I agree that the "unanticipated follow-ups" are a serious design
problem that will distort some of the results, and in general, that
the technical implementation leaves lots to be desired, especially in
terms of usability. That said, there are many questions in the survey
which will yield useful data, or data that is useful with caveats. See
my summary here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Survey_2008#Some_interim_commen…
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