I agree with that and I'm not against a survey by any means. On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote:
> The discussion on Jimbo's talk page centers around the fact that the > demographic information at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#Diversity is from 2008. Even if > survey results are always biased, surely it would be better to have biased > data from 2016 than biased data from 2008. > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 6:05 AM, Dan Andreescu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Pete. This is a subject that comes up every now and then, but there >> is no active effort I know of to measure demographics. While it seems >> simple, and should be in a more ideal world, it is not. Any sort of >> self-identification tends to be heavily biased because a lot of minorities, >> when they identify as such, are harassed in some pretty miserable ways. We >> could run some of the tools we have to survey, like quick survey, and keep >> results anonymous, what specifically were you looking for? >> >> >> On Friday, April 8, 2016, Peter Ekman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Jimbo, on his talk page, said I should ask somebody at the WMF about >>> what's been going on and what might be happening soon re: Wikipedia >>> demographic surveys >>> >>> Please see, >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Updated_demographic_statistics_on_Wikipedia_editors >>> >>> My feelings are: >>> *This is an important problem that should be easily dealt with and can >>> be solved by a commitment from the top brass, and >>> *we need to take a spectacularly simple approach to just get it done. >>> >>> Any feedback would be appreciated via my e-mail or even on Jimbo's talk. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Pete Ekman >>> aka User:Smallbones >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Analytics mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >
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