[Foundation-l] Surveys

Tue Oct 2 15:49:35 UTC 2007

Hi Mark

I think it is an excellent idea and will give people an opportunity to have
their say and also, perhaps, to understand misconceptions from newbies (like
me).

If you can put a draft together of the sort of questions you think you would
like to ask I would happily work with you form that point onwards.  As to
actually getting an online survey going with links from Wiki sites, it is
relatively easy as we can use something like Survey Monkey
www.surveymonkey.com.  It is dead simple to use and produces base table
analysis and some more in-depth cross-tabulations too (I think).  The cost
of Survey Monkey is dependant on the number of surveys completed and whether
subscription is monthly (approx £10 I think) or annually (£100 ish).  So
quite within a Wikimedia budget I would think.

Best regards

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
> Of Marc Riddell
> Sent: 02 October 2007 14:28
> To: debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>
> on 10/1/07 4:34 PM, Debbie Garside at debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk wrote:
>
> > OK... Forget the question :-)  I just realised there were
> another 30
> > emails above the one I responded to ;-)
> >
> Thank you for responding, Debbie. What I am interested in,
> generally, is the state of online collaboration and community
> building; and I am particularly wanting to study
> interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution and identity
> within the Foundation's projects. In other words, I would
> like to take a Project's emotional temperature.
>
> In the English Wikipedia, for example, there are those on the
> Mailing List who say, we're fine, the culture's fine - don't
> mess with it.
>
> However, there are also enough posts from persons who say
> they are feeling abused, ignored, and not being treated
> fairly in the Project. And, when these persons do post, they
> are usually portrayed as whiners, malcontents, and as persons
> who "need to get with the program".
>
> In short, people simply don't seem to know how to talk with
> each other without being extremely defensive, or grossly
> offensive. This severely inhibits and degrades the quality of
> collaboration.
>
> I have some ideas on how to improve some of this, but first I
> would like to conduct an honest, objective survey to see if
> this is simply my imagination, or is actually a true picture
> of the state of things.
>
> My field is Clinical Psychology. I could assist in analyzing
> such a survey, but I am not schooled or experienced in
> actually creating one.
>
> My thoughts are to present the findings to the Foundation
> itself. There is plenty of time to work within here. I would
> like to do this right. I welcome your input.
>
> Marc Riddell
>
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> >> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Debbie
> >> Garside
> >> Sent: 01 October 2007 19:34
> >> To: 'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> By survey can you clarify what you mean please?  I do have quite a
> >> lot of experience in both designing, implementing and analysing
> >> survey data - most recently conducting an online survey for an ISO
> >> TC.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Debbie
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> >>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
> >> Of Casey
> >>> Brown
> >>> Sent: 29 September 2007 13:59
> >>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> >>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
> >>>
> >>> I believe there are currently some attempts at creating
> surveys by
> >>> individual community members, but I don't think anything
> on a large
> >>> scale has been done yet.  This is definitely something that a few
> >>> (most?) people would like to see done, to just get a
> better idea of
> >>> who uses or edits the site.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/29/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Folks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Has any type of survey of individual Community Members ever
> >>> been taken
> >>>> on any online Foundation project?
> >>>>
> >>>> If there has, what were the mechanics involved in taking
> >>> it? If not,
> >>>> would conducting such a survey be possible?
> >>>>
> >>>> I am somewhat computer-challenged, so please be gentle :-).
> >>>>
> >>>> Marc Riddell
>
>
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