Thanks for this insight and context Fae, that's really helpful to me and
others to be aware of.
The way the Foundation asked me to distribute the survey was through a
random sampling model. However I felt that with the extensive personal
questions, this really did need to be completely optional
The Affiliate Membership survey has been subject to objection by
members of the WMLGBT+ user group in a meeting this week with WMF T
The information about gender is potentially highly identifying. It is
unclear in the WMF privacy statement in which circumstances the WMF
would release information
Dear all
The Wikimedia Foundation is running an Affiliate Membership survey that
they have asked me to share with Wikimedia UK members. Looking through the
questions, this feels most appropriate for active Wikimedia contributors,
rather than people who are members but don't volunteer their time.