On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:54:50 +0000, John Collison john@collison.ie wrote:
I am conducting a short survey as part of a project on different methods of building online projects. I mentioned this a while back on wikipedia-l. I would greatly appreciate it if any wikipedians could fill in the survey and send it back to me. Sorry to be a hassle.
THE SURVEY:
NOTE: This survey only concerns EN wikipedia, do not factor in any work on other languages in this.
Q1: How long have you been editing wikipedia? A:
~May 2004
Q2: How many hours per week do you spend on wikipedia? A:
I havent measured it.
Q3: Do you write professionally? A:
No
Q4: What is your current employement? A:
None
Q5: Why do you work on wikipedia for nothing when you could be paid to write elsewhere? A:
N/A88
Q6: If people were paid to work on Wikipedia, would you stay or would you devote your time to something else? A:
Stay.
Q7: Do you think people should be paid to work on wikipedia? A:
Yes
Q8: Do you think developers should be paid? A:
Yes
Q9: Do you think reward schemes and competitions (like Danny's contest) on a small scale to get people to write more, better etc. should be used on wikipedia? A:
Didn't know of it, probably yes.
Note: You can answer yes to as many of the following questions as you like.
Q10: Do you work on wikipedia for the enjoyement of seeing your work online? A:
No
Q11: Do you work on wikipedia for the satisfaction that you have created something good and it can be used by others? A:
Yes
Q12:Do you work on wikipedia because it you enjoy interacting with others? A:
Yes
Q13: Do you edit wikipedia for any reasons other than the ones mentioned above also? A:
Yes
Thanks for your time.
John Collison (Ludraman)
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