Interesting, thanks for sharing!
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- Re: Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results (Ian Gilfillan)
- Re: Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results (Mapaseka Vryman)
- June 2015 African language Wikipedia update (Ian Gilfillan)
- Re: Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results (Douglas Scott)
- Re: Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results (bobby shabangu)
- Re: June 2015 African language Wikipedia update (Asaf Bartov)
- Re: Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results (David Richfield)
Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:34:05 +0200 From: Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za To: wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results Message-ID: 558FF7CD.80904@greenman.co.za Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Thanks for putting this together Douglas.
An idea for the next survey are some questions on editing Wikipedias in languages besides English. Something like:
- Are you aware that Wikipedia exists in (list languages here)
- If yes, have you ever edited one of them? Which?
- If no (the question above), why not?
And then linking these results with the respondent's first language. It would be interesting to see what percentage of respondents that speak a language as a first-language edit that wikipedia vs English, what percentage of non-first language speakers, etc.
ian
On 27/06/2015 15:07, Douglas Scott wrote:
Hi Frank,
That is a good question and I suspect it might have made a small
difference
if the survey was done in other languages however I doubt it would have made much of a difference to people answering the question or even the results. Largely because English is the default lingua franca of South Africa which a great many people in South Africa can understand and converse in.
The other reason I doubt it is because apart from Afrikaans Wikipedia all the other African language Wikipedias (isiXhosa, isiZulu, and so on) have go so few articles and editors on them that they are basically dead. I hope that this will change in the future as it would be fantastic to have vibrant Wikipedia's in all of South Africa's languages. This is another indicator that there just arent likely to be very many people who speak those languages at a first language level out there editing Wikipedia.
But
that is just a theory.
Ultimately the only way to truly know for sure would be to do the next survey in as many different languages as possible and need to budget for the extra cost and time of organising its translation (which should not
in
any way be an excuse not to translate).
Cheers,
Douglas.
Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:41:58 +0200 From: Mapaseka Vryman mapaseka.vryman@gmail.com To: Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za Cc: "wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results Message-ID: < CAOP5ok6dbzVu3hoXMVSqnJN-pFdttjE_dWTnKEED7j1rRwyuug@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Thanks Ian, Was not aware Wikipedia is available local African languages. Would love to get involved in those.
On Sunday, June 28, 2015, Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za wrote:
Thanks for putting this together Douglas.
An idea for the next survey are some questions on editing Wikipedias in languages besides English. Something like:
- Are you aware that Wikipedia exists in (list languages here)
- If yes, have you ever edited one of them? Which?
- If no (the question above), why not?
And then linking these results with the respondent's first language. It would be interesting to see what percentage of respondents that speak a language as a first-language edit that wikipedia vs English, what percentage of non-first language speakers, etc.
ian
On 27/06/2015 15:07, Douglas Scott wrote:
Hi Frank,
That is a good question and I suspect it might have made a small difference if the survey was done in other languages however I doubt it would have made much of a difference to people answering the question or even the results. Largely because English is the default lingua franca of South Africa which a great many people in South Africa can understand and converse in.
The other reason I doubt it is because apart from Afrikaans Wikipedia
all
the other African language Wikipedias (isiXhosa, isiZulu, and so on)
have
go so few articles and editors on them that they are basically dead. I hope that this will change in the future as it would be fantastic to
have
vibrant Wikipedia's in all of South Africa's languages. This is another indicator that there just arent likely to be very many people who speak those languages at a first language level out there editing Wikipedia. But that is just a theory.
Ultimately the only way to truly know for sure would be to do the next survey in as many different languages as possible and need to budget for the extra cost and time of organising its translation (which should not
in
any way be an excuse not to translate).
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Message: 3 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:46:52 +0200 From: Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za To: "wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] June 2015 African language Wikipedia update Message-ID: 558FFACC.7050109@greenman.co.za Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi
Here's another update on the state of the African language Wikipedias. http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1772
ian
Message: 4 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:47:34 +0200 From: Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com To: Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za Cc: wikimediaza wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results Message-ID: < CAJ6y08FfFNH4Esxnm4nkbNZs1OzBt2ea+S+CH05W60366_gONw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi Ian,
That is a very good suggestion and a couple of very good questions for the next survey. I would also be interested to see the results of that.
Thanks,
Douglas.
On 28 June 2015 at 15:34, Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za wrote:
Thanks for putting this together Douglas.
An idea for the next survey are some questions on editing Wikipedias in languages besides English. Something like:
- Are you aware that Wikipedia exists in (list languages here)
- If yes, have you ever edited one of them? Which?
- If no (the question above), why not?
And then linking these results with the respondent's first language. It would be interesting to see what percentage of respondents that speak a language as a first-language edit that wikipedia vs English, what percentage of non-first language speakers, etc.
ian
On 27/06/2015 15:07, Douglas Scott wrote:
Hi Frank,
That is a good question and I suspect it might have made a small difference if the survey was done in other languages however I doubt it would have made much of a difference to people answering the question or even the results. Largely because English is the default lingua franca of South Africa which a great many people in South Africa can understand and converse in.
The other reason I doubt it is because apart from Afrikaans Wikipedia
all
the other African language Wikipedias (isiXhosa, isiZulu, and so on)
have
go so few articles and editors on them that they are basically dead. I hope that this will change in the future as it would be fantastic to
have
vibrant Wikipedia's in all of South Africa's languages. This is another indicator that there just arent likely to be very many people who speak those languages at a first language level out there editing Wikipedia. But that is just a theory.
Ultimately the only way to truly know for sure would be to do the next survey in as many different languages as possible and need to budget for the extra cost and time of organising its translation (which should not
in
any way be an excuse not to translate).
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Message: 5 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:57:44 +0200 From: bobby shabangu bobbyshabangu@gmail.com To: Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com Cc: wikimediaza wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results Message-ID: < CAFC6Omf5G03ZBrTWEbtcEQvQnGuGfqDjQc698wkaKj2nFozF6g@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I'm here to help you Mapaseka.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Ian,
That is a very good suggestion and a couple of very good questions for
the
next survey. I would also be interested to see the results of that.
Thanks,
Douglas.
On 28 June 2015 at 15:34, Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za wrote:
Thanks for putting this together Douglas.
An idea for the next survey are some questions on editing Wikipedias in languages besides English. Something like:
- Are you aware that Wikipedia exists in (list languages here)
- If yes, have you ever edited one of them? Which?
- If no (the question above), why not?
And then linking these results with the respondent's first language. It would be interesting to see what percentage of respondents that speak a language as a first-language edit that wikipedia vs English, what percentage of non-first language speakers, etc.
ian
On 27/06/2015 15:07, Douglas Scott wrote:
Hi Frank,
That is a good question and I suspect it might have made a small difference if the survey was done in other languages however I doubt it would
have
made much of a difference to people answering the question or even the results. Largely because English is the default lingua franca of
South
Africa which a great many people in South Africa can understand and converse in.
The other reason I doubt it is because apart from Afrikaans Wikipedia
all
the other African language Wikipedias (isiXhosa, isiZulu, and so on)
have
go so few articles and editors on them that they are basically dead.
I
hope that this will change in the future as it would be fantastic to
have
vibrant Wikipedia's in all of South Africa's languages. This is
another
indicator that there just arent likely to be very many people who
speak
those languages at a first language level out there editing Wikipedia. But that is just a theory.
Ultimately the only way to truly know for sure would be to do the next survey in as many different languages as possible and need to budget
for
the extra cost and time of organising its translation (which should
not
in
any way be an excuse not to translate).
Cheers,
Douglas.
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Message: 6 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 07:02:41 -0700 From: Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org To: Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za Cc: "wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] June 2015 African language Wikipedia update Message-ID: < CAAmrcwc0v4+6kVFVFRBy1f6snnDeTFBuwzu88kwUGT9-8buoEg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Thank you for putting this together, Ian.
A.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza@greenman.co.za
wrote:
Hi
Here's another update on the state of the African language Wikipedias. http://www.greenman.co.za/blog/?p=1772
ian
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Message: 7 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:35:43 +0200 From: David Richfield davidrichfield@gmail.com To: Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com Cc: Wikimedia South Africa Mailing List wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA survey results Message-ID: < CAE_D4n4qo1EXSf9gqa5A3iujHdDPaFF8yTLh2SxsnGj0HRP_Mw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Good questions and comments from the other participants.
All I would like to add is that I found the infographic clear and readable, with good style.
I would have preferred the "human" character to have curves instead of sharp corners, and by the minor nature of that quibble you can gauge my level of satisfaction! On 28 Jun 2015 01:16, "Douglas Scott" douglas.i.scott@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
Thanks for the feedback. Jacques I have included your suggestions into
the
latest version which you can find at the link I previously sent out (see link provided again below). William I have increased the size of the
map,
has that made it any easier to read that section? Also in answer to your question about updates, I have been told that the survey ended around
last
week so it should not need updating, however if it is still going on
then I
will update it as soon as I am back from Mexico which should be around
the
end of July.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Infographic-WMZA_survey_results_2015...
I have also just added the age of our 'average' (admittedly a term I am using very broadly here) South African Wikipedian.
Cheers and thanks for the feedback,
Douglas.
On 27 June 2015 at 22:38, Jacques Avril du Toit dtoitj@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Douglas
Congratulations on a job well-done! I have browsed through your
findings
and I don’t have much to add. Here are a few suggestions, but these are
not
compulsory to integrate though:
· Instead of survey, indicate it was an *online *survey. This
will
indicate that you have taken into account the online research ethics involved in approaching and dealing with your respondents.
· “The majority of editors are based in only two provinces.”
I agree with your response relating to the ‘first language’ issue. I
think
this question is a problem in many “[research] contexts” of South
Africa.
I mean: Should participants indicate their ‘home language’ (spoken at home), of their school attended, or the languages used in the workplace (‘language of wider communication’)? To be fair, think if 40% of your population indicated that they speak English as a L1, just integrate it
as
that.
Otherwise, good job! All the best!
Regards
JdT
On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, William Stucke William@stucke.co.za wrote:
Thank you for doing this, Douglas. Very impressive. I presume that you will update the results with the figures obtained at the end of the
month?
I didn't spot any obvious typos, but the image with the numbers on
the
map isn't all that easy to read. Other than that, I think that it's
great.
Kind regards,
William Stucke 079-501-0850 William@stucke.co.za
-----Original Message----- From: wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Scott Sent: 27 June 2015 08:46 AM To: wikimediaza Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Draft infographic of the Wikimedia ZA
survey
results
Hi Everyone,
I am getting some feedback that my last email come through with
nothing
attached. I think the file was large enought (3MB) that the mailing
list
dropped it. So I have uploaded it to commons and you can see it there
at
the link here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Infographic-WMZA_survey_results_2015...
Cheers,
Douglas.
On 26 June 2015 at 00:59, Douglas Scott douglas.i.scott@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
As many of you know Wikimedia SOuth Africa has been conducting a survey over the past few months of South African based editors. So
if
you were on Wikipedia recently and saw a banner asking you to participate in a survey, this is it. I have spent much of the day today going over some of the results of the survey and have
summarised
some of the more interesting results into a draft infographic (it is still very rough). I am planning to display it at this year's Wikimania which will be happening in less than 3 weeks time.
Please let me know what you think of it and please let me know if
you
spot any errors. I am pretty terrable at copy editing, especially spelling. It is meant to be printed out on an A0 sized poster -so please excuse its rather large size- as well as what ever I can fit
on
a smaller flyer.
Cheers,
Douglas
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