Re: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion

2017-03-02 Thread James Heilman
by extra scrutiny before finalisation. > Cheers, > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Cardy > Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2017 2:44 PM > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Su

Re: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion

2017-02-26 Thread Peter Southwood
. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Cardy Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2017 2:44 PM To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion I'm keen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion

2017-02-26 Thread Jonathan Cardy
WereSpielChequers > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:18:47 -0700 > From: Bill Takatoshi <billtakato...@gmail.com> > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community > opinion > Message-ID: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion

2017-02-25 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
An interesting idea, and if it reduces the survey load on the community that would be good. But one should never survey for the sake of it. Any proposed survey question should be able to meet the test "What will you do with the answer to this question?" In my experience, the response to that is

[Wikimedia-l] proposal for regular surveys of community opinion

2017-02-24 Thread Bill Takatoshi
Over the past few weeks I have been discussing how to correct the lack of information about community opinion and the disadvantages of relying on opt-in (RFCs or less formal "speak up and stick your neck out") methods for addressing the problem with Foundation staff, other community members, and