Dear Johan,
I will be happy to participate in the testing, especially interested into provide some feedback that can help the interface or navigation for minoritized languages. You can count me in, as it looks interesting and useful.
However, please note that we are a *volunteering* movement, and it is so tiring to constantly remind this to the Wikimedia Foundation. With a community of tens of thousands of users worldwide, you should not need to -nor directly offer- money as a compensation for filling in six quick forms (I'd understand some kind of raffle or cultural voucher, but directly cash... really?). Besides: the third party is a Google Forms. Not happy at all about it either. Perhaps it's time that, in the middle of so many ethical statements and ethical charts, your institution is able to conduct surveys or gather data in a more appropriate manner. If some affiliates are able to do so with free software (e.g. Limesurvey) and very low budgets, it would be reasonable that the WMF does so too and does not rely in the "laziest" option.
Sorry, I feel the need to express this because it is so tiring to participate and raise awareness about the ethics of selflessly create and share knowledge with Open Access tools, while you increasingly make it easier for yourself with private external parties and for those who are shifting towards the "only paid" Wikipedia-related tasks.
As I said, I will gladly participate in this easy task but rejecting any kind of money -as I've always done in this hobby environment.
Kind regards and a Happy New Year to everyone,
Xavier Dengra
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dimecres, 5 de gener 2022 a les 2:01 PM, Johan Jönsson jjonsson@wikimedia.org va escriure:
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_Pr...).
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@wikimedia.org).
Thank you for your help and feedback.
//JohanJönsson