Thank you for participating in the 2014 Global South User Survey!
Please share your thoughts with us: it should only take you about 15 minutes. We look forward to learning more about our users from countries in the global south. Your feedback on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects will be valuable to us: it will help us to understand the specific needs of local user communities in the global south, provide data that supports product development, and assist in guiding the process of the upcoming strategic planning.
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From where do you access the Internet most frequently?
Mobile phone
School
Workplace
Home
Public places (Internet cafe, library, etc)
A friend's place
Other (please specify):
Which devices do you usually use to access the Internet?
Desktop
Laptop
Tablet
Smartphone
Feature phone (non-smart phone)
Other (please specify):
What are the main purposes you use the Internet for?
e-mail
News
Social networking
Blogging
Search
Chat
Games
Other (please specify):
Which websites do you most frequently use?
Facebook
Youtube
Google
Yahoo
Blog sites
Wikipedia
Twitter
Other (please specify):
Which accounts do you most frequently use?
Facebook
Youtube
Google
MSN
Yahoo
Blog sites
Wikipedia
Twitter
Email accounts
Other (please specify):
In which languages do you most frequently read content on the Internet?
Arabic
Bengali
English
French
Gujarati
Hindi
Indonesian
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Odia
Portuguese
Punjabi
Spanish
Tagalog
Tamil
Telugu
Turkish
Vietnamese
Other (please specify):
What are the major challenges you have concerning the Internet? (Connectivity, content, cost, etc)
What information or content do you wish you could find more of on the Internet (e.g., more content in specific language, more content in specific topics)?
What best describes your type of contributions to Wikipedia?
I write new articles.
I add content to existing articles.
I fix formatting, spelling and grammar, or make other minor edits to articles.
I do translation work.
I contribute photos and multimedia content to Wikimedia Commons.
I patrol for vandalism, copyright violations, or other problems with articles.
I answer readers’ questions and complaints.
I resolve disputes among volunteers (e.g. mediation, arbitration).
I organize or help to organize events, workshops, meetups, or the annual Wikimania conferences.
I do public outreach or advocacy outside the Wikimedia community.
I do technical work such as maintaining bots or tools.
I participate in chapter work.
I participate in discussions about articles.
I develop or maintain policies, guidelines and similar community processes.
Other (please specify):
If applicable, which of the Wikimedia Foundation's other free knowledge sites do you contribute to?
Wikisource
Wikiquote
Wikibooks
Wiktionary
Wikinews
Wikiversity
Commons
Wikispecies
Wikivoyage
Wikidata
None of the above
Other (please specify):
How much time do you spend editing Wikimedia sites?
Less than one hour a month
1–3 hours a month
1–3 hours a week
1–2 hours a day
3–4 hours a day
More than 4 hours a day
How do users on your home wiki mostly interact with each other?
Village pump
Article talk pages
User talk pages
Project pages
Mailing lists
Social media (Facebook, google groups, etc)
Other (please specify):
Which of the following apply to your language and the technology you use?
No operating system support for my language
No keyboard support for my language
No browser support for my language
I have no problems when it comes to technology support for my language
Other (please specify):
What things might help you contribute more?
Someone coaches me on how to edit
Receiving answers to my questions on talk pages
Receiving help regarding Wikipedia policies, and community norms
Improved editing interface
Other Wikimedians welcoming my contributions
Receiving appreciation for my contributions
Confidence that my contributions will not be removed
Knowledge that others benefit from my contributions
Other (please specify):
Do you use well-written articles from other languages to translate an initial version in your own language?
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Can you outline your experience in editing Wikipedia in languages other than English? (e.g. if you're typing in Turkish, what are the typical challenges you face?)
What kind of tools (e.g. spell-checkers, auto-complete tools) would you like to have?
What kind of movement support would you like to receive?
Creating a Wikimedia user group/chapter in my area
Grants to cover my Wikipedia expenses
Grants to help me experiment with new ideas
Scholarship to attend Wikipedia related events
Running a Wikipedia education program at my school
Creating a partnership with my local museum/library
None, I have no need of movement resources
Other (please specify):
What first motivated you to edit Wikipedia?
I noticed an error and wanted to fix it
I noticed that an article about a topic was missing, so I created it
I wanted to learn a new skill
I wanted to contribute to free knowledge on the Internet
I wanted to contribute contents in my language
A friend or colleague got me interested
I attended a lecture or workshop about editing Wikipedia
I started editing as part of a class assignment in school/university
