Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-15 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Rogol, A pattern seems to be developing, suggesting that you grab any opportunity to question or attack the Wikimedia Foundation. I don't see any foundation for your accusation, nor do I see a relevance for it in this thread. This thread was pretty straightforward about a proposal/question,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-14 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Nathan, These are indeed excellent questions which should be asked before starting any survey. I wish I could be confident that it is universal practice for the Foundation to undertake this exercise before each of the rather numerous surveys they make of the community, and always able to view,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-14 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:30 AM, James Heilman wrote: > Is this with respect to what to do about undisclosed paid editing or > something else? > > J > ​I believe it has to do with this list that Bill compiled, related to political action: <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-14 Thread James Heilman
Is this with respect to what to do about undisclosed paid editing or something else? J On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Bill Takatoshi wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Nathan > > wrote: > > > > What would your intended use of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-14 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Will, It seems I'm missing some context here. I still don't understand what type of survey we're talking about, what the intended purpose is and what would be accomplished by such survey. You're talking about commissioning the survey - from which capacity would you do that? What

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-13 Thread Bill Takatoshi
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Nathan wrote: > > What would your intended use of the results of such a survey be? How do you > think the community, or any group of people, should interpret, value and > react to the results? I only intend that the results be published as soon

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-13 Thread Nathan
What would your intended use of the results of such a survey be? How do you think the community, or any group of people, should interpret, value and react to the results? On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Bill Takatoshi wrote: > When a contentious question about the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] community survey request

2017-02-13 Thread Bill Takatoshi
When a contentious question about the community's opinion is preventing consideration of one or more proposals, what is the best way forward, in general? I am considering commissioning a survey of community opinion from a neutral and respected third party who has published a well-received survey