So it does. Strange that they ask about English Wikipedia, but are citing cross-wiki statistics. I suppose an update of either would be welcome.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Jonathan Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, I thought it was an Enwiki specific request, because the thread Pete > pointed to > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_206#Updated_demographic_statistics_on_Wikipedia_editors> > starts with the following sentence: > > *"Does anyone know if there is a reasonably up-to-date source regarding > demographic statistics on regular English Wikipedia editors?"* > > Either way, I have no objections. Just opinions :) > > Jonathan > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. 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