This request is not about English Wikipedia; it's about demographics for Wikipedia editors in general. Apparently, the last time we did a cross-wiki demographic survey was 2008. Let me know if that isn't correct.
The specific questions that people would like answers to are: * What is the gender of Wikipedia editors? * What is the age of Wikipedia editors? * What is the educational background of Wikipedia editors? * What is the relationship status of Wikipedia editors? * What percentage of Wikipedia editors have children? On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Jonathan Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > CC'ing Edward Galvez, our survey specialist. > > Hi Pete, > > I support this idea in general, and am always interested in learning more > about the demographics of our communities. A few considerations/suggestions > (these are opinions: I'm not in a position to launch or kill a project like > this). > > - It takes much more than a month to deploy and analyze a (useful, > successful, and LEGAL) survey. Especially when you're asking about people's > off-wiki lives (see Dan's comments above). WMF ran an annual editor survey > for several years, and ended up stopping in part because it took a lot of > time, and there was no clear research question to justify the continued > effort of re-running the survey. > - I'd like to hear a more detailed rationale about why we think the > demographics of English Wikipedia may have changed since the last survey. > - I'd like to hear a more detailed rationale for why it is more > important to understand the demographics of English Wikipedians (who have > already been surveyed) as opposed to, say, the demographics of contributors > to languages associated with countries where a large number of people are > coming online for the first time (and hence represent areas of significant > content growth within Wikipedia as a whole). We've run comparatively fewer > surveys targeted at these users, and we have greater reason to suspect that > the demographics of these contributors are actively shifting. > - This sounds to me like it could be a great Individual Engagement > Grant project. If someone submitted this as an IEG and it was accepted, I > would be happy to support the project by working with the project leader to > craft a useful survey and get the relevant Legal approval. > > Best, > Jonathan > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 5:05 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 >> >> > > > -- > Jonathan T. Morgan > Senior Design Researcher > Wikimedia Foundation > User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> > > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >
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