Hello,
On behalf of the team behind the iOS Wikipedia app: Over the past quarter
the iOS team has been working hard on new features to support notifications
in the app and we would love to hear your feedback and insights.
If you have an iPhone or iPad running iOS 13 or later and edit in more than
one language we’d love to hear from you. The study will take place over two
weeks between January and February, 2022. The survey results (diary
entries) collected throughout this study will be used by the developers to
make improvements to the Wikipedia iOS app
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS>.
Throughout the course of the study you will be asked to use a beta build of
the Wikipedia app, which includes echo-style notifications. You will need
to allow the Wikipedia app to send ‘push’ notifications to your device.
Every two days (for a total of six entries) you will be asked via email to
fill out a ‘Diary entry’ survey, regardless of if you have used the
Wikipedia app over the past two days. This short survey will ask you to
answer a few questions about your use of the notifications within the app
and also includes space for general comments and thoughts.
At the end of the study you will be asked to fill out one final ten-minute
exit survey, which will focus on your overall experience with the Wikipedia
app notifications and any general thoughts or feedback you might have.
Surveys throughout this study will be conducted via a third-party service,
which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy
and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:IOS_Notifications_Diary_Study_Privacy_Statement>
.
We are able to offer $75 to selected study participants who successfully
complete the full study (a total of six diary entries across two weeks and
completion of the onboarding and exit survey). This is because we’re asking
for a not insignificant participation in the software development process
whether it suits the participant or not at the time; in that way, this is
more like work than the editing which can be picked up or not depending on
what happens elsewhere in life. It can only be offered to those who fully
complete the study.
If you are interested in participating please email Carolyn Li-Madeo (
cmadeo(a)wikimedia.org).
Thank you for your help and feedback.
//Johan Jönsson
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