User:DGGV/Survey responses

Hello, DGGV, and welcome to Wikimedia Demographics. This is a resource for studying the culture of Wikimedia, the cultural phenomenon of Wikimedia, and the hopes and aspirations of the Wikimedians themselves.

To participate, all that's required is to fill in the responses to the template that you will see when you edit this page. When you're done, you will see the results and further instructions.

To answer, hit the "edit" button at the top of this page (use a new window if you need to see the instructions while answering). If you don't have an opinion or don't want to respond to any particular question, leave the field after the "=" blank. If you've loaded the surveys in a package and some of the surveys don't apply to you, simply remove them from this page (from the opening brackets to the closing ones).

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1. When you take a survey, be sure to remove the "y" after "show instructions", as this will make the instruction boxes disappear and make your page less cluttered. You can always re-add the "y" if more questions are added or you want to change your responses.

2. If a survey doesn't apply to you or you have no intention of participating in it, just remove it from your survey page.

The first question in every survey asks if you want to show instructions. When you're done, just remove the "y" and the instructions will disappear.

The basic survey asks broad questions about who you are and how you participate in Wikimedia projects. Options for answering are as follows:

• For the next 10 questions, you will be asked about your level of involvement in the various Wikimedia wikis, rating your participation from 0-4.
  • 4 = Your primary project, where you spend most of your energy as a contributor.
  • 3 = Projects you regularly contribute to, though not as much as your primary
  • 2 = Projects you occaisionally contribute to
  • 1 = Projects you rarely contribute to
  • 0 = Projects you don't contribute to, but do read and use
  • leave blank if you neither use nor contribute to the project in question.
• For the next 2 questions (IRC and mailinglist usage), you will again be asked to rate your participation, this time from 1-4 (default does nothing)
  • 4 = You regularly use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 3 = You occaisionaly use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 2 = You rarely use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
  • 1 = You never use, follow, or post on IRC or at least one of the Wikimedia mailinglists
• Enter the four digit year when you made your first edit to a wikimedia project
• The next question asks whether you are an administrator on any Wikimedia project. Please answer "y" or "n" (default does nothing)
• Indicate your gender using "m" for male, "f" for female, and "t" for transgendered
• Indicate where you live in the world using:
  • "ne" for the northeast quadrant (Europe, Asia, North Africa, etc.)
  • "nw" for the northwest quadrant (North America, Carribean, etc.)
  • "se" for the southeast quadrant (Africa, Australia, etc.)
  • "sw" for the southwest quadrant (South America, etc.)

To see a list of other available surveys, remove the "y" from after "Show instructions ("y" shows instructions for the basic survey)"

Hello, DGGV. This survey asks whether you are a citizen, a resident, or have visited countries in North America.

To answer, use the following key terms after the "=" for each country that applies:

• cr - Citizen and resident
• ncr - Non-citizen resident
• cnr - Citizen, but not a resident
• v - Have visited or previously resided in (but not a citizen)

If you want to answer for a country that does not appear on this template, see Template:Wmdgs-nationality, residence, and travel (North America) for instructions (a preload template is available, so minimal template experience is required!), and add the country to the template.

Hello, DGGV. This survey asks whether you are a citizen, a resident, or have visited countries in Europe

To answer, use the following key terms after the "=" for each country that applies:

• cr - Citizen and resident
• ncr - Non-citizen resident
• cnr - Citizen, but not a resident
• v - Have visited or previously resided in (but not a citizen)

If you want to answer for a country that does not appear on this template, see Template:Wmdgs-nationality, residence, and travel (Europe) for instructions (a preload template is available, so minimal template experience is required!), and add the country to the template.

Hello, DGGV, and thanks for your interest in Wikipedia.

This survey currently contain questions about the quality of Wikipedia articles, the notability policy, the number of policies, and Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee, which among other things will be used for the Wikiversity resource on that subject. Other questions will be added to this survey as they become available (you can request or announce new additions here).

Accepted responses to the current questions are as follows:

• Article reliability - In your experience, how reliable are Wikipedia articles? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "usually reliable", 1 meaning "usually unreliable", and 3 meaning "reliable about half the time".
• Article depth - In your experience, how deeply do Wikipedia articles address their subjects? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "usually deep enough", 1 meaning "usually not deep enough", and 3 meaning "deep enough about half the time".
• Strength of notability requirement - In your experience, how well do Wikipedia's notability requirements work? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "too strong", 4 meaning "the right strength, but often interpreted too strongly", 3 meaning "about the right strength", 4 meaning "the right strength, but often interpreted too weakly", 1 meaning "not strong enough".
• Number of policies - In your experience, does Wikipedia have the right number of policies? Rate 1-3, with 3 meaning "too many policies", 2 meaning "the right number of policies", and 1 meaning "not enough policies".
• Rating of ARBCOM - In your experience, how well does Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee work? Rate 1-5, with 5 meaning "fully support", 4 meaning "support, but improvements are needed", 3 meaning "neutral on ARBCOM", 4 meaning "do not support, but would support if improved", 1 meaning "strongly oppose ARBCOM in any form".
• Are you a current or former member of ARBCOM - answer y or n
• Have you ever been an involved party in an ARBCOM case - answer y or n

Hello, DGGV, and thanks for your interest in the 2008 US presidential elections.

This survey currently contains questions about the primary campaigns.

Other questions will be added to this survey as they become available (you can request or announce new additions here).

Accepted responses to the current questions are as follows:

• Are you eligible to vote in this election? -- Please note that we are interested in the opinions of Wikimedians who are not eligible!
  • Answer yes or no (y/n).
• How closely have you been following the campaigns? -- a general question
  • 3 = closely ; 2 = somewhat ; 1 = not at all
• Are you a Democrat, Republican, or other? -- Questions about minor party affiliations can be added later.
  • D = Democrat ; ID = Independent leaning Democrat ; IO = independent/other ; IR = independent leaning Republican ; R = Republican
• Of the Democratic Party/Republican Party candidates, which do you like the best/think will be nominated?
  • Use the last name on the candidates, in ALL CAPS. "#switch:" functions will be added to the template over the next day or so, see the template page for details.
• Has your rating of the Democratic/Republican Party candidates changed since the first time you took this survey? -- opinions sometimes change
  • Answer yes or no (y/n)
• How well does the Wikipedia article on the Iowa caucus/US Electoral College explain that process? -- tell us how well Wikipedia is doing! More questions of this type will be added for relevant articles and other Wikimedia resources as time goes on.
  • 4 = very informative ; 3 = somewhat informative ; 2 = not informative ; 1 = misleading
• Did the results of the Iowa caucus or the New Hampshire primary affect your potential vote? -- The "pundits" have been very excited about this topic.
  • answer yes or no (y/n)