Thanks for your note Pine. I believe I have already shared this on Wikimedia-l; I haven't shared to Announce, so I can do that.
"Diversity" is multifaceted. I think that some areas offer some hope (e.g. program organizers & affiliate organizers have higher proportion of women and geographic representation), others I am not uncertain whether we put a lot of attention (Education & Age), and in others we are seeing little progress (gender on the projects). And perhaps some aren't even on our radar. I think many teams are still working to understand what are the problems and possible levers that can help us to bring change to these measures. Some of those teams include Contributors/Audiences team, Anti-Harassment Tools, Trust & Safety and Community Resources. Each of these teams bringing their own strengths and angles to the problem. I invite you to read the team reports https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/2018_Report/Team_Reports .
The research team is also working on finding a way to capture demographic data as well this year. While we gather this data through CE Insights it is not the most optimal way to measure demographic data. There was also the recent email by Erik Zachte about language diversity (Email subject: "Wikipedias, participation per language") Always to good to start to measure what you want to change.
I also invite you (and perhaps everyone on this list) to reflect on: what numbers are most concerning for you related to diversity? What could you do to improve diversity on the projects? And decide how you would like to take action.
Hope this helps! Edward
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 8:53 PM Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Edward,
Thanks for this publication. This research is likely to be of interest to the WikimediaAnnounce-l (and by extension, Wikimedia-l) and Wikitech-l subscribers, so I suggest that you cross-post this publication to those lists.
After reading this report, I have a question which may be challenging to answer: what should we do to improve our diversity? Many of us, inside and outside of WMF, have wanted to see progress on diversity metrics for years, and I get the impression that while significant attention and resources are being given to diversity, our progress has been disappointing. Perhaps that's a subject that can be discussed further during the video presentation, but I'd also be interested in hearing your comments here on Research-l.
Have a good weekend,
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:07 PM Edward Galvez egalvez@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm excited to share that our annual survey about Wikimedia communities
is
now published!
This survey included 170 questions and reaches over 4,000 community members across four audiences: Contributors, Affiliate organizers, Program Organizers,
and
Volunteer Developers. This survey helps us hear from the experience of Wikimedians from across the movement so that teams are able to use community feedback in their planning and their work. This survey also
helps
us learn about long term changes in communities, such as community health or demographics.
The report is available on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/2018_Report
For this survey, we worked with 11 teams to develop the questions. Once
the
results were analyzed, we spent time with each team to help them
understand
their results. Most teams have already identified how they will use the results to help improve their work to support you.
The report could be useful for your work in the Wikimedia movement as
well!
What are you learning from the data? Take some time to read the report
and
share your feedback on the talk pages. We have also published a blog that you can read.[1]
We are hosting a livestream presentation[2] on September 20 at 1600 UTC. Hope to see you there!
Feel free to email me directly with any questions.
All the best, Edward
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/09/13/what-we-learned-surveying-4000-co...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGQtWFP9Cjc
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