I agree that shorter surveys are more effective. On that notem could the final question be shortened? Questions along the lines of 'would you like to hear from us again' are sensible and common amongst surveys etc, but that is the longest I've come across.
Richard On 25/08/2013, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > We already know that ~ 60/70% of the respondents will be new users, meaning > that they will probably not understand properly what you're talking about. > The WLM upload infrastructure has been built in such a way that we don't > push the license too much in their face, but only inform them that they are > releasing it etc - we don't push a choice to them. I don't expect any > reliable answers from such a question (or any license related question). If > the intended audience were primarily wikimedians, that might be different. > > If any question around free licensing would be appropriate, it would > probably be finding out whether it was a hurdle for them - do they consider > releasing stuff under a free license a problem? But even about that I'm > very doubtful whether it is worth the confusion and extra question. > > Lodewijk > > > 2013/8/25 Karthik Nadar <[email protected]> > >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 2013/8/25 Lodewijk <[email protected]>: >>> > Hi Karthik, >>> > >>> > what exactly would you like to accomplish with that question? What >>> > information would you like to collect, and what would you like to do >>> with >>> > that information? The longer a survey gets the less people fill it >>> > out, >>> so >>> > I'm always in favor of reducing the number of questions where >>> > possible. >>> One >>> > way of doing that is by removing questions where we already know we >>> will not >>> > actually act upon the results. >>> > >>> > Lodewijk >>> >>> Maybe this question could be turn that way : “What licence did you chose >>> ?” >>> It is useful to know how many people stay with the default licence and >>> how many change it (and at the same time increase the awareness of >>> free licences which is important but maybe not enough in itself to be >>> in this survey). >>> If many people change the licence, we could act to change the the >>> default licence. >>> >> >> This one sounds better too. All I wanted to play with the license, and >> this one sounds appropriate. We can make sure to know, with which license >> people are more comfortable with. >> >> >>> >>> Cdlt, ~nicolas >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Karthik Nadar. >> /karthikndr <https://www.facebook.com/karthikndr>, >> @karthikndr<http://twitter.com/karthikndr> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > -- Richard Nevell Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
