Wikimedian Demographics/Making Interpretations DynamicPageList

We're not sure yet how to interpret the data over the long term, but users can create interpretations using DynamicPageList, which is a MediaWiki feature available on Wikiversity.

For example, to compare how many participants that Primarily edit Wikiversity use IRC regularly vs. those who don't use IRC regularly, you would use the following script:

'''Users who primarily edit on Wikiversity who use IRC regularly:'''
<DynamicPageList>
category=WMDGS/Primarily contributes to Wikiversity
category=WMDGS/Regularly uses IRC
order=descending
ordermethod=lastedit
</DynamicPageList>

'''Users who primarily edit on Wikiversity who ''do not'' use IRC regularly:'''
<DynamicPageList>
category=WMDGS/Primarily contributes to Wikiversity
notcategory=WMDGS/Regularly uses IRC
order=descending
ordermethod=lastedit
</DynamicPageList>

Which makes the following text appear on the page:

Users who primarily edit on Wikiversity who use IRC regularly:

• User:Countrymike/Survey responses
• User:Erkan Yilmaz/Survey responses
• User:JWS/Survey responses

Users who primarily edit on Wikiversity who do not use IRC regularly:

• User:Gaidheal1/Survey responses
• User:Jade Knight/Survey responses
• User:Luai lashire/Survey responses
• User:Mu301/Survey responses
• User:Cormaggio/Survey responses
• User:Dzonatas/Survey responses

You can compare any categories in this manner, using "category=" to get all pages in a category, or "notcategory=" to exclude all pages in a category. Copy and paste the script above and try it out on your interpretation page by changing the categories!