--- John Collison <john(a)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: 3 years
Q2: How many hours per week do you spend on wikipedia?
A: 3
Q3: Do you write professionally?
A: yes
Q4: What is your current employement?
A: Programmer Analyst fortune 500 company
Q5: Why do you work on wikipedia for nothing when you could be paid
to
write elsewhere?
A: Because I can make more money programming than writing. I would
also say that
it's a sharing thing. The information I get out og
Wikipedia is worth a lot to me, so I consider it payment.
Q6: If people were paid to work on Wikipedia, would you stay or
would
you devote your time to something else?
A: Something else
Q7: Do you think people should be paid to work on wikipedia?
A: No.
Q8: Do you think developers should be paid?
A: No.
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: Maybe.
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: No.
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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