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. > Actually there were three general editor surveys after 2008 which all covered demographics including the specific questions you mention: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Survey > > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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