwelcoming:Welcoming

Participants (n) = 69

Median = 4

1 – 1 (0%)

2 – 2 (12%)

3 – 3 (30%)

4 – 4 (36%)

5 – 5 (22%)

From the technical contributors who participated in this question, the median response was number 4 towards "welcoming."

Question 547 (TC26)

Which of the following best describe the reason(s) you contribute your technical skills to Wikimedia? (select all that apply)

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 71

3% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – I want to support the Wikimedia mission (82%)

2 – I want to support free software (75%)

3 – I want to help editors (72%)

4 – I want to improve readers’ experience (52%)

5 – I want to learn & acquire experience (63%)

6 – I want to because it's part of my studies or research (15%)

7 – I have to because it’s part of my job (20%)

8 – Other (specify) (6%)

Question 548.01 (TC37)

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To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - MediaWiki.org homepage

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 3

6% selected "" ^[?]

1 – Not at all useful (20%)

2 – A little useful (27%)

3 – Somewhat useful (7%)

4 – Very useful (47%)

Question 548.02 (TC37)

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To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - MediaWiki.org search

Participants (n) = 14

Median = 3

13% selected "" ^[?]

1 – Not at all useful (29%)

2 – A little useful (7%)

3 – Somewhat useful (36%)

4 – Very useful (29%)

Question 548.03 (TC37)

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Documentation for newcomers

Participants (n) = 15

Median = 3

6% selected "" ^[?]

1 – Not at all useful (0%)

2 – A little useful (13%)

3 – Somewhat useful (40%)

4 – Very useful (47%)

Question 548.04 (TC37)

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FILTER: Developers with 1 year of experience or less or 2

To what extent are the following MediaWiki.org resources useful or not useful for you to get involved in making technical contributions? - Support / getting answers

Participants (n) = 16

Median = 4

1 – Not at all useful (6%)

2 – A little useful (13%)

3 – Somewhat useful (25%)

4 – Very useful (56%)

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's participation in the following programs helps us achieve our goals to recruit new volunteer developers, implement new features, and promote Wikimedia as an open source project. - Google Summer of Code (GSoC)

Participants (n) = 8

Median = 4

11% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (38%)

2 – Disagree (0%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (0%)

4 – Agree (38%)

5 – Strongly agree (25%)

Question 552.02 (TC28)

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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation's participation in the following programs helps us achieve our goals to recruit new volunteer developers, implement new features, and promote Wikimedia as an open source project. - Outreachy

Participants (n) = 7

Median = 4

22% selected "No opinion" ^[?]

1 – Strongly disagree (43%)

2 – Disagree (0%)

3 – Neither agree nor disagree (0%)

4 – Agree (43%)

5 – Strongly agree (14%)

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Goal 15 - Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues

No pages meet these criteria.