John Collison wrote:
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Q1: How long have you been editing wikipedia?
A:
Since September 2003.
Q2: How many hours per week do you spend on wikipedia?
A:
Let's see...during my school holidays, I spend about 8 to 14 hours
online; during ordinary days, I guess it's about eight hours. Of my
online time, I'd say about 60% is devoted to Wikipedia.
Q3: Do you write professionally?
A:
No, but that sounds like fun.
Q4: What is your current employement?
A:
Student.
Q5: Why do you work on wikipedia for nothing when you could be paid to
write elsewhere?
A:
For the fun of it.
Q6: If people were paid to work on Wikipedia, would you stay or would
you devote your time to something else?
A:
Why wouldn't I stay?
Q7: Do you think people should be paid to work on wikipedia?
A:
Well, we can all dream, but...no. At least not till Bill Gates starts
financing the Wikimedia Foundation.
Q8: Do you think developers should be paid?
A:
See above.
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:
Hell 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:
Yes.
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:
If you mean interacting in general, no. If you mean interacting as in
interacting online, to a certain extent, yes.
Q13: Do you edit wikipedia for any reasons other than the ones
mentioned above also?
A:
I just find writing fun.
Thanks for your time.
John Collison
(Ludraman)
John Lee
([[User:Johnleemk]])