Hi Mark
I think it is an excellent idea and will give people an opportunity to have
their say and also, perhaps, to understand misconceptions from newbies (like
me).
If you can put a draft together of the sort of questions you think you would
like to ask I would happily work with you form that point onwards. As to
actually getting an online survey going with links from Wiki sites, it is
relatively easy as we can use something like Survey Monkey
. It is dead simple to use and produces base table
analysis and some more in-depth cross-tabulations too (I think). The cost
of Survey Monkey is dependant on the number of surveys completed and whether
subscription is monthly (approx £10 I think) or annually (£100 ish). So
quite within a Wikimedia budget I would think.
Best regards
Debbie
-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
Of Marc Riddell
Sent: 02 October 2007 14:28
To: debbie(a)ictmarketing.co.uk, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
on 10/1/07 4:34 PM, Debbie Garside at debbie(a)ictmarketing.co.uk wrote:
OK... Forget the question :-) I just realised
there were
another 30
emails above the one I responded to ;-)
Thank you for responding, Debbie. What I am interested in,
generally, is the state of online collaboration and community
building; and I am particularly wanting to study
interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution and identity
within the Foundation's projects. In other words, I would
like to take a Project's emotional temperature.
In the English Wikipedia, for example, there are those on the
Mailing List who say, we're fine, the culture's fine - don't
mess with it.
However, there are also enough posts from persons who say
they are feeling abused, ignored, and not being treated
fairly in the Project. And, when these persons do post, they
are usually portrayed as whiners, malcontents, and as persons
who "need to get with the program".
In short, people simply don't seem to know how to talk with
each other without being extremely defensive, or grossly
offensive. This severely inhibits and degrades the quality of
collaboration.
I have some ideas on how to improve some of this, but first I
would like to conduct an honest, objective survey to see if
this is simply my imagination, or is actually a true picture
of the state of things.
My field is Clinical Psychology. I could assist in analyzing
such a survey, but I am not schooled or experienced in
actually creating one.
My thoughts are to present the findings to the Foundation
itself. There is plenty of time to work within here. I would
like to do this right. I welcome your input.
Marc Riddell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
Behalf Of Debbie
> Garside
> Sent: 01 October 2007 19:34
> To: 'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>
> Hi
>
> By survey can you clarify what you mean please? I do have quite a
> lot of experience in both designing, implementing and analysing
> survey data - most recently conducting an online survey for an ISO
> TC.
>
> Best regards
>
> Debbie
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
> Of Casey
>> Brown
>> Sent: 29 September 2007 13:59
>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Surveys
>>
>> I believe there are currently some attempts at creating
surveys by
>> individual community members, but I
don't think anything
on a large
>> scale has been done yet. This is
definitely something that a few
>> (most?) people would like to see done, to just get a
better idea of
>> who uses or edits the site.
>>
>> On 9/29/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Has any type of survey of individual Community Members ever
>> been taken
>>> on any online Foundation project?
>>>
>>> If there has, what were the mechanics involved in taking
>> it? If not,
>>> would conducting such a survey be possible?
>>>
>>> I am somewhat computer-challenged, so please be gentle :-).
>>>
>>> Marc Riddell
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