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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John Collison wrote:

<snip> 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]])